Course list for the Psychology Extended Major

Information valid for students commencing 2019

Psychology

Extended Major

28 units consisting of:

6 units for compulsory gateway courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC1020 2 Introduction to Psychology: Minds, Brains and Behaviour
PSYC1030 2 Introduction to Psychology: Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology
PSYC1040 2 Psychological Research Methodology I

and 10 units for compulsory cornerstone courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC2010 2 Psychological Research Methodology II
PSYC2020 2 Neuroscience for Psychologists
PSYC2030 2 Developmental Psychology
PSYC2040 2 Social & Organisational Psychology
PSYC2050 2 Learning & Cognition

and 6 units from at least two of the five study areas below, which may include PSYC3042 -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC3042 2 Psychological Research: Interpretation & Evaluation

Applied/Professional

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC3000 2 Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
PSYC3082 2 Psychotherapies and Counselling
PSYC3132 2 Health Psychology
PSYC3202 2 Industrial & Organisational Psychology

Biological

Course Code Units Course Title
ANAT3022 2 Functional Neuroanatomy
PSYC3262 2 Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour
PSYC3272 2 The Neuroscience of Social Behaviour
PSYC3302 2 Cognitive Neuroscience

Cognition

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC3052 2 Judgment & Decision-Making
PSYC3062 2 Introduction to Human Factors
PSYC3192 2 Sensory Neuroscience

Developmental

Course Code Units Course Title
MUSC3340 2 Music, Cognition & Development
PSYC3162 2 Development in Infancy
PSYC3282 2 Developmental Perspectives on the Origins of Human Culture
PSYC3312 2 Parenting and Family Psychology

Social

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC3032 2 Topics in Social Psychology
PSYC3122 2 Attitudes & Social Cognition
PSYC3142 2 Intergroup Relations & Group Processes
PSYC3292 2 Psychology of Emotion

and 6 units for compulsory capstone courses -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC3010 2 Psychological Research Methodology III
PSYC3020 2 Measurement in Psychology
PSYC3102 2 Psychopathology