Doctor of Psychology

Admission requirements

Applicants are assessed on personal and academic suitability. Applicants must possess:

• personal suitability to undertake professional practice as a psychologist
• a four-year APAC-accredited qualification in psychology at Honours 2A level or better (or an equivalent qualification) OR an approved Master degree in clinical or forensic psychology with an average performance at distinction level
• registration as a psychologist

Applicants admitted on the basis of an approved Master degree in clinical or forensic psychology will receive credit for coursework subjects that compose the initial two years of the full-time course (four years of the part-time course).

Additional admission criteria

Applicants must complete two additional application forms. Failure to do so could prejudice your entry to the course. Applicants must attach evidence of Registration as a Psychologist.

For the Doctor of Psychology the forms are:

• Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) - Supplementary Form
• Doctor of Psychology (All) - Referee Report
  or
• Doctor of Psychology (Forensic) - Supplementary Form
• Doctor of Psychology (All) - Referee Report

Applicants are asked to arrange for two professional and two academic referees to complete and submit their referee report directly to the University's Admissions Office. The University encourages applicants to make every effort to obtain the required number of referee reports. It is recognised, however, that some applicants may have difficulty arranging two academic referees. These applicants are advised to explain in a covering letter attached to their application the circumstances that prevented them from meeting this requirement. In these circumstances, no more than two professional referee reports are required.

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Internet access

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The online environment is so integrated into all aspects of student life and the learning experience at CSU that the University now assumes that all on campus and distance education students at CSU will have ongoing access to an internet connected computer capable of communicating with CSU online systems.

Students enrolled in Information Technology subjects (i.e. with an ITC subject code) may be required to have additional hardware and/or software that is deemed essential for the completion of the learning activities in that subject.