The course includes the following awards:

Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) BBus(HRM)

Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) BSocSc(Psych)

Course Study Modes and Locations

Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) / Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Managment) (1424HR)

Distance Education - Bathurst

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) / Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)

Full-time 4.0 years (8.0 sessions)

Part-time 8.0 years (16.0 sessions)

Students have the opportunity to include subjects offered in Session 3 in their enrolment as desired.

Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.

Admission criteria

CSU Admission Policy

Admission is normally based on standard CSU and UAC admission requirements for undergraduate courses.

Credit

CSU Credit Policy

No special arrangements apply

Graduation requirements

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 256 points.

Course Structure

The Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)/Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) is a four year degree, comprising 32 subjects:
a minimum of 13 core psychology subjects (8 points each);
1 Psychology elective (8 points);
2 core Sociology subjects (8 points each);
16 core Business subjects (8 points each)

Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)

Core Subjects
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2
PSY114 Indigenous Australians and Psychology: An Introduction
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
One subject chosen from the remaining core Level 3 psychology subjects or from:
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 Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences, provided prerequisites or assumed knowledge requirements are satisfied
Compulsory Sociology Subjects
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
SOC102 Social Inequality

Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)

Core Subjects
ACC100 Accounting 1
BUS110 Workplace Learning 1
BUS220 Workplace Learning 2
BUS370 Workplace Learning 3
ECO130 Business Economics
HRM201 Workplace Relations in Australia
HRM210 Human Resource Management
HRM310 Developing Human Resources
HRM320 Issues in Human Resource Management
HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management (Capstone Subject)
MGT100 Organisations & Management
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability & Culture
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Enrolment Pattern

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
ACC100 Accounting 1
Session 2
PSY114 Indigenous Australians and Psychology: An Introduction
BUS110 Workplace Learning 1

Year 3
Session 1
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
HRM210 Human Resource Management
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 Workplace Learning 2
HRM201 Workplace Relations in Australia
Session 2
PSY208 Biopsychology
[Psych] Elective

Year 6
Session 1
PSY301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology*
MGT320 Managing Change
Session 2
BUS370 Workplace Learning 3
MGT340 International Management

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
MGT367 Leadership Issues
Session 2
HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management
One from:
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY307 Cognition
* a compulsory residential school is applicable for this subject

Workplace learning

Please note that the following subjects may contain a Workplace Learning component.

BUS110 Workplace Learning 1
BUS220 Workplace Learning 2
BUS370 Workplace Learning 3

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.

Accreditation

The minimum academic requirement for provisional registration as a Psychologist is completion of a four-year APAC accredited sequence of study in Psychology. The Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) is currently accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) as a three-year sequence of study in Psychology. Graduates of this course may apply for admission to a fourth-year course in psychology in order to meet the requirements for provisional registration as a Psychologist.

Only students enrolled in APAC-accredited courses are eligible for student subscribership of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), the peak professional body for Psychology; the minimum requirement for APS membership is completion of a four year APAC-accredited sequence of study.

The Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) degree is accredited by the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI).