Graduate Diploma in Psychology

The Graduate Diploma in Psychology is an accredited fourth year program of undergraduate study in psychology designed for those seeking to pursue training pathways that lead to registration as a psychologist;

or progression into Higher Degree Research in psychology.

For students who meet the entry standard it is an alternative method to honours of gaining an accredited fourth year of undergraduate study enabling registration as a provisional psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia.Accreditation This course is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) as an accredited fourth year of study in Psychology.

Graduates of this award will be eligible for Provisional registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) and for associate membership of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).Entry into the School’s Graduate Diploma in Psychology is limited to students who have completed an approved accredited three year undergraduate sequence in psychology (or an approved accredited bridging sequence, i.e., a course that covers only a psychology major and typically takes 1.5 full-time years to complete) in the last 10 years at an institution other than Western Sydney University.

In addition, students must have obtained an average mark of 70+ in units equivalent to Level 2 and 3, with a majority of Credit or higher grades in units equivalent to Level 2 and 3 psychology units.Entry into the Graduate Diploma in Psychology is restricted by supervisory capacity.

Limited places are available in this course and meeting the admission criteria does not guarantee entry.

Eligible students are selected in order of merit based on their average mark in Level 2 and 3 units.

There is no provision for deferring an offer of a place.

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 80 credit points including

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