Qualifications
Successful completion of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or its equivalent, such as an interstate or international Year 12 qualification.
Completion or partial completion of an approved tertiary qualification (including Certificates IV (completed), Diplomas, Advanced Diplomas, Associate Degrees and Degrees)
Applicants without a formal qualification may be considered for entry if they have significant and relevant work experience and/or upon completion of the STAT test.
Course Prerequisites
VCE Units 3 and 4 – a minimum study score of 25 in any English (except EAL) or 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or equivalent.
IELTS (Academic Module), Overall 6.5 No individual band below 6.0
PTE Academic, 58 (no communicative skill less than 50)
TOEFL iBT, 79 (no less than 13 in reading, 12 in listening, 18 in speaking 21 in writing)
C1 Advanced*, 176, no band less than 169
Common European Framework, B2
Learn how to support people in an increasingly complex world by becoming a mental health professional.
This Bachelor of Psychological Sciences degree is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council and the first step to becoming a psychologist. You’ll study the scope of psychological science and complete a variety of research projects to develop your project management, research and report writing skill set.
Combine with a Bachelor of Arts to widen your knowledge of what drives social change in contemporary society. Majors such as perspectives on globalisation or Indigenous studies will develop your key complex problem solving and cultural competency skills - to broaden your career opportunities helping individuals in need and society at large.
All our bachelor degrees include a guaranteed Work Integrated Learning opportunity. Build up your résumé with real industry experience which could be a placement, internship or industry-linked project. In this degree, in the Psychology Project (PSY30003), you'll have the opportunity to explore a student-led project with an industry collaboration. In your second year, in the Skills and Strategies for Social Change core arts unit, collaborate with fellow students and community, civil society and industry partners to create real campaigns for real social change.
CRICOS code: 106700B
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COURSE STRUCTURE
Successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Psychological Sciences requires students to complete units of study to the value of 400 credit points. All units of study are valued at 12.5 credit points unless otherwise stated.
Core studies
16 units (200 credit points)
Units
Technology and Society
Introduction to Research Methods
Brain and Behaviour
Fundamentals of Psychology
Foundations of Statistics
Skills and Strategies for Social Change *
Cognition and Human Performance *
Developmental Psychology *
Social Psychology *
Analysis of Variance and Regression *
Changemakers in Action *
Arts Internship *
Psychology Project *
Psychology of Personality *
Abnormal Psychology *
History and Philosophy of Psychology
*Outcome unit – completion demonstrates the attainment of course learning outcomes
Major for Bachelor of Arts
8 units (100 credit points)
Choose a major:
Climate and Social Justice, Criminology, Ethics and Technology, Indigenous Studies, Perspectives on Globalisation, Politics, Power and Technology, Professional and Creative Writing, Screen Studies and Popular Culture
Other studies
8 units (100 credit points)
Choose from a combination of the following course components to complete 100 credit points of other study. Students may also select elective units (12.5 credit points each).
+ Work Integrated Learning
+ Second major
+ Co-major
+ Advanced minor
+ Minors
+ Elective units
+ Signature Series
Future career options may include social welfare consultant, medical researcher, child safety officer, clinical worker, health officer, child development officer. These will be further expanded by your Arts degree and chosen major to include outcomes such as NGO/aid worker, policy advisor/analyst, political campaigner, social researcher, media advisor, security consultant, anti-corruption investigator, digital content creator, marketing officer, freelance writer, public administration or government relations manager.
Graduates who intend to pursue psychology as a career must follow a sequence of education and training in psychology as required by the Psychology Board of Australia.
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
