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Stage 2
AP2OO Advanced Australian Politics
AP201 Political Sociology
AP202 Europe, Capitalism and the Third World
AP204 Modern Japan
AP206 Politics of China A
AP207 Modern Australia
Stage 3
AP300 Public Policy in Australia
AP303 Politics of the USSR
AP304 Japan in Asia
AP308 Seminar in Political Studies
AP311 Politics of China B
AP312 Problems of Contemporary South-East Asia
AP313 India: Uneven Development
AP314 Work in Australia
Psychology
The undergraduate psychology program provides students
with a broad introduction to psychology in all three stages. In
stage three, some attention is given to vocational skills and
knowledge relevant to applied fields.
The stage one course in psychology introduces students to a
range of topics in psychology and experimental design and
analysis. Students intending to major in the subject are
required to take AY 100 Psychology 100 and AYI 01
Psychology 101. Each of these subjects comprises lectures,
practical work and instruction in statistical analysis.
Instage two, AY202 Cognition and Human Performance,
AY203 Developmental Psychology and AY204 Social
Psychology are offered and for students wishing to major in
psychology SM278 Design and Measurement 2A must be
taken.
In stage three, subjects offered are AY312 Psychology of
Personality, AY319 Psychological Measurement and AY320
Psychological Foundations of Counselling. In addition,
students majoring in psychology must take SM378 Design
and Measurement 3A.
It should be noted that the undergraduate psychology
program is sequential in nature; completion of the prescribed
subjects at one stage of the program is a preprequisite for
study at the next level. All subjects offered in this program
are semester subjects. Thus a student must complete both
stage one psychology subjects before enrolling in any stage
two psychology subject, and must complete all stage two
psychology subjects before enrolling in any stage three
subject. Details of these prerequisite arrangements are
shown in entries for all psychology subjects.
Students should note that two of the stage three subjects in
psychology are worth half a semester subject toward their
degree subject total. These subjects are AY319 and AY320
and all other subjects in psychology are worth one semester
subject.
The School of Social and Behavioural Sciences also offers its
undergraduate program on the Mooroolbark campus. The
program on the Mooroolbark campus is identical to the
Hawthorn campus program outlined above.
A co-major in psychology and psychophysiology is taught
jointly by the Schools of Social and Behavioural Sciences and
the School of Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering.
Places on this program are strictly limited and entry to the
program is either via the Division of Business, Humanities and
Social Science leading to the award of a Bachelor of Arts
degree or via the Division of Science, Engineering and Design
leading to the award of a Bachelor of Applied Science
degree.
Many people take up a career related to psychology after
completion of a three-year program, but some choose to
undertake further study in order to work specifically as
psychologists. To be regarded as a professionally trained
psychologist in Australia, it is becoming increasingly
necessary to be eligible for membership of the Australian
Psychological Society (APsS). The minimum academic
requirement for associate membership of the APsS is
completion of an accredited four-year program of
psychological study. The Swinburne Bachelor of Arts and
Bachelor of Applied Science psychology majors have APsS
approval as three year sequences of study and, to become
eligible for associate membership of the APsS, graduates
mist then complete an approved fourth-year course. (A list
of approved courses is available from the APsS.) The
Swinburne Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology is an
accredited fourth-year course and the honours year in
Psychology has provisional APsS accreditation.
In addition to its undergraduate and fourth-year courses, the
School of Social and Behavioural Sciences offers a fifth and
sixth year part-time coursework program leading to the
award of a Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology.
The School also offers a Professional Doctorate in Psychology
by coursework and thesis, available for full-time study by
selected students.
The School also accepts a limited number of suitably aualified
candidates, on a fullitime or part-time basis, for the degree
of Master of Arts and PhD in Psychology by research and
major thesis.
Subjects offered
Stage 1
AY100 Psychology 100
AYIOI Psychology 101
Stage - 2
AY202 Cognition and Human Performance
(Not available to students who have ~reviouslv
passed A Y 13 ~ Cognition and ~uman'
Performance)
AY203 Developmental Psychology
(Not available to students who have previously
passedAY2OO Psychology 200)
AY204 Social Psychology
(Not available to students who have previously
passed AYZO 1 Social Psychology)
SM278 Design and Measurement 2A
Stage 3
AY312
AY319
AY320
SM378
The Psychology of Personality
Psychological Measurement
(Not available to students who have previously
passed AY3 11 Methods and Measures)
Psychological Foundations of Counselling
(Not available to students who have ~reviouslv
passed~~3 14 ~ounsellin~ and /nte&ewing) '
Design and Measurement 3A
(Not available to students who have previously
passed SM279 Design and Measurement 2B)
Note: SM278 and SM378 must be taken by students
wishing to major in psychology For details of the subjects
SM278 Design and Measurement 2A (and SM378 Design
and Measurement 3A), students should refer to the
subject description section at the end of this chapte~