Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Psychological Science
Information valid for students commencing in 2015.
Course Code | 114310 |
Version | 1 |
Course type | Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7) |
Professional accreditation status | This new course will be conditionally accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) until there are graduates and at that time it will receive full accreditation. Graduates of this course, who wish to become fully registered as psychologists, must complete an accredited fourth year course (e.g. GDipPsych or BPsychSc(Hons)) plus two years of supervised practice in the field; or an accredited masters degree (e.g. Master of Psychology) with one further year of supervised practice. |
Division | Tropical Health and Medicine |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course prerequisites | English (Maths B desirable). |
Minimum English language proficiency requirements | Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1– Schedule II of the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Admissions Policy. |
Additional entry | Nil |
Special admission requirements | Nil |
Post admission | Nil |
Closing date | 30 September |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 96 credit points as per course structure |
Additional course rules | Nil |
Additional completion requirements | Nil |
Course learning outcomes | ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics. On successful completion of the Bachelor of Business graduates will be able to:
In the context of a ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø graduate, on successful completion of the Bachelor of Psychological Science, graduates will be able to demonstrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge with depth in:
Graduates of the Bachelor of Psychological Science will be able to:
|
Course Structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Level 1
BU1002:03 Accounting for Decision Making
BU1003:03 Economics for Sustainable Business
BU1104:03 Business, Environment and Society in the Tropics
BU1105:03 Contemporary Business Communications
BU1112:03 Business Law
PY1101:03 Exploring Psychology I
PY1102:03 Exploring Psychology 2
SS1010:03 Australian People: An introduction to the Social Sciences or AN1001:03 Anthropology: Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective
SY1001:03 Australian Society: An Introduction to Sociology
Level 2
PY2103:03 Describing and Analysing Behaviour
PY2107:03 Experimental Investigation and Analysis of Behaviour
BU2108:03 Managing Consumer Markets
Level 3
BU3101:03 Professional Internship or BU3102:03 Multi-Disciplinary Project or BU3103 :03 Independent Project
PY3101:03 Advanced Behavioural Research Design and Analysis
OPTIONS
Select 3 credit points of Arts and Social Sciences level 1 subjects.
Arts and Social Sciences subjects include the following prefixes:
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or
PLUS
Select 6 credit points of specified PY level 2 and 3 PY subjects from Group A
PY2101:03 Brain and Behaviour
PY2109:03 Environmental Psychology
PY2111:03 Learning and Behaviour
PY2112:03 Memory and Cognition
PY3109:03 Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of Mind
PLUS
Select 6 credit points of specified PY level 2 and 3 subjects from Group B
PY2104:03 Health Psychology
PY2106:03 Human Development Across the Lifespan
PY3102:03 Social Psychology
PY3108:03 Personality and Individual Psychology
PY3111:03 Advanced Health Psychology
PLUS
Select 6 credit points of specified PY level 2 and 3 subjects from Group C
PY2110:03 Forensic Psychology
PY3103:03 Psychopathology
PY3104:03 Principles of Counselling
PY3105:03 Behaviour in Organisations
PY3107:03 Introductory Psychometrics, Assessment and Ethics
PLUS
Select 3 credit points of specified PY level 3 subjects
PY3102:03 Social Psychology
PY3103:03 Psychopathology
PY3104:03 Principles of Counselling
PY3105:03 Behaviour in Organisations
PY3107:03 Introductory Psychometrics, Assessment and Ethics
PY3108:03 Personality and Individual Psychology
PY3109:03 Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of Mind
PY3111:03 Advanced Health Psychology
PLUS
Select 6 credit points of specified Arts and Social Sciences or and level 2 and and level 3 subjects
Arts and Social Sciences subjects include the following prefixes:
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and
PLUS
Select a Business major from the specified list:
MAJORS
Type of major | Optional Single |
Credit points in major | 24 credit points |
Special requirements | Nil |
MAJOR | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
External | Business major Not available to continuing students intending to complete before the end of 2015 | |
Cairns Townsville External | Business major Not available to continuing students intending to complete before the end of 2016 | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
Townsville | Not available to continuing students intending to complete before the end of 2015 | |
Hospitality Management | Cairns (Suspended 2013 – 2015) | Business major |
External | Business major Not available to continuing students intending to complete before the end of 2015 | |
Cairns Townsville External | Business major | |
External | Business major Not available to continuing students intending to complete before the end of 2015 | |
Cairns Townsville External | Business major | |
Cairns Townsville External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
Tourism Management | Cairns (Suspended 2013 to 2015) Townsville (Suspended 2013 to 2015) | Business major |
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Cairns | |
Townsville |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 4 years full time or equivalent part time |
Maximum time to complete | 10 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 2 year |
Progression
Course progression | Nil |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | No |
Special assessment requirements | Nil |
Accreditation | The accredited sequence in psychology leads to provisional registration with the Psychology Board of Australia with the addition of a fourth year of accredited studies in psychology e.g., Graduate Diploma of Psychology or Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours). |
Maximum allowed Pass | Not permitted for Psychology subjects (subjects with the prefix SP or PY) |
Supplementary exam for | A student who has failed the final subject towards the degree and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. |
Advanced Standing
Eligibility | Students may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Advanced Standing and Articulation policy and associated procedures. |
Maximum allowed | 60 credit points |
Currency | Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 20 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed this course. |
Other restrictions | Maximum credit points for advanced standing as per the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Policy on Advanced Standing for Previous Studies and Recognised Prior Learning |
Award Details
Award title | BACHELOR OF BUSINESS – BACHELOR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE |
Approved abbreviation | BBus-BPsychSc |
This is a joint degree | Yes |
Inclusion of majors on | Majors will appear on the testamur |
Exit with lesser award | Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed ALL appropriate subjects for the relevant degree, may be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Business or Bachelor of Psychological Science. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |
Special Awards | Where coursework is completed at a grade point average of 6 or above, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the College Dean and Head of Psychology, may recommend the award of a Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Psychological Science with Distinction. |
Honours
Honours availability | Honours is available in each discipline as additional 24 credit points of study [end-on] |
Eligibility | A student admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Psychological Science at this university may be invited by the College Dean to undertake the Honours degree in Psychology if that student has Psychology Honours
Business Honours Normally a minimum average grade of Credit is required in the pass degree subjects relevant to the field in which Honours is to be taken. |