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Postgraduate handbook 2004
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Master of Organisational Psychology

The Department of Psychology offers a coursework program in organisational psychology. This program is of two years duration full-time, and may also be undertaken part-time. It is accredited by the Australian Psychological Society. The program is designed to satisfy the fifth and sixth-year requirements of the Psychologists' Registration Board of Victoria for specialist registration as an organisational psychologist.

The normal entry standard is an honours degree or graduate diploma, recognised as a fourth year by the Australian Psychological Society.

Course structure

First year
Second year

Unsatisfactory progress

The criteria governing liability for exclusion are listed below.
1. Only students who fail a component or components of the program (`component' defined as a unit, a professional practicum, or the minor thesis) will be liable for exclusion.
2. No student will be considered for exclusion solely on the basis of results achieved in the first semester of the first year.
3. Students who do not pass at least half of the components (subjects/units, professional practicum placements, or minor thesis) which they take in any year of the program will be liable for exclusion.
4. Students who have failed such components as will prevent their completing the program in the maximum time allowed will be liable for exclusion.

5. A student who fails to complete the minor thesis satisfactorily at the first attempt shall be allowed to re-enrol in that component only with the approval of the faculty board on the recommendation of the head of the department.

Inquiries

Inquiries should be directed to the administrative officer (postgraduate studies), School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, telephone (03) 9903 1482. Website http://www.med.monash.edu.au/psych.

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