The study of human behaviour can be undertaken from two broad perspectives -- one based in the sciences, 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 practise 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.
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. The 60-point major sequence may be taken in the
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience, Bachelor of
Behavioural Science, Bachelor of Psychology and Management/ Marketing, Bachelor
of Arts and some Bachelor of Arts degrees with specialisations. (These degrees
are identified by the specialisation in brackets following the degree title). A
48-point major in psychology is sufficient to satisfy the requirements for a
major sequence in any of the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science, 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 the
Caulfield, Clayton and Gippsland campuses. The first year of the program is
offered at the Berwick campus and second 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 mode
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 the list below. The core subjects are available by on-campus, flexible
delivery and distance 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 is possible for students to study 100 per cent psychology subjects in third year. Some third-year electives may be undertaken at second year providing prerequisites 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 not later than the first semester of the second year of their concurrent 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 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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