GraduatePsychology
Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced)
Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
About this program
If you are a psychology graduate looking to hone your skills at applying psychology to real world contexts or want to take the next step towards becoming a registered psychologist, this one-year APAC-accredited fourth-year course at Flinders may be perfect for you. The course provides an alternative to Honours in Psychology. It covers links between knowledge, theory, research, and psychological practice, with an emphasis on how psychology informs our understanding of personal and social problems, and interventions to address them. Study at the university ranked #1 in Australia in Psychology for overall educational experience and teaching quality (The Good Universities Guide 2025 (undergraduate)).
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Course structure
- Students learn to interpret and evaluate applied psychological research across a range of contexts and problems. Under the guidance of their supervisor
- they conduct an independent study using appropriate methods and data analysis techniques. Students also learn about a range of practical skills
- including counselling
- interviewing
- assessment techniques
- and critical thinking. Prospective
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Admissions
Applicants must hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in psychology or with a major in psychology, completed within the last 10 years, which is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC); and must normally have achieved a Grade Point Average of 5.00 or above in all second and third year psychology topics attempted including a third year research methodology topic. Selection will be based on academic merit. Inherent requirements for undergraduate psychology courses Flinders University and the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work (CEPSW) strongly support the right of all people to pursue an undergraduate psychology course. Inherent requirements are the essential components of a course or unit that demonstrate the abilities, knowledge and skills to achieve the core learning outcomes of the course or unit, while preserving the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment and accreditation processes. The inherent requirements are the abilities, knowledge and skills needed to complete the course that must be met by all students. Inherent requirements
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