Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
The Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) is an integrated four-year program that offers your first step towards becoming a professional psychologist and prepares you for postgraduate studies in specialist areas. Learn about abnormal and developmental psychology, cognition, psychological assessment, personality, social psychology and statistics, biology, chemistry and physiology. Skills you’ll learn…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) is an integrated four-year program that offers your first step towards becoming a professional psychologist and prepares you for postgraduate studies in specialist areas.
Learn about abnormal and developmental psychology, cognition, psychological assessment, personality, social psychology and statistics, biology, chemistry and physiology.
Skills you’ll learn
Interpersonal skills
Problem solving
Critical thinking
Analyse and evaluate information
Knowledge around human behaviour
Your career opportunities
Social welfare consultant
Medical researcher
Child safety officer
Health officer
Clinical worker
Child development officer
REQUIREMENTS
Successful completion of one of the following: the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or its equivalent, such as an interstate or international Year 12 qualification; completion of an approved diploma or completion or partial completion of a degree course.
Course Prerequisites: VCE Units 3 and 4 – a minimum study score of 25 in any English (except EAL) or 30 in English as Alternate Language (EAL) or equivalent
Entry requirements vary depending on the course students choose.
English language requirements
Satisfactory completion of one of the following:
- Swinburne’s English Academic Purposes (EAP 5 Advanced level) with overall 75%, all skills 70%
- minimum IELTS overall band of 7.0 (Academic Module) with no individual band below 7.0
- TOEFL iBT (internet-based) – 94 (no less than 25 in reading, 24 in listening, 23 in speaking, 27 in writing)
- Pearson (PTE) minimum score of 66 (no communicative skills less than 58)
- C1 Advanced – 176, no band less than 169
- any other equivalent assessment of English language proficiency.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Swinburne University of Technology is a public university based in Melbourne- that is among the top 3% of universities in the world. The University focuses on science, technology and innovation and offers courses well recognised by professional organisations. The Good Universities Guide 2016 awarded the University five stars for both graduate satisfaction and generic skills and four stars for teaching quality. It also features in the top 200 ranked universities in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings; and enjoys close ties with industry- providing students with invaluable workplace experience.
