Tutorial Letter 101/3/2018 Community Psychology: Building Foundations PYC2614

1 INTRODUCTION Dear Student Welcome to Community Psychology: Building Foundations. We trust that you will enjoy this module and learn many useful skills in the process of completing it. We will do our best to support you on this learning journey! You will be well on your way to success if you start studying early and resolve to do the assignments properly. You will receive a number of tutorial letters during the year. A tutorial letter is our way of communicating with you about teaching, learning and assessment. Tutorial Letter 101/2018 (the tutorial letter you are now looking at) contains important information about the scheme of work, resources and assignments for this module. We urge you to read it carefully and to keep it at hand when working through the study material, preparing the assignments, preparing for the examination and addressing questions to your lecturers. Please note that Community Psychology: Building Foundations is a semester module. A module runs over ± four months (12-15 weeks). Please check if you are registered for Semester 1 or for Semester 2. All the details regarding the assignments and examination for each semester are provided further on in this tutorial letter. In this tutorial letter you will find the assignments and assessment criteria as well as instructions on the preparation and submission of the assignments. This tutorial letter also provides all the information you need with regard to the prescribed study material and other resources and how to obtain it. Please study this information carefully and make sure that you access the prescribed material as soon as possible. We have also included certain general and administrative information about this module. Please study this section of the tutorial letter carefully. Right from the start we would like to point out that you should read all the tutorial letters you receive during the year immediately and carefully, as they always contain important and, sometimes, urgent information. Your feedback on this module, including what you liked about it and where you believe it could be improved, will be welcome. Please address your feedback to: Dr. (Masefako) Gumani (module leader) E-mail address: By now, you are no doubt eager to get started. We hope that you will enjoy studying Community Psychology and that it will become meaningful to you and applicable to your life. We hope that you will enjoy this module and wish you all the best! Kind regards, THE PYC2614 TEACHING TEAM 4 1.1 Tutorial matter For guidelines regarding general time management and planning skills, please see my Studies @ Unisa available at . Some of the tutorial matter may not be available when you register. Tutorial matter that is not available when you register will be posted to you as soon as possible, but is also available on myUnisa. All tutorial letters are available on myUnisa. Regular access to the Internet and myUnisa is very important and will keep you informed of all you need to know about your studies. These ICT tools make it much easier to communicate with the University, with your lecturers, and with other students about their learning and challenges. Students must be registered on myUnisa to be able to submit assignments, to have access to the Library functions, download study material, “chat” to their lecturers or fellow students and participate in online discussion forums, and get access to all sorts of learning resources. 1.1.1 Inventory letter At the time of registration, you will receive an inventory letter that will tell you what you have received in your study package and also show items that are still outstanding. Tutorial matter that is not available when you register will be posted to you as soon as possible, but is also available on myUnisa