Undergraduate handbook 2005 - Science

Psychology

Coordinators: TBA

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

• PSY1011 Psychology 1A
• PSY1022 Psychology 1B

Level two core units

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

Level three core units

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

Level two elective unit

• PSY2112 Organisational psychology (also available by off-campus learning)

Level three elective units

• PSY3102 Advanced psychobiology: brain and behaviour
• PSY3122 Introduction to counselling (also available by off-campus learning)
• PSY3131 Health psychology (also available by off-campus learning)
• PSY3151 Contemporary social psychology
• PSY3162 Psychology of language (also available by off-campus learning)
• PSY3172 Decision making in professional settings
• PSY3182 Human neuropsychology: developmental and neurodegenerative disorders

* Offerings of elective units will vary from year to year.

Sequence requirements

Minor sequence in psychology (24 points):

• PSY1011 and PSY1022, and
• PSY2051 plus an additional six points from PSY units at level two.

Major sequence in psychology (48 points):

• a minor sequence in psychology, and
• up to six additional points from the PSY units at level two, and
• any 18 or 24 remaining points from the PSY units at level three.

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):

• PSY1011 and PSY1022, and
• PSY2031, PSY2042 and PSY2051, and
• PSY3032, PSY3041, PSY3051, PSY3062 and one of PSY2112, PSY3102, PSY3122, PSY3131, PSY3151, PSY3162 PSY3172 or PSY3182.

Recommendations

Level one

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

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.off-campus@med.monash.edu.au

Level three

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.off-campus@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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