Graduating with this degree will not allow you to call yourself a 'psychologist'. This requires further study involving an honours degree (4th year of study), and then an accredited Psychology Board of Australia pathway.

Computing Requirements

It is a requirement of enrolment in this course that students have access to the CQUniversity website. Students may be required to undertake various components of study in the course using email and the Internet.

It is strongly recommended that students have access to broadband connection or higher in order to access online student resources that would include, but not limited to, e-mail, internet, video streaming, electronic assessment submission.

To satisfy the requirements of the award, students must complete 24 units/144 units of credit in accordance with the following:

• A total of 16 units in psychology (96 units of credit)
• A total of 8 non-psychology elective units (48 units of credit).

Note, all psychology units are compulsory. Except with the approval of the Head of Course, all students must satisfy all unit prerequisites shown on the unit in the Handbook.

After completing three years of full-time studies or equivalent within this course, students who have satisfied the above criteria for the first three years (including the required electives) and have a GPA of 5.5 or above for year 2 and year 3 psychology units, will be eligible to apply for a place in the Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) course (CC42). For the purposes of entry into the Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) course, calculation of GPA will be based on 10 accredited psychology units at year 2 and year 3, excluding Health and Sports Psychology and Professional Psychology Applications units. If the offer is accepted, it must be taken up for the year of intake offered and cannot be held open.

Core Psychology Units

Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC11010	Fundamentals of Psychology 1: Understanding Human Behaviour
PSYC11011	Personal and Professional Development

Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC11009	Fundamentals of Psychology 2: Psychological Literacy
PSYC11012	Research Methods 1

Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC12012	Physiological Psychology
PSYC12010	Psychology Across the Lifespan
PSYC12049	Psychotherapies and Counselling

Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC12048	Research Methods 2
PSYC12014	Critical Social Psychology
PSYC12050	Applied Health and Sports Psychology

Year 3 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC13017	Foundations of Psychopathology
PSYC13015	Research Methods 3
PSYC13018	Cross-Cultural Psychology

Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
PSYC13016	Cognitive Psychology
PSYC13020	Individual Differences and Assessment
PSYC13026	Psychology Capstone

None.

Elective Units

Elective units may be chosen from one 8-pack of units (major), or two 4-pack (minor) from the options provided below. These can come from any area of study provided they consist of undergraduate 6 credit point units offered by CQUniversity, and provided pre-requisite and co-requisite requirements are met.

Allied Health (8 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
ALLH11001	Introduction to Allied Health Practice
ALLH11009	Research Methods for Health Professionals
ALLH12006	Evidence Based Practice for Health Professionals
ALLH13011	Rural and Remote Practice for Health Professionals
HLTH12028	Health Promotion Strategies
HLTH13035	Health in all Policies
ALLH14001	Research Project for Health Professionals 2
ALLH14002	Research Project for Health Professionals 1

History and Politics (8 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
HIST11037	Dawn of Humanity: An Introduction to World History
HIST11038	The Modern World Emerges: An Overview
EVST19015	Australian Environmental History
HIST19038	20th Century: Crucible of the Modern World
HIST19031	Australia on the World Stage: History and Politics
HIST19035	Modern South East Asia
HIST19029	Modern Japan
HIST19032	War and Australian Society

Geography (8 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
GEOG11023	Physical Geography of Australia
GEOH11001	Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG19021	Geographic Information Systems
GEOG12020	Australian Weather and Climate
GEOG19029	Applied Demography
GEOG12021	Remote Sensing of Environment
EVST19022	Climate Change: Risk and Assessments
GEOG13013	Sustainable Regions and Cities

Human Resource Management (8 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
HRMT11011	Human Resource Management
HRMT19012	Performance Management
HRMT19013	Human Resource Training and Development
HRMT19014	Human Resources Planning, Recruitment & Selection
HRMT19021	Principles of Employment Relations
HRMT19016	Contemporary HRM Issues
HRMT19020	Perspectives on Organisational Change
HRMT19023	Conflict and Negotiation

Marketing (8 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
MRKT11029	Marketing Fundamentals
MRKT19030	Marketing Communications
MRKT19031	Consumer Behaviour
MRKT19036	Marketing of Service Products
MRKT13014	New Product Development and Branding
MRKT19037	International Marketing
MRKT19038	Marketing Research and Analytics
MRKT19040	Strategic Marketing and Planning

Journalism (8 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
JOUR11005	Introduction to Journalism
COMM11007	Media Writing
JOUR12040	Narrative Journalism
JOUR12010	Feature Writing
COMM12033	Speech and Script
JOUR13001	Public Relations and the Media
JOUR12039	News Writing and Reporting
COMM13110	Journalism Project

Public Relations (8 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
COMM11110	Introduction to Public Relations
COMM11112	The Internet Never Lies?: Social Media and Society
COMM12018	Advanced Public Relations
COMM12016	Media Industries
COMM12022	Communication and Global Technologies
COMM20110	Crisis Communication
COMM13111	Strategic Communication Project
COMM28001	Celebrity Public Relations: Profile, Personality and Positioning

Education (early childhood) (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
EDEC11026	The Arts and Learning in the Early Years
EDEC11030	Teaching Health and Sustainability in the Early Years
EDEC11027	Early Childhood Pedagogies
EDEC11028	Leadership, Advocacy and Management in Early Childhood

Education (Primary) (4 units)*

*Note, this 4-pack can not be completed with the 'Education (Secondary)' 4-pack minor.

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
EDCU11031	Development and Learning through Life
EDED11454	Education as a Profession
EDED11457	Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
EDED11458	Indigenous Studies and Learning

Education (Secondary) (4 units)*

*Note, this 4-pack can not be completed with the 'Education (Primary)' 4-pack minor.

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
EDSE11024	Teaching Youth
EDED11454	Education as a Profession
EDED11457	Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
EDED11458	Indigenous Studies and Learning

Criminology Fundamentals (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
CRIM11001	Foundations of Criminology and Criminal Justice
CRIM11002	Criminal Justice Procedure and Analysis
CRIM11006	Criminal Intelligence Analysis
CRIM12003	Criminology Theory

Community Justice Innovation (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
CRIM11003	Indigenous Australians and the Criminal Justice System
CRIM12005	Community Justice Innovation
CRIM13005	Indigenous Justice
CRIM13006	Justice Strategy and Alliances

Marketing (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
MRKT11029	Marketing Fundamentals
MRKT19030	Marketing Communications
MRKT19031	Consumer Behaviour
MRKT13014	New Product Development and Branding

Crime and Society (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
CRIM11004	Crime and Control
CRIM11005	Crime, Media and Power
CRIM12004	Understanding Violence and Conflict
CRIM12006	Crimes of the Powerful

Strategic Communication (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
COMM11110	Introduction to Public Relations
COMM11112	The Internet Never Lies?: Social Media and Society
COMM12022	Communication and Global Technologies
COMM20110	Crisis Communication

Community and Public Health (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
HLTH11027	Foundations of Health
PBHL11002	Public Health and Chronic Disease
HLTH12032	Community Assets and Needs Assessment
HLTH13035	Health in all Policies

Writing Stories (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
WRIT11023	Beginning Creative Writing
WRIT11025	Creative Nonfiction
WRIT12010	Creative Writing: Adventures in Craft
WRIT13013	Writing Project

Visual Design (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
MMST11003	Visual Design Fundamentals
DGTL12004	Print Design
DGTL12006	Visual Communication Design
DGTL12005	Contemporary Photomedia

Introduction to Health Care Studies (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
NURS11164	Effective Communication in the Health Care Environment
NURS11171	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Health
NURS11169	Health Across Life Stages
NURS11168	Introduction to Person-centred Care

Business Management (8 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
ECON11026	Principles of Economics
COIS12073	Enterprise Systems
FINC19011	Business Finance
MGMT19105	Quality Management
MGMT19126	Operations Management
ACCT19083	Corporate Governance & Ethics
MGMT13151	Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Start-ups
MGMT19128	Strategy and Change

Environmental Management (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
EVST11001	Development and Environmental Policy
ENVR11011	Modern Environmental Issues
EVST19020	Environmental Management Systems
EVST19007	Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

Occupational Health and Safety Mangement (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
OCHS11025	Health and Safety Risk Management
OCHS11027	OHS Fundamentals
OCHS12015	Occupational Health and Safety Law
OCHS13018	Safety Systems

Literary Studies (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
LITR11056	Introduction to Literature
LITR11043	The Short Story
LITR19049	Romantic and Contemporary Poetry
LITR19056	Shakespeare Today

World History (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
HIST11037	Dawn of Humanity: An Introduction to World History
HIST11038	The Modern World Emerges: An Overview
HIST19038	20th Century: Crucible of the Modern World
EVST19015	Australian Environmental History

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (4 units)

Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
INDG11015	Contemporary Indigenous Issues
INDG11013	First Nation and Non-Indigenous History: The Interface
INDG19015	Aboriginal Cultures and Country
INDG11006	Education and Learning: Colonisation and Decolonisation in the Cultural Interface