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Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) / Bachelor of Business

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The Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)/Bachelor of Business (with specialisations) is a four year degree, comprising 32 subjects:

  • a minimum of 12 core psychology subjects (8 points each);
  • two Psychology electives (8 points each);
  • two core sociology subjects (8 points each);
  • three core business subjects (8 points each)
  • 12 specialisation subjects (8 points each)
  • one restricted Business elective (8 points)

Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)

Core Subjects

PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY203 Social Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing*
PSY208 Biopsychology
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology*
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods*
and at least three of the following subjects
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
PSY307 Cognition
PSY308 Psychology of Learning*
* Students studying by distance education attend a compulsory residential school for this subject

Psychology Electives

Two subjects chosen from the remaining core Level 3 psychology subjects and from:
PSY114 Indigenous Australians and Psychology: An Introduction
PSY211 Psychology of Crime
PSY214 Health Psychology
PSY218 Psychology of Substance Abuse
PSY219 Psychology International Experience
PSY313 Psychology and the Legal System
PSY316 Psychology of Stress and Trauma
or any other subject offered by the Faculty of Arts provided prerequisites or assumed knowledge requirements are satisfied

Compulsory Sociology Subjects

SOC101 Introductory Sociology
SOC102 Social Inequality

Bachelor of Business

Human Resource Management Specialisation

Core Subjects

ECO130 Business Economics
MGT100 Organisations & Management
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability & Culture

Specialisation

BUS110 Professional Practice
BUS220 Business Placement
BUS370 Business Internship
QBM120 Business Data Analysis
HRM210 Human Resource Management
HRM310 Developing Human Resources
HRM320 Issues in Human Resource Management
HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management

plus four (4) from
ECO210 Labour Economics
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW370 Law of Employment
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT330 Business Strategy
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Restricted Business Electives

One (1) from
ACC100 Accounting 1
ITC105 Communication & Information Management
LAW110 Business Law
MKT110 Marketing & Society

Management Specialisation

Core Subjects

ECO130 Business Economics
MGT100 Organisations & Management
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability & Culture

Specialisation
BUS110 Professional Practice
BUS220 Business Placement
BUS370 Business Internship
QBM120 Business Data Analysis
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
HRM210 Human Resource Management
MGT310 Service Operations Management
MGT330 Business Strategy

plus four (4) from
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT290 Project Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Restricted Business Electives

One (1) from
ACC100 Accounting 1
ITC105 Communication & Information Management
LAW110 Business Law
MKT110 Marketing & Society

Marketing Specialisation

Core Subjects

ECO130 Business Economics
MGT100 Organisations & Management
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability & Culture

Specialisation

BUS110 Professional Practice
BUS220 Business Placement
BUS370 Business Internship
QBM117 Business Statistics
MKT110 Marketing & Society
MKT220 Buyer Behaviour
MKT230 Market Research
MKT340 Strategic Marketing Management

plus four (4) from
MKT235 Brand Management
MKT240 Market Analysis
MKT260 International Marketing
MKT310 Marketing Communications
MKT335 Marketing of Services
MKT336 B2B Marketing
MKT350 Product Innovation Management

Electives

Any one business subject (suggested)
ACC100 Accounting 1
ITC105 Communication & Information Management
LAW110 Business Law

Enrolment pattern

Suggested Enrolment Patterns
Management Specialisation
Full-time on Campus


Year 1
Session 1
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
MGT100 Organisations & Management
QBM120 Business Data Analysis

Session 2
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
SOC102 Social Inequality
ECO130 Business Economics
BUS110 Professional Practice

Year 2
Session 1
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
[Psych] Elective
BUS220 Business Placement
One from:
ACC100 Accounting 1
ITC105 Communication & Information Management
LAW110 Business Law
MKT110 Marketing & Society

Session 2
PSY203 Social Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT230 Ethics Sustainability & Culture

Year 3
Session 1
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY208 Biopsychology
MGT310 Service Operations Management
One from:
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT290 Project Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Session 2
PSY308 Psychology of Learning
[Psych] Elective
HRM210 Human Resource Management
One from:
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT290 Project Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Year 4
Session 1
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
One of
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
Two from:
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT290 Project Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Session 2
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods
PSY307 Cognition
BUS370 Business Internship
MGT330 Business Strategy

Management Specialisation
Part-time by Distance Education

Year 1
Session 1
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
MGT100 Organisations & Management

Session 2
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
ECO130 Business Economics

Year 2
Session 1
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
QBM120 Business Data Analysis

Session 2
[Psych] Elective
BUS110 Professional Practice

Year 3
Session 1
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
One from:
ACC100 Accounting 1
ITC105 Communication & Information Management
LAW110 Business Law
MKT110 Marketing & Society

Session 2
SOC102 Social Inequality
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour

Year 4
Session 1
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing*

Session 2
PSY203 Social Psychology
MGT230 Ethics Sustainability & Culture

Year 5
Session 1
BUS220 Business Placement
One from:
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT290 Project Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Session 2
PSY208 Biopsychology
HRM210 Human Resource Management

Year 6
Session 1
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology*
One from:
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT290 Project Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Session 2
[Psych] Elective
One from:
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT290 Project Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Year 7
Session 1
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
MGT310 Service Operations Management

Session 2
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods*
BUS370 Business Internship

Year 8
Session 1
PSY308 Psychology of Learning*
One from:
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT290 Project Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Session 2
MGT330 Business Strategy
One of
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY307 Cognition
* a compulsory residential school is applicable for this subject

Marketing Specialisation
Full-time on Campus

Year 1
Session 1
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
MGT100 Organisations & Management
QBM117 Business Statistics

Session 2
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
SOC102 Social Inequality
ECO130 Business Economics
MKT110 Marketing & Society

Year 2
Session 1
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
[Psych] Elective
MKT220 Buyer Behaviour
[Business] Elective (suggested):
One from:
ACC100 Accounting 1: Information for Business
ITC105 Communication & Information Management
LAW110 Business Law

Session 2
PSY203 Social Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
BUS110 Professional Practice
MGT230 Ethics Sustainability & Culture

Year 3
Session 1
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY208 Biopsychology
MKT230 Marketing Research
BUS220 Business Placement

Session 2
PSY308 Psychology of Learning
[Psych] Elective
Two from:
MKT235 Brand Management
MKT240 Market Analysis
MKT260 International Marketing
MKT310 Marketing Communications
MKT335 Marketing of Services
MKT336 B2B Marketing
MKT350 Product Innovation Management

Year 4
Session 1
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
One of
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
Two from:
MKT235 Brand Management
MKT240 Market Analysis
MKT260 International Marketing
MKT310 Marketing Communications
MKT335 Marketing of Services
MKT336 B2B Marketing
MKT350 Product Innovation Management

Session 2
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods
PSY307 Cognition
BUS370 Business Internship
MKT340 Strategic Marketing Management

Marketing Specialisation
Part-time by Distance Education

Year 1
Session 1
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
MGT100 Organisations & Management

Session 2
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
QBM117 Business Statistics

Year 2
Session 1
MKT110 Marketing & Society
SOC101 Introductory Sociology

Session 2
[Psych] Elective
ECO130 Business Economics

Year 3
Session 1
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
[Business] Elective (suggested):
One from:
ACC100 Accounting 1: Information for Business
ITC105 Communication & Information Management
LAW110 Business Law
MKT110 Marketing & Society

Session 2
SOC102 Social Inequality
BUS110 Professional Practice

Year 4
Session 1
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
BUS220 Business Placement

Session 2
PSY203 Social Psychology
MGT230 Ethics Sustainability & Culture

Year 5
Session 1
PSY204 Psychological Testing*
MKT230 Marketing Research

Session 2
PSY208 Biopsychology
MKT220 Buyer Behaviour

Year 6
Session 1
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology*
One from:
MKT235 Brand Management
MKT240 Market Analysis
MKT260 International Marketing
MKT310 Marketing Communications
MKT335 Marketing of Services
MKT336 B2B Marketing
MKT350 Product Innovation Management

Session 2
[Psych] Elective
One from:
MKT235 Brand Management
MKT240 Market Analysis
MKT260 International Marketing
MKT310 Marketing Communications
MKT335 Marketing of Services
MKT336 B2B Marketing
MKT350 Product Innovation Management

Year 7
Session 1
PSY308 Psychology of Learning*
One from:
MKT235 Brand Management
MKT240 Market Analysis
MKT260 International Marketing
MKT310 Marketing Communications
MKT335 Marketing of Services
MKT336 B2B Marketing
MKT350 Product Innovation Management

Session 2
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods*
One from:
MKT235 Brand Management
MKT240 Market Analysis
MKT260 International Marketing
MKT310 Marketing Communications
MKT335 Marketing of Services
MKT336 B2B Marketing
MKT350 Product Innovation Management


Year 8
Session 1
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
BUS370 Business Internship

Session 2
MKT340 Strategic Marketing Management
One from:
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY307 Cognition

Human Resource Management Specialisation
Part-time by Distance Education

Year 1
Session 1
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
MGT100 Organisations & Management

Session 2
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
ECO130 Business Economics

Year 2
Session 1
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
QBM120 Business Data Analysis

Session 2
[Psych] Elective
BUS110 Professional Practice

Year 3
Session 1
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
One from
ACC100 Accounting 1
ITC105 Communication & Information Management
LAW110 Business Law
MKT110 Marketing & Society

Session 2
HRM210 Human Resource Management
SOC102 Social Inequality

Year 4
Session 1
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing*

Session 2
PSY203 Social Psychology
MGT230 Ethics Sustainability & Culture

Year 5
Session 1
BUS220 Business Placement
[Psych] Elective

Session 2
PSY208 Biopsychology
One from:
ECO210 Labour Economics
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW370 Law of Employment
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT330 Business Strategy
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Year 6
Session 1
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology*
One from:
ECO210 Labour Economics
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW370 Law of Employment
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT330 Business Strategy
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Session 2
Two from:
ECO210 Labour Economics
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW370 Law of Employment
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT330 Business Strategy
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Year 7
Session 1
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
HRM310 Developing Human Resources

Session 2
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods*
HRM320 Issues In Human Resource Management

Year 8
Session 1
PSY308 Psychology of Learning*
BUS370 Business Internship

Session 2
HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management
One from:
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY307 Cognition
* a compulsory residential school is applicable for this subject

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