UndergraduatePsychology
Bachelor of Psychological Science
University of Tasmania, Hobart/Launceston, TAS, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Psychological Science is the accredited undergraduate entry point into psychology in Australia, built to the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council standard that any student aiming for provisional registration and eventual practice needs. At Tasmania it's taught through a psychology department with a long research profile in areas like cognitive neuroscience and mental health, and undergraduates get exposure to active research labs earlier than at some larger universities simply because cohort sizes are smaller and staff-to-student contact is closer.
The degree covers the core content areas APAC mandates (biological bases of behaviour, cognition, developmental and social psychology, statistics and research methods), building toward fourth-year Honours as the next required step for anyone pursuing registration as a psychologist, which the bachelor's degree alone doesn't confer.
Graduates who don't continue into Honours and postgraduate training still leave with a strong quantitative research skill set that transfers into human resources, market research, policy and community services work, which is where a meaningful share of psychology bachelor graduates nationally actually end up.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
Study plan in 3 parts
- Year 1: Introduction to Psychology
- Research Methods and Statistics I
- Biological Bases of Behaviour
- Year 2: Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Research Methods and Statistics II
- Year 3: Abnormal Psychology
- Personality
- Advanced Research Methods
- capstone research project (required for APAC-accredited sequence, pathway to Honours)
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
Completion of Australian Year 12 (or equivalent); minimum ATAR for this course is 65, and in 2026 the lowest ATAR to receive an offer was 65.8.
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