Bachelor of Psychology (Hons)

Course Outline

Year 1
9 Subjects

• Introduction to Psychology 1(Biopsychology, Individual Differences, Cognitive Psychology)
• Introduction of Psychology 2(Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Abnormal Psychology)
• Scientific Thinking & Academic Writing
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods 1
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods 2
• Career Exploration
• Contextual Intelligence
• 3 MPU subjects

Year 2
10 Subjects

• Advanced Quantitative Methods 1
• Advanced Quantitative Methods 2
• Social Psychology
• Human Personality
• Biopsychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Understanding & Managing Emotion
• Industrial Training
• 2 MPU subjects

Year 3
5 Subjects

• Undergraduate Thesis
• Ethics in Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Learning and Cognition
• Career Development & Planning
• Data Analytics for Psychology

Psychology Electives

We are proud to offer over 20 electives from different fields of Psychology. Students have the privilege of choosing seven papers in Year 2 and 3 from the following:

• Counselling Skills
• Counselling Theories and Techniques
• Conflict Theory and Resolution
• Human Services
• Group Process
• Educational Psychology
• Exceptional Children: Developmental Disorders
• Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect
• Learning Disabilities
• Introduction to Industrial/ Organisational Psychology
• Psychology in the Workplace
• Substance Abuse
• Forensic Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Cross Cultural Psychology
• Youth Work and Services
• Issues in Contemporary Psychology
• Psychology of Eating
• Human Motivation
• Psychology of Film
• Gender Studies
• Psychology of Film
• Qualitative Research

New and different electives are added every year at the department’s discretion.