Bachelor of Psychological Science (BPsychSc)
Bachelor of Psychological Science (BPsychSc)
Program Code
BPSYC
Program Faculty
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Academic Year
2023
These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).
Overview
The Bachelor of Psychological Science is designed for students who seek to undertake a comprehensive program of study in psychology and related areas of learning. The early part of the program seeks to provide an overview of psychology as a discipline and as a profession.
The psychology courses undertaken in later years enable students to study the biological bases of behaviour; sensory perception; cognition and language; learning and memory; motivation and emotion; social psychology; developmental psychology; personality and individual differences; and mental health. In addition to completing the major sequence in psychology, students complete 3 compulsory psychology courses covering research methodology, psychological skills and applications, and psychological perspectives on global issues. Bachelor of Psychological Science students may also choose to complete a psychology internship as an elective course.
In order to gain provisional registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, students must undertake the fourth year Honours program.
The Bachelor of Psychological Science is an AQF Level 7 qualification with a standard full-time duration of 3 years.
Conditions
Interruption of program: Students must apply for permission from the Program Coordinator or Delegate before taking a Leave of Absence. Any extension of the leave without approval will result in the loss of place in the program but an application may be made to be re-admitted to the program subject to the admission procedures in place at the time.
Academic Program Rules for Bachelor of Psychological Science
There shall be a Bachelor of Psychological Science.
Qualification Requirements
To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Psychological Science, the student must complete satisfactorily a program of study consisting of the following requirements with a combined total of not less than 72 units, comprising:
- Core courses to the value of 39 units
- Elective courses to the value of 24 units, which may include a second major to the value of 24 units from the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science; or a second major in Addiction Science, Human Neurosciences, Population Health, Management, Marketing or Computer Science
- Broadening Electives to the value of 9 units
- Level I courses to the value of no more than 24 units, of which 12 units are Psychology courses
- Level II courses to the value of no more than 24 units, of which 15 units are Psychology courses
- Level III courses to the value of 24 units, of which 12 units are Psychology courses
To satisfy the requirements for Second Major from Degree Program, students must complete a Major to the value of 24 units from either the Bachelor of Arts, or Bachelor of Science or the Second Majors listed.
Core Courses
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Core Courses
To satisfy the requirements for Core Courses students must complete courses to the value of 39 units.
Level I
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PSYCHOL 1000 Psychology IA 3 PSYCHOL 1001 Psychology IB 3 PSYCHOL 1005 Research Methods in Psychology (BPsycSc) 3 PSYCHOL 1006 Psychology Skills and Applications 3 Note: Students in the graduate entry stream that have not completed Level I Psychology studies in the last 10 years must complete this course.
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PSYCHOL 1100 Introductory Psychology 3 Level II
Note: Students in the graduate entry stream are not required to complete PSYCHOL 2008 Big Picture Psychology: Psychological Perspectives on Global Challenges (3 units)
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PSYCHOL 2004 Doing Research in Psychology 3 PSYCHOL 2005 Foundations Health & Lifespan Development 3 PSYCHOL 2006 Foundations of Perception & Cognition 3 PSYCHOL 2007 Psychology in Society 3 PSYCHOL 2008 Big Picture Psychology: Global Challenges, Psychological Perspectives 3 Level III
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PSYCHOL 3020 Doing Research in Psychology: Advanced 3 and
Courses to the value of 9 units from the following:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PSYCHOL 3021 Health & Lifespan Development Psychology 3 PSYCHOL 3022 Individual Differences, Personality & Assessment 3 PSYCHOL 3023 Perception & Cognition 3 PSYCHOL 3026 Learning and Behaviour 3 PSYCHOL 3027 Psychology, Science & Society 3
Major
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Second Majors from the Bachelor of Arts
A second major from one of the following majors from the Bachelor of Arts may be selected in addition to psychology:
- Anthropology
- Art History and Visual Culture
- Australian Studies
- Chinese Studies
- Classics
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Cultural Studies
- Digital Humanities
- English
- Film Studies
- French Studies
- Gender Studies
- Geography, Environment and Population
- German Studies
- History
- Indigenous Knowledges and Society
- Indonesian Studies
- International Development
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Linguistics
- Media
- Modern Greek Studies
- Music
- Philosophy
- Politics and International Relations
- Sociology
- Spanish Studies
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Second Majors from the Bachelor of Science
A second major from one of the following majors from the Bachelor of Science may be selected in addition to psychology:
- Genetics
- Microbiology
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Addiction Science Second Major
To satisfy the requirements for Addiction Science Second Major students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.
Level I
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value ANAT SC 1102 Human Anatomy and Physiology IA 3 PUB HLTH 1001 Health and Illness in Populations 3 Level II
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value HLTH SC 2104 Essential Understanding of Disease and Treatment 3 HLTH SC 2108 Precision Medicine: Disease, Treatment & Prevention 3 Level III
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PHARM 3012 Assessment and Treatment of Addiction 3 PHARM 3101 Biological and Psychosocial Factors in Addictions 3 PHARM 3103 Drug Action and Therapeutics 3 PSYCHIAT 3200 Fundamentals of Biological Psychiatry 3 -
Computer Science Second Major
To satisfy the requirements for Computer Science Second Major students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.
Level I
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value COMP SCI 1102 Object Oriented Programming 3 Level II
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value COMP SCI 2000 Computer Systems 3 COMP SCI 2103 Algorithm Design & Data Structures 3 COMP SCI 2201 Algorithm & Data Structure Analysis 3 Level III
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value COMP SCI 3006 Software Engineering & Project 3 and
Courses to the value of 9 units from the following:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value COMP SCI 3001 Computer Networks & Applications 3 COMP SCI 3004 Operating Systems 3 COMP SCI 3007 Artificial Intelligence 3 COMP SCI 3012 Distributed Systems 3 COMP SCI 3305 Parallel and Distributed Computing 3 COMP SCI 3307 Secure Programming 3 COMP SCI 3314 Introduction to Statistical Machine Learning 3 COMP SCI 3315 Computer Vision 3 -
Human Neurosciences Second Major
To satisfy the requirements for Human Neurosciences Second Major students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.
Level I
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value ANAT SC 1102 Human Anatomy and Physiology IA 3 HLTH SC 1001 Essentials of Neuroscience 3 Level II
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PHYSIOL 2510 Physiology IIA: Heart, Lung & Neuromuscular Systems 3 and
Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value HLTH SC 2104 Essential Understanding of Disease and Treatment 3 ANAT SC 2006 Foundations of Human Neuroanatomy 3 Level III
Courses to the value of 12 units from the following:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value HLTH SC 3201 Human Motor Behaviour and Learning 3 PATHOL 3200 Neurological Diseases 3 PHYSIOL 3104 Cellular & Systems Neurobiology 3 PHYSIOL 3120 Neuromotor Control of Human Movement 3 PSYCHIAT 3200 Fundamentals of Biological Psychiatry 3 -
Management Second Major
To satisfy the requirements for Management Second Major students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.
Level I
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value COMMGMT 1001 Managing Organisations and People 3 Level II
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value COMMGMT 2500 Organisational Behaviour 3 COMMGMT 2511 Business Operations Management 3 COMMGMT 2512 Business Information Systems and Management 3 Level III
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value COMMGMT 3501 Strategic Management 3 COMMGMT 3502 Human Resource Management 3 and
Courses to the value of 6 units from the following:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value COMMGMT 3500 Managing Across Cultures 3 COMMGMT 3506 Managing Conflict and Change 3 COMMGMT 3508 Systems Thinking for a Complex World 3 -
Marketing Second Major
To satisfy the requirements for Marketing Second Major students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.
Level I
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value MARKETNG 1001 Introduction to Marketing 3 Level II
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value MARKETNG 2010 Marketing Strategy 3 MARKETNG 2501 Consumer Behaviour 3 and
Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value MARKETNG 2001 Digital Media in Business 3 MARKETNG 2002 Marketing Analytics 3 MARKETNG 2506 Building & Managing Brands 3 Level III
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value MARKETNG 3004 Marketing Planning Project 3 and
Courses to the value of 9 units from the following:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value MARKETNG 3005 Marketing Communications in a Digital World 3 MARKETNG 3006 Delivering Customer Insights 3 MARKETNG 3501 Marketing to the World 3 MARKETNG 3504 Service Design and Marketing 3 MARKETNG 3510 Contemporary Issues in Marketing 3 -
Population Health Second Major
To satisfy the requirements for Population Health Second Major students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.
Level I
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PUB HLTH 1001 Health and Illness in Populations 3 and
Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PUB HLTH 1004 21st c. Infectious disease epidemiology & control 3 PUB HLTH 1006 Saving lives or respecting rights? An introduction to health ethics 3 Level II
All of the following courses must be completed:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PUB HLTH 2007 Epidemiology for Health and Medical Sciences 3 PUB HLTH 2200 Social Foundations of Health II 3 Level III
Courses to the value of 12 units from the following:
Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value PUB HLTH 3008 Health care systems: structure, policy and people 3 PUB HLTH 3009 Experiments with Humans 3 PUB HLTH 3010 Practical Epidemiology in Health Sciences 3 PUB HLTH 3124 Health Promotion III 3 HLTH SC 3014 Work Integrated Learning (Public Health) 6
Electives
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Elective Courses
To satisfy the requirements for Elective Courses students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.
Students may take Elective courses offered by the University that are available to them, including the closed elective PSYCHOL 3028 Psychology Internship and may include an option of a second major to the value of 24 units as specified.
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Broadening Electives
To satisfy the requirements for Broadening Electives students must complete courses to the value of 9 units.
Students must complete Broadening electives to the value of 9 units taken outside the subject area: PSYCHOL. Broadening electives can be taken at any level.