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Bachelor of Science Pre-2021 - Psychology Extended Major

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Program requirements

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 180KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

What do the different requirements mean?

  • Compulsory - all students must complete this course
  • Prerequisite for major - a course required for this major
  • Required for Major - a course required for this major
  • Recommended - a course which complements the major, but can be substituted for an elective
  • Elective - an elective course from the course list, or as permitted by the program rules

Year 1-Semester 1
Course Code & Title Requirements
SCIE1000 Theory & Practice in Science Compulsory
NEUR1020 The Brain and Behavioural Sciences Prerequisite for major
Elective Elective
Elective Elective

Year 1- Semester 2
Course Code & Title Requirements
PSYC1030 Introduction to Psychology: Developmental, Social, & Clinical Psychology Prerequisite for major
PSYC1040 Psychological Research Methodology I1 Prerequisite for major
Elective Elective
Elective Elective
  1. Students who complete both PSYC1040 and PSYC2010 will be exempt from STAT1201.

For the Extended Major you are required to complete 22 units (10 units at Level 2 and 12 units at Level 3) from the Psychology course list. Students interested in seeking accreditation from the Australian Psychological Society (APS) must complete the Extended Major.

The following are suggested study plans for this major and should be used as a guide to planning your program. Please refer to the course list to ensure you complete the major requirements.

This Australian Psychological Society (APS) accredited Psychology sequence is compulsory for students intending to apply for admission to BSc(Hons-Psychology).

16 units for -

Semester Course Code & Title
Sem 1 or 2 NEUR2020 Neuroscience for Psychologists
Sem 1 or 2 PSYC2010 Psychological Research Methodology II
Sem 1 or 2 PSYC2030 Developmental Psychology
Sem 1 or 2 PSYC2040 Social & Organisational Psychology
Sem 1 or 2 PSYC2050 Learning & Cognition
Sem 1 PSYC3010 Psychological Research Methodology III
Sem 2 PSYC3020 Principles of Psychological Assessment
Sem 1 PSYC3102 Psychopathology

and 2 units for -

Semester Course Code & Title
Sem 2 PSYC3042 Psychological Research: Interpretation & Evaluation

(or one additional elective from any of the five areas of study listed below)

and 4 units from two of five areas (a)–(e) listed below:

(a) Applied/Professional Psychology

Semester Course Code & Title
Sem 2 PSYC3000 Advanced Sport and Exercise Psychology
Sem 2 PSYC3082 Psychotherapies and Counselling
Sem 2 PSYC3132 Health Psychology
Sem 1 PSYC3202 Industrial & Organisational Psychology

(b) Biological Psychology

Semester Course Code & Title
Sem 2 ANAT3022 Functional Neuroanatomy
Sem 2 NEUR3272 The Neuroscience of Social Behaviour
(Not currently offered) PSYC3222 Psychophysiology: Methods & Applications
Sem 1 PSYC3262 Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour
Sem 2 PSYC3302 Cognitive Neuroscience

(c) Cognitive Psychology

Semester Course Code & Title
Sem 1 NEUR3192 Sensory Neuroscience
Sem 1 PSYC3052 Judgment & Decision-Making
Sem 2 PSYC3062 Introduction to Human Factors

(d) Developmental Psychology

Semester Course Code & Title
Sem 2 MUSC3340 Music, Cognition & Development
(Not currently offered) PSYC3162 Development in Infancy
Sem 2 PSYC3282 Developmental Perspectives on the Origins of Human Culture
Sem 1 PSYC3312 Parenting and Family Psychology

(e) Social Psychology

Semester Course Code & Title
Sem 2 PSYC3032 Topics in Social Psychology
(Not currently offered) PSYC3122 Attitudes & Social Cognition
Sem 1 PSYC3142 Intergroup Relations & Group Processes