Graduate Diploma in Psychology

• General information
• Admission requirements
• Course structure
  • Core subjects
    • Year one
    • Year two
    • Year three
  • Elective subject
    • Year two
    • Year three
• Fee structure

General information

Caulfield, Clayton and Gippsland campuses * On-campus, flexible delivery and distance education
The course offers graduates a 60-point major in psychology accredited by the Australian Psychological Society permitting them to undertake the further training needed to obtain professional qualifications. The course replaces enrolment in single psychology subjects. Students are normally expected to pass all subjects at a given year level before proceeding to the next year level. The minimum time for completion in this manner is three years. Students who wish to accelerate their progress through this course should contact an adviser in the Department of Psychology. Students who do not pass any subject after two attempts will be liable for exclusion.

Admission 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 10 years and accredited by the Australian Psychological Society.

Course structure

The course structure is identical to the undergraduate major sequence in psychology, that is, nine core subjects and one elective subject.

Core subjects

Year one

• PSY1011 Psychology 1A (6 points)
• PSY1022 Psychology 1B (6 points)

Year two

• PSY2031 Psychology 2A (6 points)
• PSY2051 Psychology 2B (6 points)
• PSY2042 Psychology 2C (6 points)

Year three

• PSY3032 Abnormal psychology (6 points)
• PSY3051 Perception and personality (6 points)
• PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics (6 points)
• PSY3062 Research methods and philosophy of psychology (6 points)

Elective subject

At least one elective subject from the following:

Year two

• PSY2062 Introduction to psychoanalytic theory (6 points)

Year three

• PSY3071 Human neuropsychology and its evolutionary perspective (6 points)
• PSY3102 Advanced psychobiology: brain and behaviour (6 points)
• PSY3111 Organisational psychology (6 points) (also available by distance education)
• PSY3122 Experiential introduction to counselling (6 points)
• PSY3131 Health psychology (6 points) (also available by distance education)

Fee structure

• The fee for the graduate diploma has been set at $10,400 for the full course (ie $1040 per subject).

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