Graduate Diploma in Psychology
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Graduate Diploma in Psychology |
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| Students must complete 60 credit points consisting of: | |||
| (a) 24 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (b) 24 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
| (c) 12 credit points of 39XX-level or 4000-level selective units | |||
2000-level units |
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| PSYC2012 Statistics and Research Methods for Psych |
6 | A Recommended: HSC Mathematics, any level P PSYC1001 OR PSYC1002 |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC2015 Brain and Behavioural Psychology |
6 | P PSYC1002 N PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2915 |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC2915 Brain and Behavioural Psychology (Advanced) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or greater in PSYC1002 N PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2010 or PSYC2015 |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC2016 Perception, Cognition, and Intelligence |
6 | P PSYC1002 N PSYC2013 or PSYC2014 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC2017 Personality and Social Psychology |
6 | P PSYC1001 and PSYC1002 N PSYC2013 or PSYC2014 |
Semester 2 |
3000-level units |
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| (i) students who have not completed PSYC2015/2915 at the intermediate level, these 24 credit points must include PSYC3018. Students who want to be eligible for entry to the Honours program must also include PSYC3010. | |||
| (ii) students intending to take the theoretical thesis option in Psychology Honours, HPSC3023 is needed as a prerequisite. | |||
| PSYC3010 Advanced Statistics for Psychology |
6 | P PSYC2012 plus at least one other Intermediate Psychology Unit of Study from PSYC2010 and PSYC2910 and PSYC2011 and PSYC2911 and PSYC2013 and PSYC2014 and PSYC2015 and PSYC2915 and PSYC2016 and PSYC2017 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC3011 Learning and Behaviour |
6 | P (PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) and PSYC2012 N PSYC3911 |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC3911 Learning and Behaviour (Advanced) |
6 | P (A mark of 75 or above in PSYC2X10 or PSYC2X11 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) and PSYC2012 N PSYC3011 |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC3012 Cognitive Psychology |
6 | P PSYC2012 and (PSYC2013 or PSYC2016) |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC3013 Perceptual Systems |
6 | P (PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2016) and PSYC2012 N PSYC3913 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC3913 Perceptual Systems (Advanced) |
6 | P (A mark of 75 or above in PSYC2X10 or PSYC2X11 or PSYC2016) and PSYC2012 N PSYC3013 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC3014 Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience |
6 | P [(PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) and 6 credit points from (PSYC2012 or PSYC2013 or PSYC2014 or PSYC2016 or PSYC2017)] OR [(PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) and (ANAT2010 or ANAT2910)] N PSYC3914 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC3914 Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience Adv |
6 | P [A mark of 75 or above in (PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) and 6 credit points from (PSYC2012 or PSYC2013 or PSYC2014 or PSYC2016 or PSYC2017)] OR [A mark of 75 or above in (PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) and (ANAT2010 or ANAT2910)] N PSYC3014 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC3015 Personality and Psychological Assessment |
6 | P PSYC2012 and (PSYC2014 or PSYC2017) |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC3016 Developmental Psychology |
6 | P PSYC2013 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915 N PSYC3916 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC3916 Developmental Psychology (Advanced) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in (PSYC2013 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) N PSYC3016 |
Semester 2 |
| PSYC3017 Social Psychology |
6 | A Statistical knowledge equivalent to completing PSYC2012 P PSYC2013 or PSYC2017 |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC3018 Abnormal Psychology |
6 | P (PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) and (PSYC2014 or PSYC2017) |
Semester 1 |
| PSYC3020 Applied Psychology |
6 | P 12 credit points of 1000-level psychology units and 12 credit points of 2000-level Psychology units N PSYC3019 |
Semester 2 |
| HPSC3023 Psychology and Psychiatry: History and Phil |
6 | A HPSC2100 and HPSC2101 P (12 credit points of Intermediate HPSC units) OR (Credit or greater in an HPSC Intermediate unit) OR (12 Intermediate credit points in Psychology units) |
Semester 1 |
4000-level units |
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| Students may request permission to substitute a 3900-level unit for one of the units below | |||
| PSYC4000 Foundations of Professional Psychology |
6 | P [24cp of PSYC3XXX including PSYC3010] or [18cp of PSYC3XXX including PSYC3010 and (HPSC3023 or SCPU3001)] Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission is required |
Intensive August |
| PSYC4003 Health Psychology This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | A Students who have not completed PSYC3020 may be required to do additional reading P 12cp of PSYC3XXX units of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment Departmental Permission is required |
Semester 2 |