PYB300 Behavioural Science and Contemporary Challenges
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| Unit code: | PYB300 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | PYB203 and PYB204 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | The Commonwealth supported place student contribution amount for this unit depends upon the course of study. Find out more |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,456 |
| International unit fee | $4,932 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2026, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | PYB300 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | PYB203 and PYB204 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students should complete this unit in their final year of studies. |
| Coordinator: | Erin O'Connor | el.oconnor@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This capstone unit develops your work-readiness by providing opportunities to build and reflect on your graduate capabilities and collaboratively apply your psychological knowledge to real-world community issues. In groups, you will apply knowledge and skills from across behavioural science and psychology to address a real-world issue identified by a community partner and present your solution in a community grant prospectus. A professional portfolio and selection criteria responses will demonstrate how your skills and knowledge can be utilised and communicated in inter-professional settings.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Develop a professional portfolio that evidences your ability to apply your behavioural science knowledge and skills in professional team settings
- Effectively communicate your graduate capabilities in a simulated professional scenario
- Use advanced psychological knowledge and skills to develop and argue for an innovative solution to a specific community problem in the form of a grant prospectus
- Demonstrate an ability to work and achieve goals within a collaborative team environment
Content
This capstone unit provides you with the opportunity to integrate skills and knowledge from across your degree and requires you to complete tasks that are typically required in graduate positions relevant to the Behavioural Sciences. Across the semester, learning activities will support you to reflect on your behavioural science training and team work skills. You will apply your skills and knowledge to the needs or challenges of a real world external partner. External partners will come from the community or professional sector and will provide a briefing outlining their contemporary challenge or need. In groups, you will develop a grant or funding proposal to respond to the brief.
Learning Approaches
The unit comprises a series of lectures and tutorials that are designed to introduce you to the concepts and methods required to complete the grant prospectus and reflect on your graduate capabilities and employability skills. We take a blended and flexible approach to delivering lectures and tutorials, offering both in person and online engagement options. As an advanced unit, you will be responsible for your learning and professional conduct throughout all interactions including with the industry partner and with your team members. Groups will be expected to collaborate to complete the grant prospectus and you will be supported to manage this process. Online collaboration and peer feedback is expected. Your reflections on your work will prepare you for the important graduate skill of evaluating the work of yourself and others in the workplace.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback on your grant prospectus ideas are provided through consultation with your tutor during tutorials, peer feedback during team meetings, and consultation with the industry partner during town hall meetings. Following submission, you will be provided with written summative feedback on the Grant Prospectus and a summative peer evaluation of your teamwork (anonymous). Lectures and tutorials will prepare you for your practical examination, with tutors and peers providing formative feedback to develop these skills
As an advanced student, you are expected to engage in formal and informal self and peer evaluations throughout the semester.
Assessment
Overview
There are three summative assessments in this unit: a group Grant Prospectus worth 45%, a Professional Portfolio developed through tutorial activities and engagement worth 20%, and a Practical Examination worth 35%. Your Grant Prospectus and Professional Portfolio will be submitted electronically via Turnitin content-matching software. The Grant Prospectus and Professional Portfolio will be marked online, and your feedback will be supplied via Canvas.
This is an internally offered unit; students are required to attend examinations in person on QUT Brisbane campuses.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Grant Prospectus
You will be briefed by an industry partner on a significant community need or challenge. Working in a group you will be guided through a range of steps to develop an innovative solution that utilises behavioural science. Your solution will also need to be justified in terms of sustainability and efficiency. You will develop a grant application which describes an innovative solution. Your grant will also present the evidence for, strengths of, and a viable budget for the solution. Your grant proposal will also present appropriate strategies to evaluate the innovation. All team members who can clearly evidence their meaningful contribution to the project will receive the same mark for their team's project report. A portion of the marks will be applied to peer evaluations.
This assignment is not eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Assessment: Professional Portfolio
You will develop a Professional Portfolio comprising a series of professional skills artefacts based on activities and reflections completed in tutorials. You may only submit artefacts from tutorials in which you have participated.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Assessment: Practical Examination
As a soon to be graduate of the Bachelor of Behavioural Science degree, it is important that you can communicate your skills to prospective employers. In this simulated professional scenario, you will be expected to reflect on your skills and capabilities as a Behavioural Science graduate.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
You may be required to attend briefings or Q&A sessions with your community or professional partner. These sessions will be advertised at the start of semester to allow time for planning.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PY45 Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
- Describe and evaluate the core scientific perspectives of psychology with reference to theories, methods and research, from diverse perspectives, including first-nations perspectives.
Relates to: Grant Prospectus, Professional Portfolio - Critically examine the scientific discipline of psychological research and theories using oral, written and digital communication to address psychological issues in a respectful, ethical and professional manner.
Relates to: Grant Prospectus, Professional Portfolio - Employ strategies for self-reflection, with regards to your conduct, values and impact on others and the profession in a culturally sensitive, inclusive, ethical and sustainable way.
Relates to: Grant Prospectus, Professional Portfolio - Develop interpersonal process skills that contribute to effective outcomes in collaboration with others, including developing innovative opportunities.
Relates to: Grant Prospectus, Professional Portfolio - Implement a range of digital capabilities to access, examine and utilise evidence-based information in the context of effectively responding to, and communicating, real world problems.
Relates to: Grant Prospectus, Professional Portfolio