Course code: 1719 + Gippsland campus or OCDL
The Bachelor of Behavioural Science (BBSc) is designed as a degree for students
who wish to complete a major in psychology in conjunction with science-oriented
units and/or units available in a number of other faculties such as computing,
sociology, mass communications, management or marketing. It is especially
appropriate for science-oriented students wishing to support their psychology
studies with studies in related sciences such as biochemistry, statistics or
computing.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Behavioural Science who successfully complete the
honours year are eligible for the award of the BBSc(Hons) degree.
The
Bachelor of Behavioural Science requires students to complete at least 144
points of study including:
(a) The APS-accredited sequence (level one, two and three) in psychology
(60 points).
(b) A major sequence in another field of study, or two minor sequences in
two different fields of study. The fields of study from which the second major
sequence or the two minor sequences can be chosen are: applied biology, applied
statistics (minor only), applied chemistry, human physiology (minor only),
mathematics and modelling, resource and environmental management, management,
marketing, sociology, computing, information systems and mass
communications.
(c) Two science units (12 points) from the following:
(d) Additional electives to fulfil the remaining 24 points of studies required to complete the course. Elective units can be chosen from the fields of study listed above under (b) or may be chosen from the following disciplines: history/politics, accounting, economics, business law, visual arts. The electives allow the possibility of an additional minor sequence.
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