Faculty of Arts
Psychology

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1. Faculty of Arts requirements
2. Requirements for a major
3. Honours entry
4. Honours requirements
5. For more information

Psychology is concerned with the study of human behaviour and experience. People trained in psychology work in a wide variety of areas in health, education, industry, commerce, welfare and government.

Psychology has been a part of a tradition of academic excellence and research achievement at the University of Melbourne since the late 1800s. The Department of Psychology, formally established in 1946, is the single department in the School of Behavioural Science, and is part of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. It is one of the largest departments of psychology in Australia.

The Department of Psychology undergraduate program has been designed to incorporate students' needs of flexibility and choice in coursework areas and offers a broad range of subjects aimed at providing a thorough and extensive grounding in the discipline.

To be able to practise as a psychologist in Victoria, registration is required with the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria. To register with the Board, an accredited four-year sequence in psychology followed by either two years of postgraduate training or supervised experience is required.

1. Faculty of Arts requirements

Students completing a major in psychology should note that they would not usually complete more than 150 points of psychology for credit towards the Bachelor of Arts degree.

2. Requirements for a major

A major in psychology usually consists of 125 points comprising:

two first year psychology subjects (25 points); and
eight second and third year psychology subjects (100 points) comprising six compulsory and at least two elective subjects.

Students should note that they are not required to complete all the second year subjects in one academic year, however 512-220 Quantitative Methods for Psychology 2 should normally be taken in the second year of a student's sequence in psychology, as it is a corequisite or prerequisite for all second year subjects.

For more details on the structure of the major and the subjects available within the major, please see Psychology as a major in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences section.

3. Honours entry

The prerequisites for entry to fourth year honours in psychology are:

completion of all the requirements for the BA;
completion of an Australian Psychological Society accredited major in psychology; and
a weighted average grade of H2B (or higher) in subjects specified by the Department of Psychology. Please refer to Admission requirements in the section Honours in Psychology for more detailed information on entry requirements.

Entry into honours must be approved by the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of Arts.

4. Honours requirements

Students should refer to the Course structure in the section Honours in psychology for information on the structure of the honours year.

5. For more information

Department of Psychology
12th Floor, Redmond Barry Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 8344 6377
Email: enquiries@psych.unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au