Graduate Diploma in Psychology
Graduate Diploma in Psychology
Learn what makes success tick Understanding human behaviour provides an incredible career advantage. It can enable you to prevent or resolve workplace issues, lift people’s performance and help you break down barriers to inclusion and strengthen personal bonds. In short, it increases your value to employers in any sector, in…
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Learn what makes success tick
Understanding human behaviour provides an incredible career advantage. It can enable you to prevent or resolve workplace issues, lift people’s performance and help you break down barriers to inclusion and strengthen personal bonds.
In short, it increases your value to employers in any sector, in any part of the world. And our Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Online) is the ideal first step in professional training to be a Psychologist.
What will you do?
Conducted part-time only and will be completed over 1.7 years, this highly flexible online program will equip you to apply psychological principles effectively and confidently in your chosen professional field. You will:
gain deep understanding of psychological theory and contemporary knowledge
learn how to apply psychological concepts to complex personal, social and societal issues
build broad skills in qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methodology psychological data analysis
develop high-level psychological research capabilities
expand your awareness of cross-cultural perspectives on mental health and behaviour.
You’ll also reflect on ethical and legal issues underpinning psychological research and practice; and develop the highly effective interpersonal skills needed to communicate your psychological observations and strategies with a range of audiences.
Where could it take you?
You’ll graduate well-prepared to apply psychological skills in your chosen industry. You could help your team raise productivity through more effective collaboration. You might reframe an organisation’s ongoing dialogue with customers to ensure they feel genuinely valued and respected. Perhaps you’ll find innovative ways to remove societal barriers to gender equality.
You may even choose to pursue further study to become a Psychologist.
Potential careers
Advertising Strategist, Market Research Analyst, Marketer / Marketing Manager, Medical Device Developer, Business Management, Community Outreach Worker, Counsellor, Research and Education, Social Worker, Human Resource Manager, Youth Worker.
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The University of Adelaide unites and serves those striving to change the world—and themselves—for the better. It’s a place where history is made.Established in 1874, we’re home to over 29,000 students and 3,000 staff, all striving to create progress. For our community. For all. This is a university of outstanding quality—ranked as a top 100 global university—in the heart of the city of Adelaide.We were our country’s first university to welcome female students. The first to teach science and business. Our alumni have won Nobel Prizes, led the nation, and walked in space.
