Course list for the Psychology Extended Major

Information valid for students commencing 2019

Psychology (Extended Major)

(This major is available at St Lucia only)

Prerequisites required for progression in this major:

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


Extended Major requirements (22 units)
Australian Psychology Accreditation Council accredited Psychology sequence for students intending to apply for admission to BSc(Hons-Psychology).

16 units for -

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
PSYC3010 2 Psychological Research Methodology III
PSYC3020 2 Measurement in Psychology
PSYC3102 2 Psychopathology

and 4 units from at least two of the five different study areas below, and PSYC3042 or 2 units from any of the five different study areas below -

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


(a) Applied/Professional Psychology

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


(b) Biological Psychology

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


(c) Cognitive Psychology

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


(d) Developmental Psychology

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


(e) Social Psychology

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