1999 Distance Education Handbook - Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Course information
Aims
Entry requirements
Credits/exemptions
Single subject enrolment
Unsatisfactory progress
Course structure
Further information
Completed applications

Course information

Course code: To be advised
Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland and Peninsula campus
Fee paying course
Attendance compulsory for all subjects

Aims

The graduate diploma aims to

offer graduates a major in psychology which has been accredited by the Australian Psychological Society and so permit them to undertake the further training needed to obtain professional qualifications;
provide graduates with the necessary computer, research and statistical skills required to prepare a psychological laboratory report;
provide the theoretical background to the application, construction and use of psychological tests and assessment procedures;
assist graduate students in making a career change or to help graduates determine how psychology may be used in their existing professions by providing knowledge of the major fields in psychology.

Entry requirements

Entry will be open to graduates who have completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline. Selection will be based on academic merit, in particular, academic merit in the final year of study.

Credits/exemptions

Students with previous studies in psychology may be granted credit up to a maximum of 24 points

Single subject enrolment

This course will replace enrolment in single psychology subjects.

Students must pass the first semester subject at a given year level before proceeding to the second-semester subject at that year level, and must pass both subjects at that year level before proceeding to the next year level of the subject. Students who do not pass any subject after two attempts will be liable for exclusion.

Course structure

The course

The course structure is identical to the undergraduate major sequence in psychology.

Year-one core subjects

PSY1011 Psychology 1A
PSY1022 Psychology 1B

Year-two core subjects

PSY2011 Psychology 2A
PSY2022 Psychology 2B

Year-three core subjects

PSY3031 Abnormal psychology
PSY3051 Perception and personality
PSY3042 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
PSY3062 Research methods and philosophy of psychology

Further information

For more detailed information, contact the administrative officer, Department of Psychology, telephone (03) 9902 6766 or (03) 5122 6766 or email tina.ottowa-rene@sci.monash.edu.au.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the administrative officer, Department of Psychology, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 18 September 1998 to be considered for a first-round offer.