Broaden your knowledge in key areas of psychology such as cognition, emotion, personality, behaviour and interpersonal relationships, and find out how psychologists examine, explain and predict what people do as individuals and in groups.

Your first year is interprofessional and taken with other health sciences students. In your second year you will gain greater knowledge in learning, motivation, perception, child development and social psychology.

You will prepare a research proposal in your third year and develop advanced knowledge in abnormal psychology, adult development, community psychology, cognition, cross-cultural psychology, Indigenous psychology and individual differences.

Your fourth year includes a year-long research project and you will develop skills in areas such as program evaluation, psychological assessment and professional practice.

Note on fourth year: Due to stringent accreditation requirements, you must attain a minimum credit average in your second and third year core psychology units to continue into the fourth year of the course. If you do not attain the credit average required, you will graduate at the end of the third year with the intermediate award, Bachelor of Science (Psychology). High achieving students may be offered a place in the honours program.

Why study

• You will graduate with in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge together with research skills.
• There are diverse career opportunities in health and other fields such as human resources, economics, industrial relations, market research, advertising and public relations.
• Curtin was listed in the top 151-200 universities for psychology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject in 2020.

Professional recognition

This course is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council. On graduation from the fourth year of the program, you are eligible to apply for an associate membership to the Australian Psychological Society and provisional registration with the Psychologists Board of Australia.

Note: For full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, you must complete a further two years of skills-based training.

Training options available:

1. A one-year provisional psychologist internship and a one-year Master of Psychology program
2. A two-year Master of Psychology program. 

Careers

• Psychology intern.

With further study:

• Clinical psychologist
• Counselling psychologist.

Industries

• Government
• Local community
• Hospitals
• Schools
• Sports organisations.