| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-03-01 | - |
| 2024-08-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) equips students with advanced knowledge and skills in psychology, preparing them for diverse career pathways in the mental health workforce and beyond. The program emphasizes transferable skills in human-machine interaction, ageing, data analysis, and cultural responsiveness, aligning with industry demands and societal challenges. Graduates are eligible for registration as psychologists and possess skills highly valued by employers in various fields.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) develops advanced knowledge and skills in psychology to better understand the mind, brain, and behaviour. Our psychology degrees have been designed in line with the latest Australian Psychology Accreditation Council and American Psychological Association guidelines, as well as the Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project frameworks. This ensures that students receive cutting-edge and internationally relevant knowledge and skillsets that are highly valued by diverse employers. Students apply psychology to many of the biggest challenges currently faced by individuals and society, including climate change and sustainability, misinformation, cybersecurity, ageing populations, human-computer interaction, and change management. The Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) prepares students for diverse career pathways in the future workforce. This degree offers the first step towards becoming a registered psychologist as well as transferable skills increasingly demanded by a range of employers. Graduates use psychology to better understand the mind, brain, and behaviour to solve challenges faced by individuals, groups, and society.
Objective:
- To equip graduates with broad and coherent knowledge and skills in the scientific discipline of psychology.
- To fill the pressing need for a larger mental health workforce.
- To provide students with transferable skills in preparation for jobs of the future that are focused on human-machine interaction, ageing, behavioural insights, data analysis, people management, leadership, neuroscience, and more.
- To weave an Indigenous graduate attribute throughout the course to ensure graduates are culturally responsive and well prepared to work with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Outline:
First Year
Autumn C Session
- Introduction to Psychology A
- Developmental Psychology
- Positive Psychology
- Select 6 credit points from Psychology Elective choice
Spring C Session
- Introduction to Psychology B
- Research Methods in Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Select 6 credit points from Psychology Elective choice
Second Year
Autumn C Session
- Mental Health Conditions and Psychological Wellbeing
- Research Design and Statistics in Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
- Select 6 credit points from Psychology Elective choice
Spring C Session
- Health Psychology
- Brain and Behaviour
- Psychology Career Readiness
- Select 6 credit points from Psychology Elective choice
Third Year
Autumn C Session
- Perception and Cognition
- Select 18 credit points from Psychology Elective choice
Spring C Session
- Individual Differences and Psychological Assessment
- Select 6 credit points from Transdisciplinary Electives
- Select 6 credit points from Psychology Elective choice
Fourth Year
Autumn C Session
- Psychology Honours Research Project A
- Advanced Research Methods and Data Analysis
- Applied Psychological Assessment and Intervention
Spring C Session
- Psychology Honours Research Project B
- Professional and Ethical Practice in Psychology
- Advanced Topics in Psychology
Honours
Careers:
- Psychologist
- Social worker
- Counsellor
- Therapist
- Policy analyst
- Data analyst
- Cyber analyst
- Researcher
- Marketer
- Human resources manager
- Behaviour advisor
- People advisor
- Evaluator
