Psychology Major Sequence - 2008

The 60 point undergraduate major in psychology accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) comprises ten six-point units:

For information on each unit, click on its link at the unit code listed below:

CORE UNITS

1st semester	PSY1011	Psychology 1A
2nd semester	PSY1022	Psychology 1B

1^st semester	PSY2031	Developmental and Biological Psychology
	PSY2051	Research Design and Analysis
2^nd semester	PSY2042	Cognitive and Social Psychology
	PSY2051	Research Design and Analysis (Off-campus learning only)

1^st semester	PSY3041	Psychological testing, theories of ability and ethics
	PSY3051	Perception and personality
2^nd semester	PSY3032	Abnormal psychology
	PSY3062	Research Methods and Theory

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.

2^nd semester

Organisational psychology
(Caulfield Day, Clayton OCL, Peninsula (Flex), Singapore, South Africa)

1^st semester	PSY3160	Psychology of language (Clayton day)
	PSY3180	Human Neuropsychology (Clayton Day)
2^nd semester	PSY3120	Introduction to Counselling (Caulfield, Caulfield OCL, Singapore, South Africa)
	PSY3130	Health Psychology (Caulfield, Caulfield OCL)
	PSY3190	Addiction studies (Clayton, Peninsula)
	PSY3230	Psychological foundations of law (Clayton, Caulfield, Peninsula)
	PSL3072	Psychological foundations of law (Clayton – Law prerequisites required)

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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