Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology

• Important information
• Objectives
• Admission requirements
• Unsatisfactory progress
• Course structure

Important information

Caulfield campus

Course leader: to be advised

Objectives

This course offered by the Caulfield section of the Department of Psychology has been designed to:

• provide an advanced treatment of a range of issues central to most fields of applied psychology and develop some basic professional skills;
• satisfy the criteria laid down by the Australian Psychological Society for accreditation as a fourth year of study in psychology;
• help students to explore various fields in applied psychology with special reference to further postgraduate training or professional employment.

Admission requirements

A degree and an accredited major in psychology with credit average or better in third year.

Unsatisfactory progress

Students who do not pass at least half of the subjects taken in the year of enrolment will be liable for exclusion.

Course structure

The course as currently accredited, comprises six semester subjects of study. These subjects may be completed in one year of full-time study or on a part-time basis, usually over two years. The sequence in which subjects are undertaken may be varied (within timetabling constraints) according to the experience, interests, career plans and enrolment status (full or part-time) of individual students, in consultation with the graduate diploma course leader. It is not advisable for a student to attempt the research project before undertaking APY4030, the multivariate data analysis subject. The six subjects, which are described in the chapter `Subjects', are:

• APY4010
• APY4020
• APY4030
• APY4040
• APY4050
• APY4060

Each of the subjects APY4040 and APY4050 involves the equivalent of twenty-five days attendance in a psychology placement setting. Placements are arranged by the department. In addition, there are fortnightly seminars of two hours duration.

APY4060 requires the student to design and carry out an applied research project. Fortnightly seminars are held and each student is obliged to see his or her supervisor approximately once a week in order to facilitate the successful completion of the project.

The typical class attendance time for full-time students is twelve hours a week and for part-time students varies between three and nine hours per week depending on the combination of subjects. Part-time students usually undertake APY4020, APY4030 and APY4040 in the first year, and APY4010, APY4050 and APY4060 in the second year.

Prospective students are advised that the structure of the course is being reviewed in light of new guidelines from the Australian Psychological Society and may be changed significantly. However, the general objectives of the course will be maintained and the workload will not be increased.

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