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Psychology

• Undergraduate Psychology
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Studying psychology at Swinburne means studying people and the things that are important in peoples' lives.

We focus on the 'person within' and you will learn the knowledge and skills to improve your ability to understand and explain human behaviour and relationships.

We take a real-world human focus, which provides you with highly developed practical and research skills in both our undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

If you are not currently enrolled in a Swinburne program, you may apply to undertake any of our undergraduate or selected postgraduate units as single units of study.

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Undergraduate Psychology

Undergraduate Programs

This information is for students commencing study from Semester 2, 2012 onwards. Please refer to program structures for information about programs commenced prior to Semester 2, 2012.

Program	Local Student Information	International Student Information	Career Opportunities
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Forensic Science)	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Psychophysiology)	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Sport Science)	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Arts (Psychophysiology)	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Health Science	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Science (Psychology)	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Psychophysiology)	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology and Forensic Science)	Local	International	Careers
Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology and Sport Science)	Local	International	Careers

Undergraduate Honours Programs

• Honours Programs

Undergraduate Psychology Majors / Professional Majors

• Psychology (Arts and Social Science)
• Psychology and psychophysiology (Arts)
• Psychology and Forensic Science
• Psychology and Sport Science
• Psychophysiology (Arts)
• Psychology (Health Science)
• Psychology (Science)
• Psychology (Science - Psychophysiology)

Undergraduate Psychology Co-majors and Minors

Please note: all co-majors and minors are subject to Faculty approval and timetabling

• Science Co-majors in the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
• Minors in the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
• Co-majors and Minors Offered by Other Faculties

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Postgraduate Psychology

APAC Accredited Programs

• Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)
• Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
• Master of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
• Doctor of Psychology (Counselling Psychology)
• Master of Psychology (Counselling Psychology)
• Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology (4th year Psychology)
• Graduate Diploma of Psychology
• Graduate Diploma of Science (Clinical Psychology) (units of study are APAC accredited)

Psychology Staff Research Interests, and
Psychology Staff Listing for staff profiles.

Academic Referee Report and Professional Referee Report forms for use in applications for postgraduate psychology programs.

Frequently asked questions about the postgraduate clinical psychology program

Non-APAC Accredited Programs

• Master of Social Science (Couple Counselling)
• Master of Social Science (Family Therapy)
• Master of Social Science (Human Services - Counselling)
• Graduate Diploma in Career Development

Applied Statistics

• Master of Science (Applied Statistics)

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Short Courses

In addition to offering single units of study selected from our undergraduate and postgraduate programs, The Faculty of Life and Social Sciences offers short courses in statistics.