Bachelor of Behavioural Science - Postsecondary Education Quality ...
Bachelor of Behavioural Science - Postsecondary Education Quality ...
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Year and<br />
Semester Course Title Calendar Course Description<br />
Semester 2<br />
Semester 2<br />
Developmental<br />
Psychology<br />
Quantitative Research<br />
Methods<br />
biopsychosocial model <strong>of</strong> mental illness.<br />
Participants will be encouraged to consider<br />
the wide range <strong>of</strong> characteristics associated<br />
with developmental disabilities that should be<br />
incorporated into a functional behavioural<br />
assessment.<br />
This course is designed to introduce students<br />
to theory, methodology and research findings<br />
in the field <strong>of</strong> life-span developmental<br />
psychology. Students will explore human<br />
development from conception to death,<br />
focusing on biological, cognitive and emotional<br />
processes.<br />
This course prepares students for research<br />
projects by introducing and exploring various<br />
quantitative techniques. Students will learn to<br />
interpret, analyze and present statistical and<br />
other quantitative data from a variety <strong>of</strong><br />
sources. Topics include the role and<br />
characteristics <strong>of</strong> data in statistical studies; the<br />
principles <strong>of</strong> data collection, including<br />
sampling techniques and estimation; the<br />
statistical analysis <strong>of</strong> one and two-variable<br />
data; probability distributions; and the<br />
presentation <strong>of</strong> data using graphical tools.<br />
Semester 2 Breadth Elective Students select from a wide variety <strong>of</strong> courses<br />
outside their discipline drawn from the fields <strong>of</strong><br />
arts and humanities, social sciences, and<br />
natural sciences. See descriptions for breadth<br />
electives.<br />
YEAR 2<br />
Semester 3<br />
<strong>Behavioural</strong><br />
Assessment<br />
This course will provide students with the<br />
practical knowledge <strong>of</strong> how to conduct<br />
comprehensive and evidence-based<br />
biopsychosocial and functional behavioural<br />
assessments (indirect assessments,<br />
descriptive assessments, visual analyses,<br />
functional analyses) commonly performed by<br />
behaviour analysts in mental health,<br />
education, and community settings.<br />
The texts, readings and exercises in this<br />
course will provide the student with a bestpractice<br />
framework for understanding the<br />
function(s) <strong>of</strong> complex behaviour (why<br />
<strong>Bachelor</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Behavioural</strong> <strong>Science</strong> Section D, Page 52
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