Bachelor of Psychological Science

Using science to understand how people think, feel and behave

This program is for those who are interested in using science to understand people. Be inspired to build new knowledge and discover new things using a variety of scientific methods.

Complete both programs in only one extra year of study and graduate with two degrees, increasing your in-demand skills and employability in areas such as health and clinical analytics, UX and human-centred design, organisational psychology and social research.

Psychological Science explores the complexities of human thought, emotion, and behaviour. By pairing it with a Bachelor of Applied Data Science, students gain the ability to analyse behavioural data using advanced statistical and computational tools, design smarter research studies with robust data collection, and visualise and communicate insights more confidently.

Psychological Science students are encouraged to consider concurrent enrolment in the Bachelor of Applied Data Science program.

Concurrent Enrolment

This fascinating and evolving field will prepare you to work in a broad range of industries where you can positively impact the lives of others.

Cover a broad range of areas such as mental illness, interventions, the biology of the brain, child development and aging, memory, and decision making. Undertake pre-professional courses each year, preparing you for professional practice. They include guest lectures from practicing psychologists, problem-based workshops and video material to provide an accurate picture of the range of areas within psychology.

Course overview

This degree covers all the requirements of an APAC accredited undergraduate degree in Psychology, including a wide range of subject areas. Throughout your psychology degree you will learn about:

• psychological research methodology
• statistics
• cognition and information processing
• social psychology and personality
• clinical and abnormal behaviour
• neuroscience
• psychopharmacology
• perceptual processes
• learning theory
• developmental psychology

Combine your Psychology program with another degree to extend your learning and career pathway opportunities. Combined degree options include:

• Bachelor of Psychological Science / Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Psychological Science / Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
• Bachelor of Psychological Science / Bachelor of Media and Communication
• Bachelor of Psychological Science / Bachelor of Social Science
• Bachelor of Criminology / Bachelor of Psychological Science

Admission to our undergraduate degree programs usually requires successful completion of a senior secondary school qualification similar to the Higher School Certificate (HSC), the highest educational award in New South Wales schools.

Applicants who do not speak English as a first language must demonstrate that they meet the University's English proficiency requirement. Further information regarding English language proficiency requirements can be found at the English Language Proficiency for Admission Policy.

In the application portal, you can enter the program you wish to study and upload relevant documents needed as part of your application. It is recommended you submit your application a minimum of 12 weeks before your intended semester of trimester start date.

This degree can be applied in a broad range of industry sectors, enabling you to choose the career path that’s right for you.

Psychology graduates work in research, human resources and leadership, management, intelligence agencies, advertising, marketing and sales, public health, community services, project management, counselling, law and correctional services.

Postgraduate pathways available for graduates who also complete the Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) degree include the research and Clinical PhD, Master of Clinical Psychology, Master of Professional Psychology, Master of Business Psychology, Master of Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing and other psychology-related programs.

To practice as a psychologist, you must complete additional accredited postgraduate studies.

Professional outcomes:

• careers counsellor
• caseworker
• juvenile justice officer
• market researcher
• mediator
• practising psychologist (with further study)