Course list for the Psychology Single Major

Information valid for students commencing 2013

Psychology (Major)

Prerequisites required for progression in this major/extended major:

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC1020 2 Introduction to Psychology: Physiological & Cognitive Psychology
PSYC1030 2 Introduction to Psychology: Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology
PSYC1040 2 Psychological Research Methodology I


Major requirements (#14)

#4 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC2010 2 Psychological Research Methodology II
PSYC3020 2 Measurement in Psychology

and #10 from ONE of (a), (b) or (c) below:


(a) Cognitive Neuroscience
#4 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC2020 2 Neuroscience for Psychologists
PSYC2050 2 Learning & Cognition

and #6 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ANAT3022 2 Functional Neuroanatomy
PSYC3042 2 Psychological Research: Interpretation & Evaluation
PSYC3052 2 Judgment & Decision-Making
PSYC3062 2 Introduction to Human Factors
PSYC3172 2 Basic Processes in Cognition
PSYC3192 2 Sensory Neuroscience
PSYC3222 2 Psychophysiology: Methods & Applications
PSYC3232 2 Behavioural Neuroscience: Learning & Emotion
PSYC3262 2 Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour
PSYC3272 2 The Neuroscience of Social Behaviour


(b) Social & Developmental Psychology
#4 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC2030 2 Developmental Psychology
PSYC2040 2 Social & Organisational Psychology

and #6 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC3032 2 Topics in Social Psychology
PSYC3042 2 Psychological Research: Interpretation & Evaluation
PSYC3092 2 Language Development
PSYC3122 2 Attitudes & Social Cognition
PSYC3142 2 Intergroup Relations & Group Processes
PSYC3152 2 Applied Topics in Lifespan Development
PSYC3162 2 Development in Infancy
PSYC3282 2 Developmental Perspectives on the Origins of Human Culture
PSYC3292 2 Social Psychology of Emotion
PSYC3312 2 Parenting and Family Psychology


(c) Applied Psychology
#2 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC2030 2 Developmental Psychology

and #2 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC2020 2 Neuroscience for Psychologists
PSYC2040 2 Social & Organisational Psychology
PSYC2050 2 Learning & Cognition

and #6 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
PSYC3000 2 Advanced Sport and Exercise Psychology
PSYC3042 2 Psychological Research: Interpretation & Evaluation
PSYC3062 2 Introduction to Human Factors
PSYC3071 2 Psychology of Disability
PSYC3082 2 Psychotherapies and Counselling
PSYC3102 2 Psychopathology
PSYC3132 2 Health Psychology
PSYC3202 2 Industrial & Organisational Psychology