Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental experience. Students completing their degree in psychology will have:
The Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Science consists of three sections: Caulfield/Peninsula, Clayton and Gippsland. The structure of the programs and the subjects offered in each section is indicated below. The department offers subjects for students who intend to specialise in psychology by completing a major sequence in the subject, with the option of proceeding to a degree with honours, or into postgraduate programs of study.
Major studies accredited by the Australian Psychological Society, and approved for registration purposes by the Psychologists' Registration Board of Victoria are offered at Clayton, Caulfield, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses.
From 1997 the first year of the psychology program will be common to all campuses, which will allow students to transfer from one campus to another after first year.
The Caulfield/Peninsula section of the department offers sequences of subjects in the BA and BSc. An honours year and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Psychology are also available, as are postgraduate coursework degree programs.
Subjects are available full-time and part-time on Caulfield and Peninsula campuses. Evening classes are offered on Caulfield campus only.
The first-year subjects, APY1010 and APY1020, provide a general introduction to psychology as a science, with a laboratory program which augments the material provided in the lectures. In second year, APY2010 provides a core program in developmental psychology supplemented by study modules in physiological psychology, and research design. This subject is offered in first semester. In the second semester, APY2020 offers programs of study in personality, social psychology and research design.
There is no choice of subjects in first and second years, and subjects must be completed in the order APY1010, APY1020, APY2010, APY2020.
In third year, the subjects offered develop the applied nature of psychology in several different fields. APY3010 deals with psychology in the industrial setting, with programs of study in psychological assessment and classification, education and training, and vocational development. APY3020 deals with organisational behaviour and human factors. Students must also complete APY3040, the central themes of which are theory, research and experimental methods in psychology. A sequence in psychology consists of APY3010, APY3040, APY3020 and one of APY3030, APY3050, APY3060, APY3070, APY3080, APY3090 or APY3100 (subject to approval)
Entry to the honours year APY4000 is by application and requires at least an average of a credit in third-year psychology subjects.
Further information may be obtained from the Caulfield/ Peninsula section - telephone 9903 2247.
The Clayton section of the department offers a laboratory-based major sequence in psychology which is accredited by the Australian Psychological Society and approved for registration purposes.
The section also offers a non-laboratory program in psychology for students specialising in another subject for whom a sound knowledge of psychology is either required or desirable, and for those who have a general interest in the content and methods of contemporary psychology.
Students specialising in psychology will take the following semester-length subjects:
The first-year subjects PSY1011 and PSY1022 provide a general introduction to psychology as a science, with a laboratory program which augments the material provided in the lectures. The second-year subjects (PSY2011 and PSY2022) and third-year subjects (PSY3011 and PSY3022) are designed to develop and extend the study of psychology as a scientific discipline.
Entry into the second-year sequence will be subject to a quota, and a quota may also apply to the third-year sequence.
Completion of the laboratory sequence with at least a credit grade in PSY3011 and PSY3022 is necessary to qualify for entry into PSY4000 (Psychology honours). PSY4000 is undertaken over two semesters and involves coursework and an introduction to independent research in psychology.
Students who do not wish to complete a full laboratory sequence will complete PSY1011 and PSY1022 and then choose from certain designated units to make up the sequence PSY2031 (Introduction to contemporary psychology I) and PSY2042 (Introduction to contemporary psychology II). These two subjects may be followed by PSY3031 (Advanced contemporary psychology I) and PSY3042 (Advanced contemporary psychology II). The sequences PSY2031 and PSY2042 and PSY3031 and PSY3042 are not accredited by the Australian Psychological Society, will not allow for registration as a psychologist, and do not lead on to honours in psychology.
Further information about these undergraduate programs may be obtained from the Clayton section - telephone (03) 9905 3968.
The Gippsland section offers its program through two degrees available both on the Gippsland campus and by distance education. One, the Bachelor of Behavioural Science is offered by the Faculty of Science, and details of this course are included elsewhere in this handbook. The second, the Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Humanities), details of which are provided in the Faculty of Arts handbook includes the psychology major sequence. Subjects offered by the Gippsland section may be included in other degree programs with permission.
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