Psychology

University of Queensland

About

The Master of Psychology provides training, skills and knowledge required to practise competently and confidently within the psychological profession.

Learn the scientific bases and practice of psychological practice through a combination of coursework, supervised practice and research.

The program offers advanced coursework in a chosen specialisation, an applied psychology research project supervised by highly-trained staff, and specialist and generalist placement opportunities.

Structure

This program provides students with the opportunity to gain the skills required for full registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia. Appropriately qualified students are trained through a combination of coursework, research, and a series of supervised placements. Students are taught core content, as well as the ability to specialise within one area of psychological practice: either Counselling, Health or Sport & Exercise Psychology.

Courses

See the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the Master of Psychology.

Click on the course code to view the Course Profile, for further information including advice of courses with shared teaching activities.

Majors/Specialisations

Studies may be undertaken in the following specialisations. Please click on the major(s) that are of interest to you for more information.

Master of Psychology

  • Counselling Field of StudyHealth Field of StudySport and Exercise Field of Study

Placement courses

You will have the opportunity to develop your skills and apply your knowledge through 1000 hours of supervised clinical practice in a range of organisations including not-for-profit, community service, and private practice. Every effort is made to place students within a reasonable distance of the UQ campus but they can be expected to travel up to 60 minutes away. Students are generally placed at Ipswich, Brisbane and the Southeast corner of Queensland. There will be no extra costs to the student in addition to course fees except for incidentals such as travel and daily expenses. The Master of Psychology Placement Handbook provides additional information about practicum and school experience requirements and is available from the School of Psychology. This program has pre-placement requirements which must be met prior to commencement of the program or a placement course. Further details can be found on the Placement Ready website.

Entry requirements

To complete the Master of Psychology

To fulfil the requirements of the Master of Psychology, a student must complete the requisite number of courses chosen from the course list in accordance with the Program Rules.

For more information on program requirements, please contact the Faculty.

Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on the UQ policies and rules page on the my.UQ website.

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