Undergraduate - Area of study Psychology

All students must complete the requirements as outlined below for the campus at which they are enrolled.

Clayton, Caulfield and Sunway

Offered by the School of Psychology and Psychiatry

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/2013handbooks/aos/psychology/ug-med-psychology.html.

South Africa

Offered by the School of Health Sciences

First-year level

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

• AZA1019 Psychology: Introduction 1A
• AZA1020 Psychology: Introduction 1B

Second/third-year level

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
• the major requires completion of a further eight units (48 points) from the units listed below, including all compulsory units. A minimum of three units must be taken at third-year level.

Compulsory units

• AZA2455 Child and adult development
• AZA2460 Industrial and organisational psychology
• AZA2490 Research assessment
• AZA2495 Social and community psychology
• AZA3135 Abnormal behaviour
• AZA3360 Psychotherapy and counselling
• AZA3462 Psychological assessment
• AZA3465 Personality

Note: The major in psychology at South Africa changed in 2013; all students enrolled prior to 2013 who have agreed in writing to be transferred to the newly designed major will receive credit for existing units already completed.