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Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology

PgDipPsych

80 cp

Minimum duration:  1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Available at                    Brisbane Campus Qld

                                     Melbourne Campus Vic

EFTSL value of units:   All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA

To qualify for the Postgraduate Diploma, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

(a)        20 cp from Core units

(b)        40 cp from Research units;

(b)        20 cp from Electives, consisting of 10 cp from each of Group A and Group B.

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

CORE UNITS

PSYC404          5          Research and Quantitative Methods in Psychology A

PSYC413          10         Ethics and Professional Issues in Psychology

PSYC419          5          Research and Quantitative Methods in Psychology B (Pre: PSYC404 Research and Quantitative Methods in Psychology A)

RESEARCH UNITS

PSYC409           20         Research Project A

PSYC420          20         Research Project B (Pre: PSYC409 Research Project A)

ELECTIVES

Group A

PSYC406          10         Theories of Intervention

PSYC408          10         Psychology of Human Sexuality

PSYC412          10         Psychology of Ageing

Group B

PSYC405          10         Comparative Psychology

PSYC407          10         History and Philosophy of Psychology

PSYC414          10         Cultural Issues for Psychologists

PSYC415          10         Theories of Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan