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Bachelor of Science Pre-2021 - Psychology 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.

Choose a study plan

Cognitive Neuroscience

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 or 2 NEUR2020 Neuroscience for Psychologists
PSYC2010 Psychological Res Method II
PSYC2050 Learning & Cognition		 SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ NEUR3192 Sensory Neuroscience
NEUR3272 The Neuroscience of Social Behaviour

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2

ANAT3022 Functional Neuroanatomy (Psych)
PSYC3042 Psych Res: Interp & Evaluation
PSYC3052 Judgment & Decision-Making
PSYC3262 Evolutionary Approach to Human Behaviour ]


PSYC3020 Principles of Psych Assessment		 -

Developmental Psychology

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 or 2 PSYC2010 Psychological Res Method II
PSYC2030 Developmental Psychology
PSYC2040 Social & Org Psychology		 SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ PSYC3122 Attitudes & Social Cognition
PSYC3282 Developmental Perspectives on the Origins of Human Culture

  
2

MUSC3340 Music, Cognition & Development
PSYC3032 Topics in Social Psychology
PSYC3042 Psych Res: Interp & Evaluation
PSYC3142 Intergroup Relations & Group Proc ]


PSYC3020 Principles of Psych Assessment		  

Applied Psychology

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 or 2 PSYC2010 Psychological Res Method II

Choose at least 4 units from:

[ NEUR2020 Neuroscience for Psychologists
PSYC2030 Developmental Psychology
PSYC2040 Social & Org Psychology
PSYC2050 Learning & Cognition ]

 SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ PSYC3102 Psychopathology
PSYC3202 Industrial & Org Psychology

  
2

PSYC3000 Adv Sport & Exercise Psych
PSYC3042 Psych Res: Interp & Evaluation
PSYC3082 Psychotherapies & Counselling
PSYC3132 Health Psychology ]


PSYC3020 Principles of Psych Assessment