Unit Code: PSY4405

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

‘Ethical and professional issues in psychology’ takes a conceptual approach – grounded in theories and definitions – to focus on the pragmatic issues of psychological practice from an ethical, legal and professional perspective. You will learn about a range of topics, including legislation governing psychologists, professional organisations, codes of professional conduct, and ethical issues raised by: conflicts of interest, children as clients, using psychological tests, and the provision of psychological services to a multi-cultural population, managing the suicidal client, reporting child abuse, and service delivery over the internet.

Unit Code: PSY4406

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

‘Psychological assessments and intervention’ provides students with a theoretical and practical overview of the assessment of individual difference, as a component of evidence-based practice. You will explore various classes of tests and classification tools – including a detailed examination of distinct models that measure ability and individual difference – and the role psychological assessment plays in evidence-based interventions for common clinical disorders. Another core focus of your study will be test evaluation methods, from a contemporary perspective that engages with recent trends in development theory, while covering the practicalities of test administration, scoring and interpretation.

Unit Code: PSY4407

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

The knowledge you gain studying psychology is relevant to a wide range of career pathways. ‘Psychology in industry: Pathways to employment’ will help you identify and enhance your employability skills, and provide a sense about the kinds of careers that are possible with a psychology qualification. You will familiarise yourself with the steps required to become a registered and licensed psychologist in Australia, and the various alternative career pathways available. The ways in which their knowledge and skills are relevant to other industries will also be explored.

Unit Code: PSY4401

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

In this unit you will be introduced to advanced psychological inquiry, covering ideas about the nature of psychological knowledge and understanding. You will engage with both quantitative and qualitative methods. You will prepare for, and conduct, a semi-structured interview followed by a process of self-reflection. You will also analyse a quantitative dataset and prepare a short report to communicate your findings, allowing you to develop the critical thinking and writing skills required to generate a high-quality research project.

At the conclusion of this unit, you will have a greater understanding of the different forms of knowledge that exist, and the research methodologies that can be used to enhance our understanding of the world around us.

By equipping you with this knowledge and skill set, this unit is designed to prepare you for your GDPA research project. More broadly, the critical thinking, writing, reflection and interpersonal skills developed in this unit are relevant and transferable to various career pathways both within and beyond psychology.

Unit Code: PSY4412

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

The GDPA research project is completed over the course of three units, where you will undertake a supervised research project in psychology that aims to provide training in both discipline-specific and transferable research skills.
PSY4412 marks the beginning of your research project journey where you will focus on the development of your research project. You will complete the pre-registration of your research proposal, providing context and justification for the investigation of your research project. You will then assist in preparing the ethics application for a low-risk quantitative or qualitative research project.
This unit will also provide you with an opportunity for formative feedback on a draft of your Journal Manuscript introduction, supporting you in the development of a high-quality Journal Manuscript as the capstone assessment of the GDPA.
Throughout PSY4412, emphasis will be placed on professionalism and fitness for practice, ethical considerations and the development of research methodologies, ensuring a robust foundation for your future academic and professional endeavours.

Unit Code: PSY4413

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

The GDPA research project is completed over the course of three units, where you will undertake a supervised psychology research project that aims to provide training in both discipline-specific and transferable research skills.
PSY4413 is the second unit of the research project sequence where you will commence data collection for your research project. Additionally, you will continue to build your research portfolio and the programmatic development of your research skills through a suite of engaging, authentic assessment tasks.
In PSY4413, this involves the pre-registration of your data analysis plan, providing a comprehensive overview of the coordinated steps required to conduct an independent data analysis.
You will also engage in self-reflection of the graduate attributes required for effective and ethical research and practice in the discipline of psychology. This unit will additionally provide you with an opportunity for formative feedback on a draft of your Journal Manuscript method, supporting you in the development of a high-quality Journal Manuscript as the capstone assessment of the GDPA.
Throughout PSY4413, emphasis will be placed on professionalism and fitness for practice, implementing research methodologies and planning analyses, ensuring a robust foundation for your future academic and professional endeavours.

Unit Code: PSY4414

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

The GDPA research project is completed over the course of three units, where you will undertake a supervised research project in psychology that aims to provide training in both discipline-specific and transferable research skills.
PSY4414 is the third and final unit of the research project sequence where you will submit your Journal Manuscript, the capstone assessment of the GDPA research project units.
This unit will additionally provide you with an opportunity for formative feedback on a draft of your Journal Manuscript results. In this unit you will also complete your research portfolio, representing the culmination of your research skills developed through assessment tasks undertaken across PSY4412 and PSY4413.
Finally, this unit also awards the overall research project grade, including your Journal Manuscript assessment and Research Portfolio assessments completed across PSY4412, PSY4413 and PSY4414. Throughout PSY4414, emphasis will be placed on professionalism and fitness for practice, critical thinking and synthesis, time management and effective communication, ensuring a robust foundation for your future academic and professional endeavours.

Unit Code: PSY4409

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

‘21st century applications of psychology’ is a multi-disciplinary unit that draws together distinct strands of psychological theory and practice. Divided across 6 modules, you will study psychology from the following perspectives: the mind/body and self (e.g. body modification, embodied cognition, the ‘selfies’ epidemic), family and relationships (e.g. step-families, same-sex families), society and culture (e.g. modern racism, psychological perspectives in terrorism, acculturation and integration within multi-cultural Australia), health, stress and coping (e.g. resilience, positive education, cross-cultural approaches to therapy), ePsychology (e.g. cyber-bullying, virtual reality, artificial intelligences), and psychology of work (e.g. flow, flourishing).

Unit Code: PSY4408

Contact Hours: 20-24 hours of study per week

Duration: 6 weeks

Description:

‘Perspectives in clinical and developmental neuroscience’ takes a lifespan approach to examine elements of neuroscience, developmental psychology, and mental health and illness, Your study will focus on aspects of mental health and illness that integrate traditional clinical information (e.g. symptoms, prevalence, aetiology), neuroscience (both neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders), and evidence-based treatments. The topics you explore will relate to specific psychopathologies (e.g. posttraumatic stress disorder), specific life stages (e.g. childhood and adolescence), broad issues in mental health that transcend specific disorders (e.g. sleep, social support), and examine mental health in numerous settings (e.g. clinical, medical, and occupational).