Bachelor of Psychology (Hons)

Applicants must have one of the following Entry requirements:

• HELP Foundation in Arts/Science
  Pass all subjects (minimum of 4 Credits)
• A-Levels
  1 C, 1 D
• STPM
  2 Cs
• UEC
  5 Bs
• South Australian Matriculation
  ATAR 65
• Canadian Pre-U
  Average 65 (6 subjects)
• Foundation Programmes
  Pass all subjects (minimum 50% Credits)
• Diploma Programmes
  Pass all subjects (minimum 30% Credits)

Local Programs have to be MQA-approved. The standard entry requirement of 3 SPM/O-Level Credits (including credits in 1 Math subject & 1 Science subject) still applies to all students. Malaysian students also have to attain a Pass in SPM Bahasa Melayu. Credit is equivalent to 60 out of 100 marks.

Applicants must have one of the following English requirements:

• IELTS
  5.5
• TOEFL
  550 paper-based (213 computer-based; 80 Internet-based)
• MUET
  Band 5
• SPM
  A for English (A1/A2 or A+/A/A-) “(not including SPM 1119)”
• UEC
  B for English
• HELP Foundation in Arts/Science
  Credit for either Intermediate English or Advanced English
• South Australian Matriculation
  14/20 for English as a Second Language
• Canadian Pre-U
  65 for ENG4U

Please note that the University standard entry requirement for degree is MUET Band 3, but the Department of Psychology requires MUET Band 5.

RM 74,400

9 COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

• Introduction to Psychology 1(Biopsychology, Individual Differences, Cognitive Psychology)
• Introduction of Psychology 2(Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Abnormal Psychology)
• Scientific Thinking & Academic Writing
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods 1
• Introduction to Quantitative Methods 2
• Career Exploration
• Contextual Intelligence
• 3 MPU subjects

10 SUBJECTS

• Advanced Quantitative Methods 1
• Advanced Quantitative Methods 2
• Social Psychology
• Human Personality
• Biopsychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Understanding & Managing Emotion
• Industrial Training
• 2 MPU subjects

5 SUBJECTS

• Undergraduate Thesis
• Ethics in Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Learning and Cognition
• Career Development & Planning
• Data Analytics for Psychology

We are proud to offer over 20 electives from different fields of Psychology. Students have the privilege of choosing seven papers in Year 2 and 3 from the following:

• Counselling Skills
• Counselling Theories and Techniques
• Conflict Theory and Resolution
• Human Services
• Group Process
• Educational Psychology
• Exceptional Children: Developmental Disorders
• Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect
• Learning Disabilities
• Introduction to Industrial/ Organisational Psychology
• Psychology in the Workplace
• Substance Abuse
• Forensic Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Cross Cultural Psychology
• Youth Work and Services
• Issues in Contemporary Psychology
• Psychology of Eating
• Human Motivation
• Psychology of Film
• Gender Studies
• Psychology of Film
• Qualitative Research

New and different electives are added every year at the department’s discretion.

(1+2)

• Flinders University
• Macquarie University
• Queensland University of Technology
• The University of Adelaide

(2+1)

• Flinders University
• Macquarie University
• Murdoch University
• Queensland University of Technology
• The University of Adelaide
• Edith Cowan University

(1+3)

• Macquarie University
• The University of Queensland

(2+2)

• Macquarie University

(1+3.5)

• The University of Queensland

(1.5+2.5)

• The University of Queensland

(1.5+3)

• The University of Queensland

(1+2)

• University of Otago

(2+1) 

• University of Otago

(3+1) 

• University of Otago

(1+2)

• Bangor University
• The Queen’s University of Belfast
• Cardiff University
• University of Essex
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• University of Hertfordshire
• University of Huddersfields
• University of Leeds
• University of Plymouth
• University of Portsmouth
• University of Sheffield
• University of the West of England, Bristol

(2+1)

• Bangor University
• Middlesex University
• University of Hertfordshire
• University of Northampton
• University of Portsmouth
• University of the West of England, Bristol