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academic pursuits. It also provides an opportunity for students to identify the potential
challenges and to learn essential skills required in managing these challenges. Students will
also be guided to develop a healthy lifestyle and good learning habits that can facilitate their
personal growth and learning at the tertiary level.

PSY 103 Statistics for Social Sciences
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course will introduce students to the fundamental concepts and principles for
understanding and applying statistics in social and behavioural research. Students will learn
how to employ appropriate statistical techniques and to compute applicable descriptive and
inferential statistics with data at different levels of measurement. The course will also focus on
teaching students how to appropriately organize, present, and interpret statistical results.
Topics covered include basic concepts of statistics: descriptive statistics, inferential statistics,
hypothesis testing, and measures of associations and differences.

PSY 110 Biological Bases of Behaviour
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course introduces biological bases of human behaviours. Specifically, the physiology
and anatomy of human nervous system and the internal chemical environment will be explored.
In addition, major concepts, theories and research methodologies in studying brain and
behaviours will also be addressed to facilitate students’ understanding of the most updated
research in the field of biological psychology.

PSY 120 Lifespan Developmental Psychology
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims at providing students with an overview of developmental psychology
and helping them understand the development of people using a lifespan approach. Different
theoretical perspectives and research methods used in the study of human development will
be introduced. Students are encouraged to apply developmental theories to understanding
themselves and others in a profound way.

PSY 200 Social Psychology
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course introduces key social psychological theories and research related to our daily
life. Students will learn basic research methods in social psychology and be provided with
practical experience on how to acquire social psychological knowledge through scientific
investigation. The course begins with a general introduction to social psychology and its
methodology, and then proceeds to topics such as the social self, social perceptions, and
intergroup relationships.

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