Doctor of Psychology

Coursework subjects

PSY523 Problems Emerging During Childhood and Adolescence
PSY524 Research Methods
PSY525 Human Neuropsychology
PSY531 Adult Mental Health

Specialisations

Forensic psychology

PSY526 The Forensic Psychologist in Practice
PSY529 Introduction to Forensic Psychology
PSY711 Advanced Forensic Psychology (full-time)
PSY712 Advanced Forensic Psychology (part-time)

Clinical psychology

PSY527 The Clinical Psychologist in Practice
PSY528 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
PSY704 Advanced Clinical Psychology (full-time)
PSY705 Advanced Clinical Psychology (part-time)

Dissertation subjects

PSY722 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) (full-time)
PSY723 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) (part-time)
PSY724 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) [for doctoral entry students during years 1-3]
PSY725 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) [for doctoral entry students during year three]

Enrolment pattern

Part-time

Year of intake Sequence B (2010)

Year 1

PSY523 Problems Emerging During Childhood and Adolescence (24 points)
PSY528 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
or
PSY529 Introduction To Forensic Psychology

Year 2

PSY531 Adult Mental Health (24 points)
PSY524 Research Methods

Year 3

PSY525 Human Neuropsychology (16 points)
PSY723 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) (part-time) (64 points) (commenced)

Year 4

PSY526 The Forensic Psychologist in Practice (16 points)
or
PSY527 The Clinical Psychologist in Practice (16 points)
PSY723 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) (part-time) (64 points) (commenced)

Year 5

PSY705 Advanced Clinical Psychology (32 points) (commenced)
or
PSY712 Advanced Forensic Psychology (32 points)(commenced)
PSY723 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) (part-time) (64 points) (continued)

Year 6

PSY705 Advanced Clinical Psychology (part-time) (completed)
or
PSY712 Advanced Forensic Psychology (part-time) (completed)
PSY723 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) (part-time) (completed)

Year of Intake Sequence A (2010)

Year 1

PSY531 Adult Mental Health (24 points)
PSY528 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
or
PSY529 Introduction to Forensic Psychology

Year 2

PSY523 Problems Emerging during Childhood and Early Adolescence (24 points)
PSY524 Research Methods

Year 3

PSY525 Human Neuropsychology (16 points)
PSY723 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) (part-time) (64 points) (commenced)

Year 4

PSY526 The Forensic Psychologist in Practice (16 points)
or
PSY527 The Clinical Psychologist in Practice (16 points)

Year 5

PSY705 Advanced Clinical Psychology (part-time) (32 points) (commenced)
or
PSY712 Advanced Forensic Psychology (part-time) (32 points) (commenced)
PSY723 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) (part-time) (64 points) (continued)

Year 6

PSY705 Advanced Clinical Psychology (part-time) (completed)
or
PSY712 Advanced Forensic Psychology (part-time) (completed)
PSY723 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology) (part-time) (completed)

Doctoral entry (part-time) (Clinical or Forensic)

Year 1

PSY712 Advanced Forensic Psychology (32 points) (commenced)
or
PSY705 Advanced Clinical Psychology (32 points) (commenced)
PSY724 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology)* (32 points) (commenced)

Year 2

PSY712 Advanced Forensic Psychology (completed)
or
PSY705 Advanced Clinical Psychology (completed)
PSY724 Doctoral Dissertation (Psychology)* (completed)

Year 3

PSY725 Doctoral Dissertations (Psychology)* (32 points)

The full dissertation load comprises 64 points and is undertaken in years 1-3. Two subject codes are used to enable differing loads in years 1 and 2, and year 3. Students completing this specialisation graduate with the award Doctor of Psychology (Forensic) DPsych(Forensic).

Articulation

Currently, Charles Sturt University has a successful Master of Psychology program which focusses on clinical and forensic psychology, and which enables students to undertake a dissertation on one of these two areas.  The current Master of Psychology course was not designed to articulate with the proposed doctoral program.  This course will be slightly modified to articulate with the new program and the Master of Psychology will exist as an exit-point only

Professional recognition

Australian Psychological Society