Undergraduate - Area of Study Psychology

Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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NOTE: This area of study has been updated - please refer to the change register for details.

All areas of study information should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. The units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Arts component of any bachelors double degrees.

Managing faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered by	School of Psychology and Psychiatry
Campus(es)	Caulfield, Clayton, South Africa, Sunway

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Administrated and taught by the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. Arts students can count psychology units towards the core arts component of their degree. Units are also available via off-campus learning.

Description

NOTE: For the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) accredited major and accredited courses please refer to the medicine psychology areas of study page at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/psychology/ug-med-psychology.html.

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 of eight units.

Units

First-year level

Students studying a sequence in psychology must complete the following two units (12 points):

PSY1011 Psychology 1A
PSY1022 Psychology 1B

Second/ Third-year level

Standard humanities psychology minor/major

Students studying a minor or major in psychology must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:

a minor requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from the units listed below
a major requires completion of a further six units (36 points) from the units listed below, including all compulsory units. A minimum of three units must be taken at third year level.

Compulsory units

PSY2051 Research design and analysis

Elective units

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

APAC-accredited psychology major

Students completing the APAC-accredited major in psychology are to refer to the Faculty of Medicine Psychology areas of study page http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/psychology/ug-med-psychology.html.

Relevant courses

Diplomas

2327 Diploma in Liberal Arts

Associate degree

4074 Associate Degree in Arts and Social Sciences

Bachelors

Single degrees

0002 Bachelor of Arts
3920 Bachelor of Arts - at Sunway
4073 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences
1638 Bachelor of Arts as a Participant in the Dean's Scholars Program
3914 Bachelor of Arts (Criminal Justice)+ 3907 Bachelor of Arts (English Language)
3910 Bachelor of Arts (Global)
4077 Bachelor of Arts (International)
2396 Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)
1366 Bachelor of Arts (Languages)
1708 Bachelor of Arts (Professional Communication)
1712 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
1719 Bachelor of Behavioural Science
2476 Bachelor of Communication - at Sunway
1731 Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling
4042 Bachelor of Journalism
0202 Bachelor of Letters
1144 Bachelor of Performing Arts
1275 Bachelor of Professional Communication
4086 Bachelor of Social Science

Double degrees

3277 Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
0550 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
0553 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)
0555 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Management)
0556 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
0542 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce
0170 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Economics
1541 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education-primary
1641 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education-secondary
0080 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
3054 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music
0530 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science
3426 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work
0002 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology
3779 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Visual Arts
1807 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Business and Commerce
1806 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling
4208 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Education
4089 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Visual and Media Arts
4403 Bachelor of Arts (Global) and Bachelor of Commerce
3537 Bachelor of Arts (Global) and Bachelor of Science
2131 Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) and Bachelor of Science
1798 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling
1941 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Communication
4423 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Professional Communication
4075 Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling and Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol, Other Drugs and Mental Health)
4076 Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling and Diploma of Disability
0116 Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
3281 Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
1945 Bachelor of Professional Communication and Diploma of Professional Writing