Off-Campus Learning Guide 2005
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Course code: 2088 + Off-campus (School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Caulfield, Clayton and Gippsland) + Full-fee-paying course: $TBC (Australian residents) $19,000 (international students)

The Graduate Diploma in Psychology aims to:

• offer graduates a 60-point major in psychology, which has been accredited by the Australian Psychological Society and so permits them to undertake the further training needed to obtain professional qualifications
• provide graduates with the necessary computer, research and statistical skills required to prepare a psychological laboratory report
• provide the theoretical background to the application, construction and use of psychological tests and assessment procedures
• assist graduate students in making a career change or to help graduates determine how psychology may be used in their existing professions by providing knowledge of the major fields in psychology.

Entry requirements

Entry will be open to graduates who have completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline. Selection will be based on academic merit, in particular academic merit in the final year of study.

Advanced standing for previous studies

Advanced standing will be assessed using the Australian Psychological Society guidelines and in accordance with faculty policy. Students may be granted credit up to a maximum of one-half (30 points) of the undergraduate psychology major on the basis of psychology studies completed.

Attendance

Attendance at a two-day weekend school is compulsory for all units

Course length

Students are normally expected to pass all units at a given year level before proceeding to the next year level. The minimum time for completion in this manner is three years. Students who wish to accelerate their progress through the course should contact the course coordinator.

Course structure

The course structure is identical to the APS-accredited undergraduate major sequence in psychology, ie nine core units and one elective unit. Off-campus students must complete the required minimum hours of on-campus weekend school laboratory work for each unit.

Core units

Level one

• PSY1011 Psychology 1A
• PSY1022 Psychology 1B

Level two

• PSY2031 Developmental and biological psychology
• PSY2051 Research, design and analysis
• PSY2042 Cognitive and social psychology

Level three

• PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
• PSY3051 Perception and personality
• PSY3032 Abnormal psychology
• PSY3062 Research methods and theory

Elective units*

At least one elective unit from the following:

• PSY2112 Organisational psychology
• PSY3122 Introduction to counselling
• PSY3131 Health psychology
• PSY3162 Psychology of language

* Availability may vary from year to year.

Completed applications

Completed applications are to be forwarded to the School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Postgraduate Office, Building 17, Monash University, Victoria, 3800, Australia, by mid-January 2005.

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