PgDipPsych
80 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at:
Brisbane Queensland
Melbourne Victoria
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. Admission Requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission Rules.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed, within the last five years, a Bachelor degree including:
- an accredited three year sequence in psychology;
- at least a credit average across all units of the pass degree;
- credit level or above in four second and third year psychology units; and
- at least a pass in the prerequisites for units to be undertaken in the Postgraduate Diploma.
2. Completion Requirements
To qualify for the Postgraduate Diploma, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings consisting of:
- 30 cp from Core Units;
- 40 cp from Research Units;
- 10 cp from Electives.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Core Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
PSYC413 |
10 |
Professional Issues and Ethics |
PSYC423 |
10 |
Assessment and Intervention
(Inc: PSYC406 Theories of Intervention)
|
PSYC424 |
10 |
Research Methods
(Inc: PSYC404 Research and Quantitative Methods in Psychology A and PSYC419 Research and Quantitative Methods in Psychology B) |
Research Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
PSYC409 |
20 |
Research Project A |
PSYC420 |
20 |
Research Project B
(Pre: PSYC409 Research Project A) |
Electives
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
---|
PSYC405 |
10 |
Comparative Psychology |
PSYC407 |
10 |
History and Philosophy of Psychology |
PSYC412 |
10 |
Psychology of Ageing |
PSYC414 |
10 |
Cultural Issues for Psychologists |
PSYC415 |
10 |
Theories of Psychoanalysis |
PSYC422 |
10 |
Cognitive Neuropsychology |
Page last updated:
2017-06-29
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