Bachelor of Psychological Science

A psychological science degree can take you almost anywhere, including clinical, correctional, counselling, educational, and organisational settings. You'll graduate with the skills, confidence and connections to launch your science career – whether it's in the lab or in the field.

Multiple career paths
Combining psychology with a major in marketing or human resource management provides an excellent background for careers in the business world. Combining psychology with philosophy, criminology or linguistics will prepare you for a variety of social science careers. If you’re interested in psychological and neuroscientific aspects of psychology, you can combine your psychology degree with vision science or neuroscience.

Pathway to registration
A minimum six-year sequence of education and training in psychology is required to become eligible for registration as a psychologist in Australia. This degree is an accredited three-stage program that can set you on the path to a career as a professional psychologist.

Work across a range of industries
You can work in a range of organisations within the public and private sectors, such as public, community, and occupational health, counselling, developmental care, management consultancy, human resources, recruitment, training and development, industrial relations, banking, journalism, marketing, business, retail management, and statistical and data analysis.

Career outlook
As psychology informs a range of diverse industries, the number of available jobs is increasing. Within the next five years, job openings are expected to increase by 30%, which means that each year, 7,600 new jobs will be generated.*

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Potential roles

• Behavioural Therapist
• Clinical Psychologist
• Community Service Manager
• Counselling Psychologist
• Educational Psychologist
• Forensic Psychologist
• Health Psychologist
• Human Resources Specialist
• Industrial-Organisational Psychologist
• Market Research Analyst
• Research Psychologist
• School Counsellor
• Social Worker
• Sports Psychologist

At UNSW, we believe that university is about much more than what you learn in the classroom. Through immersive learning, you’ll become equipped to take on social psychology problems and become a beacon of support in the communities you feel drawn to work with.

The Bachelor of Psychological Science degree offers a hands-on approach that helps you build your skillset through practical experiences outside the classroom. When you enrol to study at one of Australia’s top science faculties, you’ll be encouraged to think big and form deeper connections with our world. We'll nurture your passions, purpose & potential and prepare you to take on the most important jobs of tomorrow.

UNSW has been named ‘Most Employable University’ by the Australian Financial Review, four years in a row. With on-the-job experience built into the Bachelor of Psychological Science, you'll graduate with the skills, confidence, and connections to launch your science career – whether it's in the lab or in the field.

Graduating from the widely respected Bachelor of Psychological Science at a prestigious Go8 university like UNSW will open up a world of opportunity that could take you anywhere — Australia and beyond.

This three-stage program is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC). It’s the first step on the six-year pathway to becoming a registered psychologist.