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Undergraduate courseBachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)FAST FACTSTaught on-campus at Flinders. Available to Australian and international students. Course length: The course requires three years of full-time study or the equivalent part-time. An additional one-year Honours program is offered to selected students.
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites and no knowledge is assumed. SATAC Code: 214051 [For Australian students] WHY STUDY BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE?Many modern careers demand a professional understanding of how people think and act. This course was created to provide these skills by combining studies in psychology with another specialist subject area. The options include biological sciences, computer studies, criminal justice, disability and community rehabilitation studies, education studies, health studies, legal studies, management, neuroscience, philosophy, public policy studies, sociology and women's studies.The result is a degree which allows graduates to apply the theories of human behaviour, development and adjustment to real-world situations, and also teaches a broad range of skills which make them effective communicators and problem solvers - vital for careers working with people. These include interpersonal and listening skills, team work, negotiating skills, behavioural analysis of problems and the evaluation of options, oral presentation, report writing, research techniques and data analysis, and computer applications. WHAT JOBS WILL I GET?Our graduates find jobs in such areas as youth work, advertising and marketing, policy and research, consumer research, industrial relations, human resources, program coordination and welfare. Specific jobs may include disability support officer, community development officer, human resources manager, training officer, computer programmer, crime prevention officer, behavioural ecologist, and drug/alcohol case worker.The course is accredited by the Australian Psychological Society. To apply to register to practise as a psychologist in South Australia (as in most states) students must complete an Honours Year in Psychology and either two years of supervised experience or a Master of Psychology degree or equivalent. To find out more about the jobs this degree can lead to, go to the Your Career section of our graduate careers website. WHAT WILL I STUDY?In the First Year students will take eight topics, including three psychology topics and at least two from their chosen specialist area. The remainder can be taken as electives, which are topics selected from any subject area offered at Flinders. In Second and Third Years, psychology topics will make up half of your workload. Most of the remainder will be in your specialist area, although it may be possible to include some further electives.Psychology core topics include: Psychology 1A; Psychology 1B; Basics of Behavioural Research; Basic Research Design and Data Analysis; Personality and Social Psychology; Cognition and Learning; Human Development; Research Methods; Psychological Assessment: Basic Principles; and Skills for Behavioural Scientists. You also select a number of optional Psychology topics, which might deal with such issues as emotions, abnormal psychology, human factors, and cognitive neuroscience. On completion of the three year (full-time) program, students may apply for admission to the honours program in psychology and/or in their specialist area. The full program of study for this degree. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
Year 12 applicants must have qualified for SACE and obtained Recorded Achievement in at least five two-unit SACE Stage 2 subjects. Included among the five must be four HESS General subjects.
Non-school leavers from various backgrounds, such as tertiary transfers, TAFE, Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) and other access schemes are eligible to apply. There are no prerequisites.
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