Program Overview

Bachelor of Psychological Science (exit only)

Overview

The Bachelor of Psychological Science is an exit award for those students in the four-year Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) who have completed the first three years, but do not meet the standard required for entry into fourth year, or who do not wish to continue to the fourth year.

Admission

This program is an exit point only from the Bachelor of Psychology (Honours).

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points, including:

• 140 credit points of Psychology core subjects
• 20 credit points of Psychology Alternate subjects
• One minor (40 credit points) and electives (40 credit points), or two minors (80 credit points)

Sequence

The recommended sequence for full-time students is as follows:

Year 1

• Autumn: BEHV 1018 Psychology: Human Behaviour, BEHV 2018 Personality, and 20 credit points of Psychology Alternate subjects, minor subjects, or electives
• Spring: BEHV 1016 Psychology: Behavioural Science, BEHV 1003 Introduction to Research Methods, and 20 credit points of Psychology Alternate subjects, minor subjects, or electives

Year 2

• Autumn: MATH 2006 Experimental Design and Analysis, BEHV 2002 Brain and Behaviour, BEHV 2010 Perception, and 10 credit points of Psychology Alternate subjects, minor subjects, or electives
• Spring: BEHV 3014 Motivation and Emotion, BEHV 2005 Human Learning, BEHV 3023 Social Psychology, and 10 credit points of Psychology Alternate subjects, minor subjects, or electives

Year 3

• Autumn: BEHV 3004 Advanced Research Methods, BEHV 3009 Developmental Psychology, and 20 credit points of Psychology Alternate subjects, minor subjects, or electives
• Spring: BEHV 3002 Abnormal Psychology, BEHV 3007 Cognitive Processes, and 20 credit points of Psychology Alternate subjects, minor subjects, or electives

Psychology Alternatives

Students must choose 20 credit points from the following list of pool subjects:

• BEHV 1001 Behaviour and Environment
• BEHV 3010 Health Psychology
• BEHV 1010 Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness, Resilience, and Wellbeing
• BEHV 3018 Psychology and the Online World
• BEHV 3021 Psychology, Crime and Law
• BEHV 3019 Psychology of Language
• BEHV 1024 Applied Psychology
• BEHV 1025 Usable Design

Suggested Minors

• Business, Minor
• Child and Community, Minor
• Criminology and Criminal Justice, Minor
• Economics, Minor
• Education Studies, Minor
• Global Sustainability, Minor
• Health Practice Management, Minor
• Health Promotion, Minor
• Health and Recreation, Minor
• Human Resource Management, Minor
• Marketing, Minor
• Public Health, Minor

Minor Elective Spaces

Elective subjects may be used toward obtaining an additional approved minor (40 credit points). Western Sydney University offers minors in a range of areas, including Sustainability and Indigenous Studies.