Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced) [Online]

Detailed Program Information

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Program Code

GDPSA

Academic Year

2023

Program Faculty

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Special Notes

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These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).

Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced) is a flexible and fully online alternative to a fourth year (Honours level) in psychology. It is designed for applicants who have already completed an APAC accredited three-year undergraduate psychology degree at AQF Level 7, or an APAC accredited graduate diploma in psychology at AQF Level 8.

Commensurate with APAC accreditation requirements, courses focus on pre-professional competencies in psychology practice, including but not limited to; interpersonal communication, interviewing and assessment, intervention and strategy design, as well as research skills. The program concludes with a demonstration of these skills via an individual research project capstone.

The Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced) is an AQF Level 8 qualification with a standard full-time duration of 1 year. However, this program is only offered part-time for a duration of 1.3 years.

Conditions

Condition of Enrolment

Interruption of program: Research Project A and Research Project B courses must be taken in consecutive Online Teaching Periods. Leave of absence requests are not permitted under ordinary circumstances once a student has commenced or completed Research Project A.

Academic Program Rules for Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced) [Online]

There shall be a Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced) [Online].

Qualification Requirements

Academic Program:

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced), the student must satisfactorily complete a program of study consisting of the 24 units, comprising:

Core courses to the value of 18 units:

Carousel 1 (9 units)
Carousel 2 (9 units)

Research project courses to the value of 6 units

Carousel 3 (6 units)

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Core Courses

To satisfy the requirements for Core Courses students must complete courses to the value of 24 units.

Students must complete all courses in carousel 1 before progressing to courses in carousel 2. Student must then complete all courses in carousel 2 before progressing to carousel 3. Courses within carousels 1 and 2 may be completed in any order.

Carousel 1

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
PSYCHOL 6600OL	Professional and Interpersonal Skills	3
PSYCHOL 6601OL	Understanding & Synthesising Psychological Evidence	3
PSYCHOL 6602OL	Applied Quantitative and Qualitative Methods	3

Carousel 2

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
PSYCHOL 6603OL	Psychological Measurement and Assessment	3
PSYCHOL 6604OL	Psychological Applications and Interventions	3
PSYCHOL 6605OL	Project Planning, Managing and Analysing Data	3

Research

To satisfy the requirements for Research, students must complete Research Project courses to the value of 6 units.

Research Project Courses

The research project component of this program totals 9 units and comprises the Carousel 2 course PSYCHOL 6605OL Project Planning, Managing and Analysing Data (3 units), as well as the Research Project A (3 units) and Research Project B (3 units) courses.

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
PSYCHOL 6606AOL	Research Project A	3
PSYCHOL 6606BOL	Research Project B	3

Published on: 30 November, 2022 | 10:04:06