Information valid for students commencing in 2019.
Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Psychological Science
Handbook year | 2019 |
Course Code | 114310 |
Course type | Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7) |
Professional accreditation status | This course is fully accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC). 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 (Clinical)) with one further year of supervised practice. |
Division | Division of Tropical Health and Medicine |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course prerequisites | English Recommended: 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. |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 96 credit points as per course structure |
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:
On successful completion of the Bachelor of Psychological Science, graduates will be able to:
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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: from Brain to Practice
PY1102:03 Exploring Psychology: from Perception to Reality
PY1103:03 Critical Thinking in Psychology: How to Think About Weird Things
PY1106:03 Communicating Psychology: Listening, Translating & Disseminating
Level 2
PY2103:03 Describing and Analysing Behaviour
PY2107:03 Experimental Investigation and Analysis of Behaviour
BU2108:03 Managing Consumer Markets
PY2111:03 Learning Processes, Behaviour and Performance
PY2112:03 Memory and Cognition
PY2101:03 Psychological Neuroscience
PY2106:03 Through the Looking Glass: Development Across the Lifespan
Level 3
BU3101:03 Professional Internship or BU3102:03 Multi-Disciplinary Project or BU3103:03 Independent Project
PY3101:03 Psychological Research Methods and Interpretation
PY3102:03 Social Psychology in Everyday Life
PY3103:03 Mining the Mind: Psychopathology
PY3107:03 Psychological Assessment in Action
PY3108:03 Personality Psychology: Decoding the Mysteries of Humans
OPTIONS
Select 6 credit points of Creative Media, Arts and Social Sciences subjects (from the following prefixes: AN, AR, AY, CI, CU, CY, EL, FR, GR, HI, IA, IT, JA, JN, NM, PL, PY, SS, SY and WS) or BU and BX level 2 and BU and BX level 3 subjects
PLUS
Select a Business major from Table A
Table A (BUSINESS MAJORS)
Type of major | Optional, single |
Credit points in major | 24 credit points |
MAJOR | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major | |
Townsville External | Business major |
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
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 | Nil |
Professional 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 |
Credit
Eligibility | Students may apply for credit for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit and Articulation policy and associated procedures. |
Maximum allowed | 60 credit points |
Currency | Credit will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 20 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed this course. |
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. Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |
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. |