Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Biopsychology of addictions | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Etienne Quertemont | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| The course « Biopsychology of addictions » covers the current explanatory theories of addiction together with an overview of the main classes of addictive drugs. | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The main purpose of the course is to gain knowledge of the addiction syndrome and of the various abused drugs, in order to train the students to deal with all the problems linked with drug and alcohol consumptions in the various fields of psychology. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| The course is organized in the form of a seminar in which groups of students are invited to present one class of the main addictive drugs. The presentation will be based on a personnal bibliographic research. At the end of the seminar, the students will be asked to provide a brief written report summarizing the topic of their presentation. | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The required documents (scientific articles and book chapters) are to be found by the students in the scientific litterature. | ||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation is based on the active participation in the seminar, on the oral presentation and on the final written report. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Teacher: E. Quertemont, Tel: 04/366.21.05, equertemont@ulg.ac.be
Assistant: V. Didone, Tel: 04/366.22.63, vdidone@ulg.ac.be |
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