Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

Program of study

To qualify for The Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) a student must complete 144 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic. This must include:

63 units of Psychology topics
9 units of First Year topics taken from the major sequence options in the Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) topics, as set out below
36 units of electives, which may be selected from any topics offered by the University provided entry and course requirements are met
the 36-unit Fourth Year program.

All other components (a total of 108 units) must be completed before undertaking the Fourth Year program.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

In order to progress to the third year of the Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) program a student must normally have achieved a GPA of 5 (an average grade of CR) in all Second Year Psychology topics attempted. Failure to achieve the required GPA may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University’s Policy on Student Progress.

In order to progress to the fourth year of the Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) program a student must normally have achieved a GPA of 5.25 in all Third Year Psychology topics attempted. Students who fail to achieve the required GPA or choose not to continue to the fourth year of the program may apply to graduate with the Bachelor of Psychological Science.

Core - Year 1 topics

Select 13.5 units of core topics:

PSYC1101 Psychology 1A (4.5 units)
PSYC1102 Psychology 1B (4.5 units)
PSYC1106 Research Methods 1 (4.5 units)

plus 9 units from the following:

Option - Year 1 topics

BIOL1101 Evolution of Biological Diversity (4.5 units)
BIOL1102 Molecular Basis of Life (4.5 units)
BUSN1011 Accounting For Managers (4.5 units)
BUSN1012 Management, People and Organisations (4.5 units)
COMP1001 Fundamentals of Computing (4.5 units)
COMP1101 Information and Communications Technology 1A (4.5 units)
COMP1102 Computer Programming 1 (4.5 units)
CRIM1101 Crime and Criminology (4.5 units)
CRIM1102 Criminal Justice System (4.5 units)
DSRS1201 Perspectives of Disability and Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
DSRS1209 Human Diversity (4.5 units)
HLTH1101 Health Promotion for Health Professionals (4.5 units)
HLTH1305 Health Practitioner Practice 1 (4.5 units)
HLTH1306 Health Practitioner Practice 2 (4.5 units)
LEGL1101 Australian Justice System (4.5 units)
LEGL1102 Contentious Justice Issues (4.5 units)
PHIL1010 Mind and World (4.5 units)
PHIL1030 The Individual and Society (4.5 units)
PHIL1060 Critical Reasoning (4.5 units)
POLI1003 An Introduction to Democracy and Government (4.5 units)
POLI1011 Introduction to Australian Public Policy (4.5 units)
SOCI1001 Introduction to Sociology (4.5 units)
SOCI1010 Culture and Everyday Life: Introduction to Sociology B (4.5 units)
WMST1001 Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia 4.5 units)
WMST1002 Gender, Power and Change: Introducing Feminist Debates (4.5 units)

plus 13.5 units from:

Elective - Year 1 topics

Any year 1 topics from across the University where the entry requirements are met.

Core - Year 2 topics

Select 22.5 units of core topics:

PSYC2018 Research Methods 2 (4.5 units)
PSYC2019 Personality and Social Psychology (4.5 units)
PSYC2020 Cognition and Learning (4.5 units)
PSYC2021 Human Development (4.5 units)
PSYC2022 Psychological Assessment and Measurement (4.5 units)

plus 13.5 units from:

Elective - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics

Any year 1, 2 or 3 topics from across the University where the entry requirements are met.

Core - Year 3 topics

Select 13.5 units of core topics:

PSYC3007 Research Methods 3 (4.5 units)
PSYC3011 Ethics and Professional Practice in Psychology (4.5 units)
PSYC3012 Interviewing and Counselling (4.5 units)

and at least 13.5 units of other Third Year Psychology topics from the following list:

Option - Year 3 Psychology topics

PSYC3003 Introduction to Clinical Psychology (4.5 units)
PSYC3004 Advanced Social Psychology (4.5 units)
PSYC3005 Applications to Clinical and Health Psychology (4.5 units)
PSYC3008 Applied Cognitive Psychology (4.5 units)
PSYC3009 Lifespan Development in Cultural Perspective (4.5 units)
PSYC3010 Psychobiology of Sleep and Cognition (4.5 units)

and up to 9 units from:

Elective - Year 1, 2 & 3 topics

Any year 1, 2 or 3 topics from across the University where the entry requirements are met.

Core - Year 4 topics

Select 36 units of core topics:

PSYC7002A Psychology Honours Thesis (9/18 units) AND
PSYC7002B Psychology Honours Thesis (9/18 units)
PSYC7006 Contemporary Issues in Psychology (4.5 units)
PSYC7007 Applications of Psychology (4.5 units)
PSYC7056A Research and Practice in Psychology: Part 1 (4.5 units) AND
PSYC7056B Research and Practice in Psychology: Part 2 (4.5 units)