Graduate Diploma of Psychology
+ Award nomenclature
Graduate Diploma of Psychology
GradDipPsych
+ Course Availability Modes and Locations
| Graduate Diploma of Psychology (1604PS) |
|---|
| Distance Education | Bathurst |
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Normal course duration
Full-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)
Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy
Applicants must hold an undergraduate degree from an appropriate tertiary institution and must have completed subjects PSY101 and PSY102 or their equivalents.
Credit CSU Credit Policy
To conform to the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) requirements, credit for psychology subjects taken at other institutions can only be granted for equivalent subjects in APAC accredited courses.
a) Credit in the Graduate Diploma of Psychology will normally be given for any individual psychology subjects studied within the last ten years that were part of an APAC accredited university undergraduate program. The maximum number of credits is four subjects. (Students should indicate which subjects they would like to receive credit for and provide a subject description from the handbook.)
b) Students whose psychology major is more than 10 years old will normally meet prerequisites for entry only.
Where students did not receive grades of Credit or better in previously studied psychology subjects, careful consideration should be given to whether or not credit is applied for for those subjects as they may lower the overall GPA for entry to fourth years programs.
Also where a student's PSY101 and PSY102 (or equivalent) is more than 10 years old students should obtain a recent copy of a first year psychology text and refamiliarise themselves with the basic principles of psychology.
Graduation requirement
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.
Course structure
Students enrolled in the GDP will be required to complete 8 of the 11 core Level 2 and Level 3 psychology subjects from the Bachelor of Psychology. [The Level 1 core psychology subjects from the Bachelor of Psychology (or their equivalents) are prerequisites for entry into the GDP]. Each subject in the GDP is worth 8 points.
Level 2 subjects:
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
PSY208 Biopsychology
Plus one of :
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY203 Social Psychology
Level 3 subjects†:
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology (compulsory)*
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods (compulsory)*
Plus one of the following:
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY307 Cognition
PSY308 Psychology of Learning
* These subjects have a compulsory on campus (Bathurst) residential school.
† All Level 3 subjects have completion of PSY201 and one other level 2 PSY subject as assumed knowledge (PSY201 is a prerequisite for PSY301 ).
Key Subjects
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods
Enrolment pattern
February Intake
Year 1
Session 1
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
Session 2
PSY203 Social Psychology
PSY208 Biopsychology
Year 2
Session 1
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology*
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
Session 2
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods*
and one of:
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY307 Cognition
Mid-Year Intake
Year 1
Session 2
PSY203 Social Psychology
PSY208 Biopsychology
Year 2
Session 1
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
Session 2
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods*
and one of:
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY307 Cognition
Year 3
Session 1
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology*
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
Flexible Enrolment Pattern
Students may plan their own enrolment pattern using the schedule of subject availability below, subject to satisfying course requirements and subject prerequisites/assumed knowledge requirements.
Session 1
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY204 Psychological Testing
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology *
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
PSY308 Psychology of Learning
Sesssion 2
PSY203 Social Psychology
PSY208 Biopsychology
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY307 Cognition
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods*
Session 3
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
PSY307 Cognition
+ Residential School
Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY309 Qualitative Research Methods
Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.
Professional recognition
The GDP has been accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) as providing a three year sequence of study in psychology.
Contact
For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au
The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.