As a Bachelor of Psychological Science graduate you will be prepared for careers in counselling, guidance, health management, social research, human services, social welfare and other related fields. You may also be eligible for entry into a range of postgraduate degrees in areas such as speech pathology, social work, rehabilitation counselling, forensic mental health, criminology and criminal justice, human services, mental health practice, disability studies, health research, and business research.
Psychological science graduates are employed in a wide range of occupations and industries including in community corrections, in business as performance and workforce managers and occupational psychologists, in marketing, in the police service and defence forces, and in schools as guidance officers.
To practice as a psychologist in Australia, you must be registered with the Psychology Board of Australia. To be eligible for registration, you must complete the Bachelor of Psychological Science with Honours. As a graduate with honours, you will be eligible for associate membership of the Australian Psychological Society and provisional registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia. For full registration, you will need to complete a further two years of approved postgraduate study or supervised practice (on/the/job training) with a registered psychologist.