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Psychology - Faculty of Arts

Offered by the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences*

Campus availability: Caulfield, Clayton, Off-campus learning, South Africa

* Psychology is administered and taught by the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

Relevant courses

• 0002 Bachelor of Arts (and associated double degrees)
• 1712 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology ) (and associated double degrees)
• 1719 Bachelor of Behavioural Science  

Psychology is concerned with a wide range of phenomena including remembering and forgetting, thinking, problem-solving, learning, the acquisition of skills, language, seeing and hearing, decision-making, verbal and non-verbal communication, social interactions, and emotions. It is also concerned with the practical and ethical applications of psychology research to the profession. While the major focus is on people, animals are also studied because they are of interest in their own right. Monash undergraduate psychology embraces all of these topics at each of the campuses.

Students may complete single units, a major or minor in psychology towards the core Arts component of their Bachelor of Arts degree or associated double degrees.

For their major, students choose to study either the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) accredited major (10 units) which also leads to honours or postgraduate studies in psychology, or a standard humanities major (8 units).

Sequences and units

First-year sequence

A first year sequence in psychology consists of PSY1011 and PSY1022.

Minor sequence

A minor sequence in psychology consists of a first-year sequence in psychology and a minimum of 12 points at second year level, including the core unit PSY2051.

Major sequence

APAC-accredited major

The 60-point undergraduate major in psychology accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) comprises ten six-point units as follows:

• nine core units: PSY1011, PSY1022, PSY2031, PSY2051, PSY2042, PSY3041, PSY3051, PSY3032, PSY3062
• one elective unit from the list of APAC-accredited major electives below.

Standard humanities major

The standard humanities psychology major comprises a first-year sequence, plus the core unit PSY2051 and five elective units chosen from the list of standard humanities major electives below.

Units

First-year level

• PSY1011 Psychology 1A
• PSY1022 Psychology 1B

Second-year level - core units

APAC-accredited major

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

Standard humanities major

• PSY2051 Research design and analysis

Third-year level core units

APAC-accredited major

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

Second/Third-year level electives

APAC-accredited major

• PSY2112 Organisational psychology
• PSY3120 Introduction to counselling
• PSY3130 Health psychology
• PSY3160 Psychology of language
• PSY3180 Human neuropsychology
• PSY3190 Addiction studies
• PSY3230 Psychological foundations of law
  

Standard humanities major

• PSY2031 Developmental and biological psychology
• PSY2042 Cognitive and social psychology
• PSY2112 Organisational psychology
• PSY3032 Abnormal psychology
• PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
• PSY3051 Perception and personality
• PSY3062 Research methods and philosophy and psychology
• PSY3071 Human neuropsychology and its evolutionary perspectives
• PSY3102 Advanced psychobiology: brain and behaviour
• PSY3122 Introduction to counselling
• PSY3131 Health psychology
• PSY3151 Contemporary social psychology
• PSY3162 Psychology of language
• PSY3172 Decision making in professional settings

NOTE: Electives offered may vary from year to year depending on staff availability. Some third-year electives may be undertaken at second-year providing pre- and co-requisites are met - students should check unit pre- and co-requisites when planning their enrolment.

Contact details

Enquiries (Gippsland): Room 283, building 2W
Telephone +61 3 9902 6339
Email humcass.info@arts.monash.edu.au
Visit http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/humcass

Department of Psychology - Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Telephone: (Caulfield) + 61 3 9903 2691; (Clayton) + 61 3 9905 3968; (Gippsland) + 61 3 9902 6415
Email psychology.enquiries@med.monash.edu.au
Visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/psych