SXLG6005 Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sexology

Year 1, Semester 1 Core

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Code SXLG6005
Credits 25
Graduate Attributes
The aim of this unit is for students to demonstrate their understanding of the aspects of human sexual and reproductive health including anatomy, epidemiological sexual health issues e.g. STI/BBVs, sexual health, cancers and contraception. The focus will be on the complexity of psychosocial and psychosexual factors in prevention, intervention and effectiveness.
Seminar 3 Hours Weekly 

Unit Learning Outcomes

  • 1 apply human sexual and reproductive health concepts in sexological context
  • 2 evaluate psychosocial and psychosexual factors that impact human sexual and reproductive health
  • 3 critically reflect on selected topics in the sexological literature

Course Learning Outcomes

  • 1 . apply sexological and relevant public health knowledge to protect, maintain and restore the health of communities
  • 2 . synthesise and evaluate available evidence to inform decision making in the pursuit of innovative solutions in sexological public health settings
  • 3 . locate, extract, interpret and assess relevant information from a range of sources and use it to support academic debate about and practical solutions to sexological issues
  • 4 . communicate effectively with community members to promote understanding of sexological issues and disseminate sexological research to academic and professional audiences
  • 5 . embrace appropriate technologies to enhance the production and dissemination of sexological knowledge and practice

Assessment Breakdown

Concurrent pre-requisite