Bachelor of Psychological Science

In the Bachelor of Psychological Science, you will develop an integrated understanding of human behaviour including social-cultural perspective, motivations, health and psychopathology as well as the fundamental premise of psychology as an empirically based science.

Key study areas include:

research methods abnormal psychology social-cultural psychology learning and motivation cognitive psychology the biological bases of behaviour introduction to forensic psychology counselling.

The Bachelor of Psychological Science will also prepare you for the Honours program, as well as postgraduate professional coursework or supervised training in psychology.

Common Units(2 units) - 20cp

Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below.

CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (compulsory) Plus either: CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology OR CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability (new title from 2016) Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options.

Core Units(15 units) - 150cp

Compulsory Core units totalling 150 credit points as detailed below.

IAS101 Indigenous Australia (replaces IND120 from 2020 which replaced ATI120 from 2016) PSY115 Psychological Skills PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A PSY141 Introduction to Psychology B PSY202 Developmental Psychology PSY208 Biological Bases of Behaviour PSY209 Social-Cultural Psychology PSY245 Cognition and Language PSY247 Research Design and Analysis PSY305 Theories of Personality PSY340 Behavioural Therapies (new title from 2016) PSY347 Advanced Research Design and Analysis PSY353 Abnormal Psychology PSY355 Applied Psychology (new title from 2016) Plus either: IAS131 Colonising Australia (replaces IND150 from 2020 which replaced ATI150 from 2016) OR IAS144 Indigenous Land and Resources (replaces ATI140 from 2020)

Specialist Elective(3 units) - 30cp

Select units totalling 30 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below.

PSY143 Traumatology - Assessment and Intervention AOD201 Alcohol and Other Drugs Studies PSY211 Introduction to Forensic Psychology AOD301 Counselling/Interventions in Alcohol and Other Drugs PSY390 Counselling (new title from 2016)

Electives(4 units) - 40cp

Select units totalling 40 credit points may be selected from undergraduate units offered by the University.

- 240cp

Total Credit Points

Admission requirements are met by one of the following: Successful completion of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (or equivalent) and the awarding of an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of at least 60*. Successful completion of a national qualification at Certificate IV level or higher. Successful completion of at least 0.5 year of full-time study (or equivalent) of a higher education degree/diploma. Overseas secondary or tertiary qualifications considered equivalent to the above Australian qualifications. Attainment of a STAT Multiple Choice score of 135 (or a score of 145 if prior to May 2010). Successful completion of the Tertiary Enabling Program, the Preparation for Tertiary Success courses, or other recognised tertiary preparation course. Submission of an acceptable personal competencies statement and/or employment experience. * After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.