Caulfield/Peninsula
Course leader: Associate Professor Arthur Crook
The Department of Psychology (Caulfield/Peninsula section) offers a coursework program, with strands in occupational psychology and sport psychology. This program is of two years duration, full-time, and may also be undertaken part-time. It is provisionally accredited by the Australian Psychological Society as a qualification, and fifth and sixth years are designed to satisfy the requirements of the Victorian Psychologists' Registration Board for specialist registration as an organisational psychologist (through the occupational strand) or a sport psychologist (through the sport strand).
The normal entry standard is an honours degree or graduate diploma, recognised as a fourth year by the Australian Psychological Society. Pass graduates with a strong academic record in a psychology major and at least five years of professional experience may be admitted but may be required to complete up to two subjects in the Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology as preparation for some subjects in the masters program.
The program comprises a common core and specialist strands in occupational or sport psychology.
The criteria governing liability for exclusion are listed below.
1 Only students who fail a component or components of the program (`component' defined as a subject, a professional practicum, or the minor thesis) will be liable for exclusion.
2 No student will be considered for exclusion solely on the basis of results achieved in the first semester of the first year.
3 Students who do not pass at least half of the components (subjects professional practica or minor thesis) which they take in any year of the program will be liable for exclusion.
3 Students who have failed such components as will prevent their completing the program in the maximum time allowed will be liable for exclusion.
4 A student who fails to complete the minor thesis satisfactorily at the first attempt shall be allowed to reenrol in that component only with the approval of the faculty board on the recommendation of the head of the department.
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