Distance Education 2000 - Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Graduate Diploma in Psychology

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

General information

Course code: 2088 * Caulfield, Clayton, and Gippsland 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.

Students with previous studies in psychology may be granted credit up to a maximum of the first two years of an undergraduate psychology major studied within the last ten years and accredited by the Australian Psychological Society.

Single subject enrolment

This course will replace enrolment in single psychology subjects.

Unsatisfactory progress

Students must pass all subjects at a given 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 structure is identical to the APS accredited undergraduate major sequence in psychology, that is, nine core subjects and one elective subject.

Level-one core subjects

PSY1011 Psychology 1A
PSY1022 Psychology 1B

Level-two core subjects

PSY2031 Psychology 2A
PSY2051 Psychology 2B
PSY2042 Psychology 2C

Level-three core subjects

PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
PSY3051 Perception and personality
PSY3032 Abnormal psychology
PSY3062 Research methods and philosophy of psychology

Level-three elective subjects

PSY3111 Organisational psychology (6 points)
PSY3131 Health psychology (6 points)

Further information

For more detailed information, contact the Faculty of Science office, telephone (03) 9902 6431.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Faculty of Science office, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 29 October 1999 to be considered for a first-round offer.