Graduate Diploma in Psychology
Unit of study table
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 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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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 |
| PSYC2015 Brain and Behavioural Psychology |
6 | P PSYC1002 N PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2915 |
| 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 |
| PSYC2016 Perception, Cognition, and Intelligence |
6 | P PSYC1002 N PSYC2013 or PSYC2014 |
| PSYC2017 Personality and Social Psychology |
6 | P PSYC1001 N PSYC2013 or PSYC2014 |
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 and (PSYC2X10 or PSYC2X11 or PSYC2013 or PSYC2014 or PSYC2X15 or PSYC2016 or PSYC2017) |
| PSYC3011 Learning and Behaviour |
6 | P (PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) and PSYC2012 N PSYC3911 |
| 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 |
| PSYC3012 Cognitive Psychology |
6 | P PSYC2012 and (PSYC2013 or PSYC2016) |
| PSYC3013 Perceptual Systems |
6 | P (PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2016) and PSYC2012 N PSYC3913 |
| PSYC3913 Perceptual Systems (Advanced) |
6 | P (A mark of 75 or above in PSYC2X10 or PSYC2X11 or PSYC2016) and PSYC2012 N PSYC3013 |
| 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 or MEDS2005)] N PSYC3914 |
| 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 or MEDS2005)] N PSYC3014 |
| PSYC3015 Personality and Psychological Assessment |
6 | P PSYC2012 and (PSYC2014 or PSYC2017) |
| PSYC3016 Developmental Psychology |
6 | P PSYC2013 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915 N PSYC3916 |
| PSYC3916 Developmental Psychology (Advanced) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in any one PSYC2XXX unit of study N PSYC3016 |
| PSYC3017 Social Psychology |
6 | P PSYC2012 and (PSYC2013 or PSYC2017) |
| PSYC3018 Mental Health Conditions |
6 | A (PSYC2014 or PSYC2017) P (PSYC2010 or PSYC2910 or PSYC2011 or PSYC2911 or PSYC2015 or PSYC2915) |
| PSYC3020 Applied Psychology |
6 | P 12 credit points of 1000-level psychology units and 12 credit points of 2000-level Psychology units N PSYC3019 |
| HPSC3023 Psychology and Psychiatry: History and Phil |
6 | P (12 credit points of HPSC2XXX OR 12 credit points of PSYC2XXX) OR (6 credit points of HPSC2XXX AND 6 credit points of PSYC2XXX) |
4000-level units |
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| Students may request permission to substitute a 3900-level unit for one of the units below | ||
| PSYC4003 Health Psychology |
6 | A Students who have not completed PSYC3020 may be required to do additional reading P 6cp of PSYC3XXX and an additional 6cp of 3000-level units of study |
| PSYC4004 Applied Psychology in the Workplace |
6 | A Students should have the ability to read and interpret findings from scientific research, and have a basic familiarity with the empirical process P (144 cp of which a minimum needs to be 24 cp of 3000-level or 4000-level units of study) or (12 cp PSYC3XXX) N PSYC4730 |
| PSYC4005 Coaching Skills for Work and Life |
6 | A Students should have the ability to read and interpret findings from scientific research, and have a basic familiarity with the empirical process P (144 cp of which a minimum needs to be 24 cp of 3000-level or 4000-level units of study) or (12 cp PSYC3XXX) N PSYC4721 or PSYC4722 |
| PSYC4006 Positive Psychology, Resilience and Happiness |
6 | A Students should have the ability to read and interpret findings from scientific research, and have a basic familiarity with the empirical process P (144 cp of which a minimum needs to be 24 cp of 3000-level or 4000-level units of study) or (12 cp PSYC3XXX) N PSYC4730 or PSYC4723 |
| PSYC4888 Advanced Psychology Project |
12 | A Have sound knowledge of the main discipline areas of psychological science as well as training in empirical research methods and statistics, and should have the ability to apply this knowledge, training and methodology in a collaborative project setting P PSYC2012 and [(18cp of PSYC3XXX) or (12cp of PSYC3XXX and SCPU3001) or (6cp of PSYC3XXX and SCPU3001 and HPSC3023)] This unit is for 4th year students who want to complete a research project in a small group. Student numbers in this unit are limited due to project availability. Admission will be based on a "first come, first served" basis. Students will not be admitted after week 2 of semester as project groups will have already been formed. |
