Bachelor of Psychology

The Bachelor of Psychology is ideal for the student who knows they want to work in the industry. By the end of the four-year degree, you will have the basis for provisional registration as a psychologist in Australia and enough training and experience to start working right away.



Upon enrolling in the Bachelor of Psychology, you will choose either the science stream or the arts and social sciences stream, depending on your interests. While the psychology units you study are identical for both streams, you might choose to pair them with subjects like Statistics and Neuroscience in the science stream, or Linguistics and Cultural Studies in the arts and social sciences stream, for example.



In the first three years of the course, you will build your specialisation in psychology, studying topics like behavioural neuroscience, social psychology, personality theory, perception, intelligence, abnormal psychology, and developmental psychology. In the fourth year, you will complete an Honours program that includes a research project in a specialised area of psychology that interests you.



Upon graduating, you will have enough training and experience to start working right away. As well as achieving the basis for provisional registration, you can take up positions in areas such as schools, hospitals, prisons, human resources, developmental disabilities and various social policy areas in the private and public sectors. If you would like to have full registration as a professional psychologist, the degree will allow you to continue into professional psychology programs, such as the Doctorate of Clinical Psychology, which will qualify you to become a clinical psychologist.



For more information on how to become a registered psychologist, see the section below on Further Study.



Bachelor of Psychology (Science) stream



Major in Psychology



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