Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
Bachelor of Psychological Science
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)

Where can our graduates go?

Graduates of the Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) find jobs in such areas as youth work, advertising and marketing, policy and research, consumer research, industrial relations, human resources, program coordination and community services.

Potential Occupations

Potential Employers

  • Assessment Worker
  • Behavioural Interventions Specialist
  • Behavioural Therapist
  • Case Manager
  • Client Service Officer
  • Client Support & Liaison Officer
  • Clinical Behavioural Consultant
  • Community Development Officer
  • Community Engagement Officer
  • Community Rehabilitation Worker
  • Community Services Officer
  • Counsellor
  • Customer Service Advisor
  • Disability Service Officer
  • Drug and Alcohol Case Worker
  • Education Support Worker
  • Employment Consultant
  • Family Housing Case Worker
  • Generalist Intelligence Officer
  • Graduate Administrative Assistant
  • Graduate Case Manager
  • Graduate Human Resources Officer
  • Health Promotion Officer
  • Human Cognitive & Computer Scientist
  • Human Factors & Training Specialist (Graduate)
  • Human Resources Assistant
  • Human Sciences Researcher
  • Information and Referral Worker
  • Injury Claims Consultant
  • Intake Coordinator
  • Job Capacity Assessor
  • Job Placement Consultant
  • Learning for Life Worker
  • Market Research Consultant
  • Peer Educator
  • Peer Support Worker
  • PeopleSoft Trainee
  • Policy Officer/Analyst
  • Policy/Project Officer
  • Program Support Worker
  • Psychology Project Officer
  • Rehabilitation Consultant
  • Respite Support Worker
  • Research Assistant
  • Sleep Consultant
  • Statistical Research Analyst
  • Trainee Case Manager
  • Trainee Correctional Officer
  • Trainee Recruitment Consultant
  • Training and Support Officer
  • Vocational Consultant
  • Youth Supported Accommodation Worker
  • Youth Worker
  • Anglicare SA
  • Attorney-General's Department
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Australian Red Cross
  • Cancer Council SA
  • Career Systems
  • Catherine House Inc
  • Centrelink
  • Child Support Agency
  • CogState
  • Colmar Brunton
  • Coles
  • Comcare
  • Community Housing Council of SA Inc.
  • CRS Australia
  • CSIRO
  • De Poi Consulting
  • Defence Signals Directorate
  • Department for Communities and Social Inclusion
  • Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology
  • Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 
  • Department of Defence
  • Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
  • Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
  • Department of Health and Ageing
  • Department of Veterans' Affairs
  • DSTO
  • Employers Mutual Limited
  • Hays
  • Health Outcomes International
  • Heta Incorporated
  • Interwork Ltd
  • Jobs Statewide Inc
  • KPMG
  • Medicare Australia
  • Mind Australia
  • Mission Australia
  • Murraylands Headspace
  • Novita Children's Services
  • Offenders Aid and Rehabilitation Services of SA Inc (OARS SA)
  • Roy Morgan Research
  • SA Health
  • Service to Youth Council Inc
  • Southern Junction Community Services
  • SYDAC
  • The Smith Family
  • Uniting Communities
  • Workskil Inc

Pathways to Registration as a Psychologist

You need to complete an Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) approved three year degree and an Honours year (e.g. BBehavSc(Psych) plus BBehavSc(Hons)) or an accredited four year program (e.g. BPsych(Hons)), and two more years of training. The extra two years may be in an accredited Master of Psychology degree (e.g. MPsych(Clin) at Flinders) or as part of a clinical PhD (PhD(Clin) at Flinders) or as practice supervised by an approved supervisor (registered psychologist) under a supervision plan approved by the Psychology Board of Australia. At that stage you would be eligible to apply to the Psychology Board for registration as a psychologist. The Graduate Diploma in Psychology gives students the equivalent of a three year Psych program, so is equivalent in Psychology terms to the three year BBehavSc(Psych). From www.flinders.edu.au/sabs/psychology/studying-psychology/faq/

The Bachelor of Psychological Science also enables you to undertake a nationally accredited major sequence in psychology. Graduates are eligible to apply for accredited honours programs in psychology and to subsequently pursue higher degree studies or supervision towards registration as a psychologist.

Combined degree options

Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) / Bachelor of Computer Science: Careers in the government and private sector where IT and cognitive science converge, such as computing and design, artificial intelligence, research, policy, enhancing human performance in complex systems, app development, user interface design and so on.

Other combined degree options include: Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Computer Science; Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice; Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours).

Graduate career profiles » Behavioural Science

  • Graduate – Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
    Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Hons)/Bachelor of Behavioural Science; (admitted to the Supreme Court of SA) Position Gained: Graduate Organisation: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Could you give us a brief description of what your position involves? The Graduate Program consists of three rotations in different areas of the [...]
  • Policy Officer – Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department
    Name: Nick Winton Degree/s Awarded: Bachelor of Behavioural Science / Bachelor of Arts Hons (Criminal Justice) Position Gained: Policy Officer Organisation: Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department Could you give us a description of what your position involves? I am currently working as a policy officer in the Illicit Drugs Section of the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department. In [...]
  • Graduate Officer – South Australian Housing Trust
    Name: Eddie Gagliardi  Degree Awarded (including any Majors if relevant): Behavioural Science (Psychology, Management)  Position Gained: Graduate Officer  Organisation/Industry: South Australian Housing Trust  Could you give us a description of what your position involves or will involve? As a Graduate Officer for the South Australian Housing Trust my primary role is to support the Business Unit and Service Delivery [...]
  • Camp Counsellor (USA) – International Exchange Programs: Tripp Lake Camp
    Name: Tara Richards Degree Awarded (including and Majors if relevant): Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) Position Gained: Camp Counsellor – USA Organisation/Industry: International Exchange Programs: Tripp Lake Camp Could you give us a description of what the Summer Camp in the USA involved? The camp I worked at was called Tripp Lake Camp which is in Poland, Maine-in the [...]
  • Graduate Human Resources Officer – Workforce Consulting
    Name: Belinda Smith Degree Awarded (and majors if relevant): Bachelor of Behavioural Science Position Gained: Graduate Human Resources Officer Employer/Industry: Workforce Consulting Could you give us a brief description of what your position involves? I am a Graduate Human Resource Officer. Our clients are internal managers and employees of Department of Human Services. I am [...]
  • Rehabilitation Consultant – CRS Australia
    Name: Craig Stubbings  Degree Awarded (and majors if relevant): Behavioural Science (Psychology, Sociology)  Position Gained: Rehabilitation Consultant  Employer/Industry: CRS Australia  Could you give us a description of what your position involves? My position involves case managing clients that have a medical disability, injury or illness and providing them with vocational rehabilitation, assisting them in gaining work [...]
  • Federal Public Servant – Department of Defence
    Name: Emma Gloyn  Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Behavioural Science  Position Gained: Federal Public Servant  Employer/Industry: Department of Defence  Could you give us a description of what your position involves? I am currently working in a Ministerial area for the Department of Defence. This involves coordinating responses to questions asked by Senators, producing the Defence Annual [...]
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