The study of human behaviour can be undertaken from two broad perspectives -- one based in the sciences and the other in the humanities. Monash University provides both.
Students seeking professional qualifications should enrol in the 60-point major sequence offered by the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Science. This program is accredited by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and approved for registration purposes by the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria. It provides an avenue to the further training required to practice as a psychologist.
For students interested in human behaviour as a humanities-oriented stream of study, the Faculty of Arts offers a behavioural studies minor comprising subjects which have close links with arts disciplines and arts-based professionally oriented courses such as social work, human services and police studies. It is offered only as a minor at the Clayton and Caulfield campuses.
The Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Science offers subjects for students who intend to specialise in psychology by completing a 60-point major sequence in the subject, with the option of proceeding to a degree with honours, or into postgraduate programs of study. A 48-point major in psychology is sufficient to satisfy the requirements for a major sequence in any of the BA or BSc single or double degrees, but will not permit entry to fourth-year programs in psychology. The undergraduate psychology program of the department is taught at Caulfield, Clayton and Gippsland campuses. The first year and second year of the program is offered at the Berwick campus and third-year study must be undertaken at another campus. Caulfield offers evening as well as day classes. At Berwick and Gippsland, psychology is offered in flexible learning mode with on-campus tutorial and laboratory classes and lectures taught through study notes and web-based material. Psychology can also be undertaken in distance education study with the compulsory on-campus attendance requirements being available both at Gippsland and Clayton campuses.
The
Department of Psychology offers a common curriculum across all campuses. In its
curriculum development, the department has endorsed the view of the Australian
Psychological Society that training in the discipline occurs within the context
of the scientist-practitioner model. A student does not decide to become
either a scientist or a practitioner, rather, professional
practice is embedded within the scientific perspective. This is the philosophy
underlying the core curriculum, with students then being in a position to make
informed choices about psychology-related careers and further training at the
fourth-year and postgraduate level.
Students wishing to take the APS accredited major sequence in psychology must
complete 10 six-point subjects: nine core subjects and one elective subject,
from list below. The core subjects are available by on-campus, flexible
delivery, and distance education mode. Two of the electives are available by
distance education as indicated below.
Students may take an elective subject at second year, and up to four elective subjects at third year, ie it may be possible for students to study 100 per cent psychology subjects in third year depending on the other Arts faculty degree requirements. Some third-year electives may be undertaken at second year, providing pre and corequisites are met.
This course is offered to undergraduates who wish to complete an accredited undergraduate major in psychology while undertaking a concurrent degree. The course is available only to students enrolled in degrees where it is not possible to study the 60-point APS-accredited sequence. Students must enrol in the diploma in their first year or no later than the first semester of the second year of their current degree. The course structure is identical to the 60-point undergraduate major sequence in psychology.
This course is offered to graduates who have completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline who wish to complete an accredited undergraduate major in psychology. The course structure is identical to the 60-point undergraduate major sequence in psychology. Details of the Graduate Diploma in Psychology are included in the graduate studies handbook.
Students completing a degree with a 60-point major sequence in psychology will be eligible to apply for entry to a fourth year in psychology through an honours year (PSY4000 Psychology honours), the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology (Caulfield) and the Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology (by distance education mode at Gippsland). Masters and doctoral degrees are available by coursework and/or research after completion of a fourth year of study in psychology.
Caulfield
section: telephone (03) 9903 2691
Clayton section: telephone (03) 9905 3968
Gippsland section: telephone (03) 9902 6415
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