A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type |
Credit Points
|
Specific requirements |
Common
(2 units) |
20
|
Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below:
CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (replaced by IAS201 from 2024) (compulsory)
Plus either:
CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability (replaced by LAL100 from 2024) (new unit title from 2016) or
CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology
Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options. |
Core
(10 units) |
100
|
Compulsory Core units totalling 100 credit points:
PSY140 Introduction to Psychology A (replaced by PSY150 2022)
PSY141 Introduction to Psychology B (replaced by PSY151 2022)
PSY202 Developmental Psychology (replaced by PSY203 2022)
PSY208 Biological Bases of Behaviour (replaced by PSY228 2022)
PSY245 Cognition and Language (replaced by PSY246 2022)
PSY247 Research Design and Analysis (replaced by PSY248 2022)
PSY305 Theories of Personality (replaced by PSY307 2022)
PSY315 Learning and Motivation (no longer avail as of 2016; students are advised to complete PSY340) (replaced by PSY330 2022)
PSY347 Advanced Research Design and Analysis (replaced by PSY337 2022)
PSY353 Abnormal Psychology (replaced by PSY363 2022) |
Specialist Electives
(4 units) |
40
|
Specialist Elective units totalling 40 credit points selected from the list of available Specialists Elective units detailed below:
AOD201 Alcohol and other Drugs Studies (replaced by AOD202 2022)
AOD301 Counselling/Interventions in AOD (replaced by AOD311 2022)
AOD302 Alcohol and Other Drug Issues Amongst Indigenous Australians (last offered in 2008)
PSY355 Health Psychology (replaced by PSY365 2022)
PSY209 Social-Cultural Psychology (replaced by PSY219 2022)
PSY211 Introduction to Forensic Psychology (replaced by PSY311 2022)
PSY308 Behavioural Neuro-psychology (no longer avail as of 2016)
PSY340 Introduction to Behavioural Therapies (replaced by PSY330 2022)
PSY390 Introduction to Counselling |
Electives
(8 units) |
80
|
Units totalling 80 credit points selected from units offered by the University.
Students may select units from any of the approved (specialisations/sequences) as electives if desired.
When selecting electives choose units at a suitable level. The first number in each unit code indicates the year level at which the subject is taught. Undergraduate units are coded at 100 to 400 level, therefore units coded as ENG1xx, ENG2xx, ENG3xx and ENG4xx, would be first, second, third and fourth year units respectively. |
|
240
|
Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the course structure above) (240cp)
- A maximum of 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units.
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 20 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" or "PT" or "PS" in a Bachelor AQF Level 7 course award and no more than 10 credit points at "PC" may be received at the highest level of the program of learning.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2022
Students that have completed the previous unit prior to 2022 are not required to complete the new replacement unit.
Previous Unit Code |
New Unit Code |
New Unit Title |
AOD201 |
AOD202 |
Alcohol and Other Drugs Studies |
AOD301 |
AOD311 |
Counselling/ Interventions in Alcohol and Other Drugs Field |
PSY140 |
PSY150 |
Introduction to Psychology A |
PSY141 |
PSY151 |
Introduction to Psychology B |
PSY202 |
PSY203 |
Developmental Psychology Across the Lifespan |
PSY208 |
PSY228 |
Neuroscience and Biological Bases of Behaviour |
PSY209 |
PSY219 |
Social Psychology |
PSY211 |
PSY311 |
Introduction to Forensic Psychology |
PSY245 |
PSY246 |
Cognition, Language and Perception |
PSY247 |
PSY248 |
Research Design and Analysis |
PSY305 |
PSY307 |
Theories of Individual Difference and Personality |
PSY340 |
PSY330 |
Learning and Memory |
PSY347 |
PSY337 |
Advanced Research Design and Analysis |
PSY353 |
PSY363 |
Abnormal Psychology |
PSY355 |
PSY365 |
Applied Community and Health Psychology |
COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION arrangements - 2016
Students who have completed PSY315 may still complete PSY340 as a specialist elective.
Students who have not completed PSY315 should complete PSY340 as a core unit.
Students who have completed PSY308 prior to 2016 may count this unit towards a specialist elective.
Discontinued Units from 2016:
Unit Code |
Unit Title |
PSY308 |
Behavioural Neuropsychology |
PSY315 |
Learning and Motivation |
Unit Title Changes:
Unit Code |
Previous Title |
New Title (2016) |
CUC100 |
Academic Literacies |
Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability |
PSY340 |
Introduction to Behavioural Therapies |
Behavioural Therapies |
PSY355 |
Health Psychology |
Applied Psychology |
PSY390 |
Introduction to Counselling |
Counselling |
COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION arrangements
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Behavioural Science prior to 2008 will note there has been a minor changes to the course for 2008 and 2009.
Summary of the Changes - 2008
- the number of Core units has been reduced to ten (10) - 100 credit points
- the number of Elective units has been increased to eight (8) - 80 credit points
- continuing students in this course who have not completed STA101 Statistics 1 are no longer required to completed this unit.
- PSY unit codes no longer include an "E"
Summary of the Changes - 2009
AOD302 is no longer available as of 2009