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Diploma of Psychology

Course code: 2193 + Course abbreviation: DipPsychology + Total credit points required: 60 + 3 years concurrent with a Monash undergraduate degree

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Caulfield; Clayton; Peninsula)
Off-campus (Caulfield; Clayton; Gippsland)
Multimode (Berwick)

Course description

This course is offered to undergraduates who wish to complete an Australian Psychological Society (APS)-accredited undergraduate major in psychology while undertaking a concurrent Monash undergraduate degree. The course is available only to students enrolled in degrees where it is not possible to study the 60-point APS-accredited major sequence. Students must enrol in the diploma in their first year, or not later than the first semester of the second year of their concurrent degree.

Course structure

The course structure is identical to the 60-point undergraduate major sequence in psychology in which students must complete 10 six-point units (nine core units and one elective unit).

Off-campus learning students must complete the required minimum hours of on-campus weekend school laboratory for each unit.

Course requirements

First year
Second year
  • PSY2031 Developmental and biological psychology
  • PSY2042 Cognitive and social psychology
  • PSY2051 Research design and analysis
Third year
  • PSY3032 Abnormal psychology
  • PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
  • PSY3051 Perception and personality
  • PSY3062 Research methods and theory
Elective units

Students may take the elective unit at second or third year. Some third-year electives may be undertaken at second year, providing prerequisites and corequisites are met. The electives offered may vary from year to year depending on staff availability. Some electives are available by off-campus learning mode.

Second year
Third year
  • PSY3102 Advanced psychobiology: brain and behaviour
  • PSY3122 Introduction to counselling
  • PSY3130 Health psychology
  • PSY3150 Contemporary social psychology
  • PSY3162 Psychology of language
  • PSY3172 Decision making in professional settings
  • PSY3182 Human neuropsychology: developmental and neurodegenerative disorders

Course progression requirements

Students completing a degree with a 60-point APS-accredited undergraduate major sequence in psychology will be eligible to apply for entry to a fourth year in psychology through an honours year, or the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology. Masters and doctoral degrees are available by coursework and/or research after completion of a fourth year of study in psychology.

Contact details

Telephone: +61 3 9903 2691 (Caulfield), +61 3 9905 3968 (Clayton), +61 3 9902 6415 (Gippsland)

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