Program Overview

Postgraduate Diploma of Clinical Psychology [Exit Point Only]

The Postgraduate Diploma of Clinical Psychology [Exit Point Only] includes the following awards: Postgraduate Diploma of Clinical Psychology.

Course Details

• Award Names: Postgraduate Diploma of Clinical Psychology
• Availability: Distance Education - Bathurst, subject to change
• Duration:
  • Full-time: 1.5 years (3.0 sessions)
  • Part-time: 3.0 years (6.0 sessions)
• Admission Criteria:
  • Personal suitability to undertake professional practice as a psychologist
  • A four-year APAC-accredited qualification in psychology at Honours 2A level or better (or an equivalent qualification)
  • Full registration as a psychologist
• Credit: No special arrangements apply
• Articulation: The Master and Postgraduate Diploma [Exit Point Only] make up an articulated set of courses, with credit given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower
• Graduation Requirements: To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 96 points

Course Structure

The course includes eight 8-credit point coursework subjects and two 0-credit point placements. The core subjects are:

• PSY533 Foundations of Clinical Psychology (8cp)
• PSY534 Clinical Psychopathology (8cp)
• PSY535 Adult Assessment (8cp)
• PSY536 Adult Interventions 1 (8cp)
• PSY537 Child Assessment (8cp)
• PSY538 Child Interventions 1 (8cp)
• PSY539 Adult Interventions 2 (8cp)
• PSY540 Clinical Research Methods (8cp)
• PSY545 Clinical Psychology Placement 1 (0cp)
• PSY546 Clinical Psychology Placement 2 (0cp)

Enrolment Pattern

The enrolment pattern for the proposed program is as follows:

• Part-time progression:
  • Year 1:
    • Session 1: PSY533 Foundations of Clinical Psychology (8cp), PSY534 Clinical Psychopathology (8cp)
    • Session 2: PSY535 Adult Assessment (8cp), PSY536 Adult Interventions 1 (8cp), PSY545 Clinical Psychology Placement 1 (0cp)
  • Year 2:
    • Session 1: PSY537 Child Assessment (8cp), PSY538 Child Interventions 1 (8cp)
    • Session 2: PSY539 Adult Interventions 2 (8cp), PSY540 Clinical Research Methods (8cp), PSY546 Clinical Psychology Placement 2 (0cp)

Workplace Learning and Residential School

• Workplace Learning: The following subjects may contain a Workplace Learning component: PSY545 Clinical Psychology Placement 1, PSY546 Clinical Psychology Placement 2
• Residential School: The following subjects may have a residential school component: PSY533 Foundations of Clinical Psychology, PSY534 Clinical Psychopathology, PSY535 Adult Assessment, PSY536 Adult Interventions 1, PSY537 Child Assessment, PSY538 Child Interventions 1, PSY539 Adult Interventions 2, PSY540 Clinical Research Methods

Accreditation

The current Postgraduate Diploma of Clinical Psychology is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council as a fourth year course in psychology and is approved by the Psychology Board of Australia.