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Psychology Major Sequence - 2008
The 60 point undergraduate major in psychology accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) comprises ten six-point units:
- nine core units and
- one elective unit.
For information on each unit, click on its link at the unit code listed below:
CORE UNITS
First year
Second year
| 1st semester |
PSY2031 |
Developmental and Biological Psychology |
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PSY2051 |
Research Design and Analysis |
| 2nd semester |
PSY2042 |
Cognitive and Social Psychology |
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PSY2051 |
Research Design and Analysis
(Off-campus learning only) |
Third year
| 1st semester |
PSY3041 |
Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics |
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PSY3051 |
Perception and personality |
| 2nd semester |
PSY3032 |
Abnormal psychology |
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PSY3062 |
Research Methods and Theory |
ELECTIVES
- Electives offered may vary from year to year depending on staff availability
- Campus and off-campus learning (OCL) may vary from year to year
- Some third-year electives may be undertaken at second-year providing pre- and co-requisites are met.
- Students should check unit pre- and co-requisites when planning their enrolment.
Second year
| 2nd semester |
PSY2112 |
Organisational psychology
(Caulfield Day, Clayton OCL, Peninsula
(Flex), Singapore, South Africa) |
Third year
| 1st semester |
PSY3160 |
Psychology of language
(Clayton day) |
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PSY3180 |
Human Neuropsychology
(Clayton Day)
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| 2nd semester |
PSY3120 |
Introduction to Counselling
(Caulfield, Caulfield OCL, Singapore, South Africa) |
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PSY3130 |
Health Psychology
(Caulfield, Caulfield OCL) |
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PSY3190 |
Addiction studies
(Clayton, Peninsula) |
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PSY3230 |
Psychological foundations of law
(Clayton, Caulfield, Peninsula) |
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PSL3072 |
Psychological foundations of law
(Clayton – Law prerequisites required) |
Electives not offered in 2008
| PSY3100 |
Advanced psychobiology |
| PSY3150 |
Contemporary social psychology |
| PSY3170 |
Decision making in professional settings |
| PSY3210 |
Advances in Leadership |
| PSY3220 |
Philosophical and theoretical psychology |
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