COURSE DETAILS
The programme will provide a contemporary curriculum which covers the core topics in psychology, using a variety of teaching methods and assessments that is informed by current research, scholarship and application.  

The programme will develop critical awareness of issues in the scientific and applied areas of psychology and the methodological skills to critically examine and interrogate the discipline of psychology in all its facets.

COURSE CONTENT
The course is tailored towards analysing data in the real world.

You’ll learn methodological analysis skills and the core principles of psychology:

Psychobiology
Developmental
Social
Individual differences
Cognitive psychology.
You’ll learning everything from Freudian principles to how the brain works.

Your research project will take place over the summer.

PROGRAMME MODULES
There are five modules per semester, and the proportional mix of time spent in classes, tutorials/seminars/labs, and private study in a teaching semester is approximately 30% lectures, 20% Labs/tutorials and 50% private study.

Core Psychology I:  Social, Individual Differences, Conceptual & Historical Issues, Perception 
(30 CATS, Semester 1 & 2, Assessment 60% coursework, 40% exam)
Core Psychology II: Developmental, Cognition, Psychobiology and Applied & Professional Psychology 
(30 CATS, Semester 1 & 2, Assessment 60% coursework, 40% exam)
Applications of psychology in the ‘real world’   
(30 CATS, Semester 1 & 2, Assessment 40% coursework, Practical 40%,  , 40% exam)
Methods, Design and Analysis in Psychology  
(30 CATS, Semester 1 & 2, Assessment 35% Coursework, 65% Exam)
Research Thesis Psychology  
(60 CATS, Semester 1 & 2 & 3 Thesis, Assessment 1005 Practical)