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Undergraduate handbook 2004
Science

Psychology

Coordinators: Listed below for each level

The discipline

The Department of Psychology in the School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine offers an undergraduate program for students who intend to specialise in psychology by completing a 60-point major sequence which is accredited by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and the Singapore Psychological Society, and approved for registration purposes by the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria. This program provides an avenue to further study in psychology and to the training required to practise as a psychologist with the option of proceeding to a degree with honours, or into postgraduate programs of study. The 60-point accredited 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. A 48-point major in psychology may be 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 is not APS accredited and will not permit entry to fourth-year programs in psychology.

Further details of the psychology units and sequences, and the locations at which they are available, are provided in the `Psychology' entry in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences section of this handbook.

Units offered

Level one core units
Level two core units
Level three core units
Level two elective unit
Level three elective units

Sequence requirements

Minor sequence in psychology (24 points):

Major sequence in psychology (48 points):

Students wishing to take the APS-accredited major sequence in psychology must complete the 60-point sequence below, which is effectively a major and minor sequence in psychology.

APS-accredited major sequence in psychology (60 points):

Recommendations

Level one

Coordinator: Dr Russell Conduit and Dr Tom Edwards

Students intending to complete either a minor or major sequence in psychology must complete both PSY1011 and PSY1022 at level one.
Contact: psychology.firstyear@med.monash.edu.au;
psychology.firstyear.off-campus@med.monash.edu.au

Level two

Coordinator: Dr Jim Phillips

Students may take an elective unit at level two and some level-three electives may be undertaken at level two providing prerequisites and corequisites are met. Students intending to complete the APS-accredited major sequence are advised to select their level-two units carefully.
Contact: psychology.secondyear@med.monash.edu.au; psychology.secondyear.offcampus@med.monash.edu.au

Level three

Coordinator: Dr Graeme Hyman

Up to four elective units are available at level three, so that it is possible for students to study 48 points of psychology at level three. The electives offered may vary from year to year depending on staff availability.
Contact: psychology.thirdyear@med.monash.edu.au;
psychology.thirdyear.offcampus@med.monash.edu.au

Honours

Students completing a degree with a 60-point APS-accredited major sequence in psychology are eligible to apply for entry to a fourth year in psychology through an honours year, or the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology.

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