PSYC477-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Mental Health and Food

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

The goal of the course is that students will learn about nutrition and mental health, the consequences of poor nutrition, the role of different diets on mental health, how nutrients exert their effects on mental health chemically, and the potential for nutritional therapies in treating mental illness. In addition, non-nutritional components (natural and additives) of food will be explored in the context of neurological effects to give the student an appreciation of the emerging importance of non-nutritive food components in mental health.

Prerequisites

PSYC335 and subject to Head of Department approval.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 13:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 242
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 28 Sep
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 08:00 - 15:00 Jane Soons 608
22 Sep - 28 Sep

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing Head of Department

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,213.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing .

All PSYC477 Occurrences

  • PSYC477-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025