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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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 Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.

Managing faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered by	School of Psychology and Psychiatry
Campus(es)	Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland, Peninsula, 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.

Description

Curriculum

The Monash psychology curriculum is based on the principle that training in the discipline of psychology should follow the scientist-practitioner model, where learning about professional practice is taught within the scientific perspective. Students are then able to make informed choices about psychology-related careers and further training at the fourth year and postgraduate level. The school offers a common psychology curriculum across all campuses and modes of study.

Accredited major

The School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, offer students an undergraduate psychology program comprising a 60-point major sequence which is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) 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. It provides 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 Psychology (with honours), Bachelor of Psychology and Business, Bachelor of Behavioural Science, Bachelor of Psychology and Management/Marketing, Bachelor of Arts and some Bachelor of Arts degrees with specialisations.

Non-accredited major

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 APAC-accredited and will not permit entry to fourth-year programs in psychology.

Units

Core units

PSY1011 Psychology 1A
PSY1022 Psychology 1B
PSY2031 Developmental and biological psychology
PSY2042 Cognitive and social psychology
PSY2051 Research design and analysis
PSY3032 Abnormal psychology
PSY3041 Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
PSY3051 Perception and personality
PSY3062 Research methods and theory

Elective units

PSY2112 Organisational psychology
PSY3120 Introduction to counselling
PSY3130 Health psychology
PSY3150 Contemporary social psychology
PSY3160 Psychology of language
PSY3170 Decision making in professional settings
PSY3180 Human neuropsychology: Developmental and neurodegenerative disorders
PSY3190 Addiction studies
PSY3210 Advanced leadership
PSY3230 Psychological foundations of the law
PSY3240 Psychology of music
PSY3250 Positive psychology

Sequence requirements

Students wishing to take the APAC-accredited major sequence in psychology must complete ten 6-point units (nine core units and one elective unit) from the lists of units offered.

Students may take an elective unit at second year, and up to four elective units at 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.

Contact details

Telephone: +61 3 9905 3965

Email: bpsychhons.enquiries@med.monash.edu.au

Visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/spppm

Relevant courses

Psychology can be studied in many undergraduate courses offered by different faculties. Note: double degrees are grouped under the faculty heading corresponding to the component of the double degree in which the major is available.

Faculty of Arts

0002 Bachelor of Arts
3920 Bachelor of Arts *
3910 Bachelor of Arts (Global)
1712 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
1638 Bachelor of Arts as a Participant in the Dean's Scholars Program
0202 Bachelor of Letters
3277 Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
4403 Bachelor of Arts (Global) and Bachelor of Commerce
1798 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare
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)
1807 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business and Commerce
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 **
1806 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social and Community Welfare
3426 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work
3779 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Visual Arts
0116 Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
3281 Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering and Bachelor of Arts

Faculty of Business and Economics

3806 Bachelor of Business

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

2193 Diploma of Psychology
3883 Bachelor of Psychology (with Honours)
3863 Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business
3954 Honours degree of Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business (Psychology)
2088 Graduate Diploma in Psychology

Faculty of Science

0050 Bachelor of Science
1120 Bachelor of Science (Science Scholar Program)
3520 Bachelor of Science Advanced with Honours
3278 Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Bachelor of Science
0530 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science*
3528 Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Science
1469 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science
3282 Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering and Bachelor of Science
3517 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Computer Science
3711 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education - Primary
1633 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education - Secondary
0085 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering
0086 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws

* Sunway

** Psychology can only form the major in one component of this double degree.