Psychology - PSYCA13789
Stream Summary
Faculty: SCI - Faculty of Science
School: School of Psychology
Contact: http://www.psy.unsw.edu.au/
Program: 3789 - Science / Computer Science
Award(s):
Bachelor of Science (Major)
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Stream Outline
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes. It is a broad field that includes brain-behaviour relationships, the processes of perceiving, learning, memory and thinking, the assessment of abilities and attitudes, the origins of personality and emotional states, and the nature and effects of social interactions with other people.
Stream Structure
A major in Psychology is comprised of 78 units of credit of courses as follows:
Stage 1
- PSYC1001 Psychology 1A (6 UOC)
- PSYC1011 Psychology 1B (6 UOC)
- PSYC1111 Measuring Mind and Behaviour (6 UOC)
Recommended elective (this course is not required but is recommended as a good complementary course for this major; it is only for first-year students who have taken less than 48 UOC of Level I courses):
Stage 2
Stage 3
- PSYC3001 Research Methods 3 (6 UOC)
- PSYC3011 Psychological Applications (6 UOC)
Plus 18 UOC from Level III Psychology courses which must include AT LEAST ONE course from each of the TWO elective groups.
Elective Stream A:
Elective Stream A:
- PSYC3051 Physiological Psychology (6 UOC)
- PSYC3211 Cognitive Science (6 UOC)
- PSYC3221 Vision and Brain (6 UOC)
- PSYC3241 Psychobiol of Memory&Motivat'n (6 UOC)
- PSYC3311 Language and Cognition (6 UOC)
- PSYC3371 Multivariate Data Analysis (6 UOC)
Elective Stream B:
- PSYC3121 Social Psychology (6 UOC)
- PSYC3141 Behaviour in Organisations (6 UOC)
- PSYC3301 Psychology and Law (6 UOC)
- PSYC3331 Health Psychology (6 UOC)
- PSYC3341 Developmental Psychology (6 UOC)
- PSYC3361 Research Internship (6 UOC)
Honours
For further information on Honours in Psychology, please see the Psychology Honours entry in this Handbook.
