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Course Information

Graduate Certificate of Psychology

Effective from 01-JAN-2025 : Code T61

This fully online course, delivered in accelerated learning mode, is designed to introduce students to the scientific study of psychology. The course offers units that cover a broad range of areas of psychology, including psychological development across the lifespan, psychological wellbeing, psychological disorders and interventions, neuroscience and the biological bases of behaviour, cognition, learning, memory, and perception, social psychology, and research methods and data analysis. Students select units to focus on topics that are relevant to their personal and professional development. Throughout the course students will be exposed to the scientific basis of the discipline and will develop psychological inquiry skills to critically examine the application of theories, concepts, and research in psychology to understanding, explaining, and influencing human behaviour in contemporary society. Through the self-directed, collaborative learning environment as part of a community of scientific inquiry, students will develop their interpersonal and written communication skills and their psychological literacy to apply psychology to their own lives as well as in professional contexts. The course is relevant to a range of roles that benefit from an understanding of human behaviour and diversity. The course can also be the starting point in the journey toward a career in psychology if followed by the Graduate Diploma of Psychology and Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Advanced)..

Disclaimer

This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Communicate specialised psychological knowledge in oral and written formats to a variety of audiences.
2. Analyse complex issues and apply psychological knowledge in an ethical, culturally responsive and reflexive way to generate responses.
3. Demonstrate self-management and scholarly inquiry skills by planning, implementing and evaluating projects in psychology.

Admission requirements

Admission requirement (Band 6)

• Bachelor degree; or
• Equivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience.

English Language requirement (Band 4)

English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

• IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0);
• Bachelor degree from a country specified in the Admissions Policy;
• Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
• Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience; or
• Other tests, courses or programs as defined in the Admissions Policy.

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level

This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 8 Graduate Certificate Award.

Course Duration

• Part Time: 1 Year

Course Delivery

• Online: Part Time

Non standard timetable requirements

For accelerated online, enrolment is classified as part-time, as students are studying one unit per study period with 6 accelerated study periods per year, each 7 weeks in length.

Course Coordinator

Dr Cindy BRANCH-SMITH

Course Structure

Complete any four of the following 8 units (60 credit points):

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