Graduate Diploma of Psychology
GradDipPsych
Program Overview | Program Structure
Program Structure
Foundation subjects
Students who have NOT completed introductory courses in psychology
Students who have not completed an introductory psychology subject (e.g., PSYC11-100 Introduction to Psychology: Biology and Personality or PSYC11-101Introduction to Psychology: Learning & Social and an introductory statistics subject (e.g., [PSYC11-105] Statistics and Data Analysis 1) will need to complete these two prerequisites in addition to the degree requirements (see below). For these students the program will take a minimum of three semesters to complete, and the intake will be in the January semester only.
Students who have completed introductory courses in psychology
Students who have completed an introductory psychology subject (e.g., either PSYC11-100 Introduction to Psychology: Biology and Personality or PSYC11-101 Introduction to Psychology: Learning & Social and an introductory statistics subject (e.g., PSYC11-105 Statistics and Data Analysis 1) will be able to complete the program in two semesters provided that they enrol in the May semester.
Core
3 compulsory subjects:
- PSYC12-200 Statistics and Data Analysis 2
- PSYC13-345 Statistics and Data Analysis 3
- PSYC13-305 Research Methods in Psychology
Foundation
5 subjects chosen from the following list:
- PSYC12-210 Sensation and Perception
- PSYC12-214 Biological Psychology
- PSYC12-250 Learning and Behaviour
- PSYC12-315 Developmental Psychology
- PSYC12-325 Social Psychology
- PSYC13-301 Cognitive Psychology
- PSYC13-302 Personality and Individual Differences
- PSYC13-312 Psychopathology
- PSYC13-316 Motivation and Emotion
NB: PSYC12-210 Sensation and Perception or PSYC12-214 Biological Psychology must be taken but not both.
