BA Community Health Psychology

 

 

Join over 15,000 international students from Europe, USA and the rest of the world.

 

 

MDCI has developed a unique partnership with University of South Africa (UNISA) to offer locally supported distance education programmes specifically for working people.

 

 

UNISA – The “MEGA” University

The main partner of MDCI for this programme is the highly regarded University of South Africa (UNISA) – classed as one of the 11 leading very large universities. Founded in 1873, UNISA gained its University Royal Charter in 1876. It became the world’s first completely Distance Education University in 1946.

 

 


MDCI is delighted to work with UNISA in the development of this programme, and has an excellent reputation for the delivery of distance education to busy individuals. This has resulted in MDCI’s parent company being awarded the Queen’s award for Export Achievement in 1999.

 

 

Aim of the Programme

This programme moves away from Psychology's traditional focus on individuals and adopts a fresh approach to understanding and working with people in communities to enable their healthy functioning. The aim is to equip learners with the necessary psychological and social knowledge, attitudes, skills and applied competence to critically analyse community structures and processes and to participate as an entry-level professional in community-based interventions. In order to achieve this, the programme examines issues such as the relationship between individual mental health and broader social forces, different types of community interventions and the search for solutions to community-based social problems. Attention is also given to multicultural diversity and interpersonal sensitivity, research methodologies for accessing knowledge in psychological, community and social fields, as well as the application of interpersonal skills in diverse contexts.

 

 

Career Opportunities

Primary health care, community development or community policing.

 

 

How it Works

The method of teaching this course is highly innovative. We call it “locally supported distance education” : learning through University supplied materials and MDCI administration and resource centres. It is based on MDCI “On-location” method of teaching which is so successful for postgraduate study here in the Middle East.

 

 

Locally Supported Distance Education

A specially designed study method based on Unisa’s extensive competence in distance education. This expertise is supplemented locally by MDCI’s considerable experience in supporting over 500 postgraduate students close to their homes but distant from the university.

 

 

Advantages of Locally Supported Distance Education

·        Flexibility: you study at your own pace

·        Convenience: you study from home

·        Local administrative support: through MDCI’s regional offices

·        On-line support: through Unisa’s Student on Line (SOL) system

·        Telephone and email support: from Unisa faculty

·        On-line library access: for the your all-important research materials (journals, books, papers, etc)

·        Textbook ordering facility: speedy service at reasonable prices for your books.

 

 

Minimum Duration of Studies

The degree cannot be completed in less than three years.

 

 

Course Structure

10 modules on 1st level
10 modules on 2nd level
10 modules on 3rd level

 

 

First Level

·        Basic psychology (PYC101-Y)

·        Psychology in society (PYC102-3)

·        Introduction to Development Administration (DVA101-Q)

·          The anthropological study of culture in a multicultural context (APY101-E)
                 or
Introduction to Sociology: Societal structures and processes (SOC101-V)

·        Critical reasoning (PLS102-Y)

·        Language attitudes and worldview (AFL821-Q)

plus two of the following modules:

·        Introduction to English Studies: selves and others (ENN101-D)

·        Introduction to English Studies: love, power and meaning (ENN102-E)

·        Introduction to English Skills (ENN103-F)

·        English communication for education (ENN107-K)

·        Basic text skills (AFK102-R)

·        Afrikaans as second language (AFK801-G)

 

 

Foreign students may select 2 alternative modules from Groups 1 to 5 below in place of the two Beginners' modules in an African Language

plus two of the following modules (students are advised to choose the 2 modules from the same group):

Group 1: Public Health

·        Primary health care 1 (CMH101-W)

Group 2: Community Development

·        Development problems and institutions (DVA102-R)

·        The nature, content and scope of public administration (PUB101-8)

·        The structuring and functioning of public services (PUB102-9)

Group 3: Social Dynamics

·        Introduction to criminology: the crime problem, offenders and victims (CMY101-B)

·        Introduction to criminology: causation, explanation, prevention & reaction to crime (CMY102-C)

·        Societal structures and processes in the South African context (SOC102-W)

·        Culture as human resource in the

·        African context (APY102-F)

·        Politics as social activity (PLC101-R)

·        Understanding the State (PLC102-S)

Group 4: Social Geography

·        Know your world: introduction to geography (GGH101-Q)

·        World issues: a geographical perspective (GGH102-R)

Group 5: Philosophy

·        Introduction to Western philosophy (PLS103-3)

·        Introduction to African philosophy (PLS104-4)

 

 

Second Level

·        Personality theories (PYC201-5)

·        Child and Adolescent development (PYC202-6)

·        Adult development and ageing (PYC203-8)

·        Counselling skills (PYC204-9)

·        Community psychology: re-imagining community (PYC205-A)

·        Basic measurement and questionnaire design in Psychology (PYC207-C)

·        Research in the Social Sciences (RSC201-H)

·        Facilitative communication in groups and communities (SCK201-3)

plus two of the following modules (students are advised to choose both modules from the same group):

Group 1: Public Health

·        Primary health care II (CMH203-5)

·        Basic epidemiology (CMH209-C)

·        Curative aspects of primary health care-mother & child health (CMH214-9)

·        HIV/AIDS care and counselling (PYC206-B)

·        Intercultural, development and health communication (COM204-8)

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Group 2: Community Development

·        Development Administration theories (DVA201-T)

·        Rural and urban development administration (DVA202-U)

Group 3: Social Dynamics

·        Personal, social & environmental crime perspectives, crime prevention & victimisation (CMY201-E)

·        Contemporary crime issues and reaction to crime (CMY202-F)

·        Theories of social change (SOC201-Y)

·        Sociology of social problems (SOC203-4)

·        Sociology of population (SOC204-5)

·        Anthropological theory in practice (APY201-H)

·        Sociocultural solutions to problems of human adaption (APY202-J)

·        Anthropology and gender (APY204-L)

·        Understanding political behaviour and participation (PLC201-U)

·          Politics and public policy (PLC202-V)

Group 4: Social Geography

·        The African challenge: people and environment (GGH201-T)

·        The geography of basic services provision (GGH202-U)

Group 5: Philosophy

·        Philosophy of Science (PLS207-B)
Mind and reality (PLS303-A)

 

 

Third Level

·        Social psychology (PYC301-9)

·        Abnormal behaviour and mental health (PYC302-A)

·        Cognition: Thinking, memory and problem solving (PYC303-B)

·        Psychological research (PYC304-C)

·        Interpersonal skills in diverse contexts (PYC305-D)

·        Community psychology: intervention strategies (PYC306-E)

·        Community work (SCK303-9)

plus three of the following modules (students are advised to choose all three modules from the same group):

Group 1: Public Health

·        Perspectives of public health (CMH305-B)

·        Public health care systems (CMH306-C)

Group 2: Community Development

·        Development planning (DVA302-X)

·        Projects & programs as instruments of development (DVA303-Y)

·        Empowerment and popular initiatives (DVA304-3)

·        Community development & the basic needs approach (DVA305-4)

·        Public management skills (PUB301-E)

·        Public human resource management and organising (PUB302-F)

·          Public policy and finances (PUB303-G)

Group 3: Social Dynamics

·        Crimes of violence (CMY301-H)

·        Theories of crime & crime prevention: traditional to post-modern approaches (CMY302-J)

·        Contemporary crime issues: priority crimes in South Africa (CMY303-K)

·        Reaction to crime (CMY304-L)

·        Revisiting modernity: Contemporary Sociological theory (SOC303-8)

·        Group dynamics (SOC306-B)

·        The anthropological way: theory & research (APY301-L)

·        Applied Anthropology and sociocultural change (APY302-M)

·        Anthropology of ritual and orality (APY303-N)

·        Political conflict and conflict resolution (PLC821-M)

·        Knowledge and politics (PLC822-N)

Group 4: Philosophy

·        Political philosophy and metaphysics (PLS301-8)

·        Philosophy of culture & the arts (PLS306-D)

 

 

Course Fees

Fees are payable in US Dollars to MDC International. Each module is $290. Fees are subject to change from one academic year to the next.

 

 

Enquires can be addressed to:

Management Development Centre International P.O. Box 26305

Manama, Bahrain

 

 

For more information, please contact:

Tel 00973 17216002

Fax 00973 17216007

e-mail: mdcimkt@batelco.com.bh