1997 Postgraduate Handbook
Master of Psychology
Enrolment through
Bathurst campus
Study mode
Distance education
Normal course duration
Part-time 4 years (8 sessions)
Course requirements
To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete
96 subject points of coursework (consisting of 12 session length
subjects), a dissertation (32 subject points) and four professional
placements.
Residential schools
In every session there will be a week long (35 hours) residential
school in either April/May or September as appropriate.
Course structure
Session 1 (Autumn)
- PSY502 Sociocultural Context of Behaviour
- PSY503 Clinical Psychopathology
- PSY516 Master of Psychology Placement 1
Session 2 (Spring)
- PSY504 Neuropsychology
- PSY505 Clinical Assessment
- PSY516 Master of Psychology Placement 1
Session 3 (Autumn)
- PSY507 Psychological Treatment 1
- PSY509 Child & Adolescent Disorders
- PSY517 Master of Psychology Placement 2
Session 4 (Spring)
- PSY506 Professional Issues in a Multicultural Society
- PSY508 Psychological Treatment
- PSY517 Master of Psychology Placement 2
Session 5 (Autumn)
- PSY510 Developmental Disabilities
- PSY511 Psychology & Criminal Behaviour
- or
- PSY512 Community Psychology
- PSY518 Master of Psychology Placement 3
Session 6 (Spring)
- PSY515 Research & Evaluation Methods
- PSY513 Psychology & the Judicial System
- or
- PSY514 Psychology of Health & Medicine
- PSY518 Master of Psychology Placement 3
Session 7 (Autumn)
- PSY500 Psychology Dissertation
- PSY519 Master of Psychology Placement 4
Session 8 (Spring)
- PSY500 Psychology Dissertation
- PSY519 Master of Psychology Placement 4
Dissertation
Normally students in the forensic psychology stream will carry
out a study related to forensic psychology. Those in the clinical
stream will carry out a study relevant to clinical psychology.
Inquiries
Course Coordinator
Dr Jon Kear-Colwell
School of Social Sciences & Liberal Studies
Telephone: (063) 38 4761
Facsimile: (063) 38 4401
Email: jkear-colwell@csu.edu.au
Last Revised: 25 November 1996.
