UndergraduatePsychology
Bachelor of Psychological Science
La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
La Trobe's Bachelor of Psychological Science is the university's APAC-accredited foundation pathway into professional psychology, and it benefits from a research environment that's genuinely notable in one specific area: the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC), based at La Trobe, is one of the country's leading autism research groups, and its work feeds directly into some of the developmental and clinical psychology content taught in the degree.
The course covers the standard APAC Level 1 competencies, including biological bases of behaviour, cognition, developmental and social psychology, and research methods and statistics, and sets students up for La Trobe's own fourth-year Honours program, the compulsory next step for anyone pursuing provisional psychologist registration or further clinical postgraduate training. Students who want a psychology qualification without the accreditation pathway typically choose the psychology major within the Bachelor of Arts or Science instead; this degree is specifically for those aiming at registration.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 5 parts
Core subjects
- Introduction to Psychology
- Biological Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Research Methods and Statistics (sequence across years 1–3)
- Abnormal Psychology
- Psychological Assessment
- Minor or elective sequence outside psychology
- Research project/capstone subject in final year
- APAC-accredited
- meeting Level 1 competencies for provisional psychologist registration pathway
- Progression to Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours)
- the required fourth year for registration
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.
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