Psychology Major - Arts and Social Sciences
Major at Hawthorn
Structure
To be eligible for a Psychology Major (Arts and Social Sciences), students must complete 150 credit points from the approved list of Psychology units as specified below, including the capstone unit: HAY303 Psychology Project A.
Students who successfully complete the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Social Science program, including the Psychology Major, are eligible to apply to graduate with the associated tagged outcome.
Units
Psychology Major (Arts and Social Sciences) (effective from Semester 2 2012).
All units are valued at 12.5 credit points each unless otherwise indicated.
To be eligible for a Psychology Major (Arts and Social Sciences), students must complete 150 credit points from the approved list of Psychology units as specified below, including the capstone unit: HAY303 Psychology Project A.
Psychology Compulsory units:
HAY100 Psychology 100 HAY101 Psychology 101
HMA103 Statistics and Research Methods A
HAY205 Cognition and Human Performance
HAY206 Developmental Psychology
HMA278 Design and Measurement 2
HMA279 Design and Measurement 3
HAY308 The Psychology of Personality
HAY303 Psychology Project A
HAY307 Social Psychology
HAY321 Abnormal Psychology
and
any one (1) of the following Psychology Elective units **:
HAS111 Sociological Foundations
HACM104 Media Literature Film: Text and Context
HAP100 Australian Politics
HAH100 Introduction to Philosophy
HAH319 Philosophical Psychology
HAY305 Psychology Project B (no longer offered as from Semester 1 2013).
HAY100 Psychology 100 HAY101 Psychology 101
HMA103 Statistics and Research Methods A
HAY205 Cognition and Human Performance
HAY206 Developmental Psychology
HMA278 Design and Measurement 2
HMA279 Design and Measurement 3
HAY308 The Psychology of Personality
HAY303 Psychology Project A
HAY307 Social Psychology
HAY321 Abnormal Psychology
and
any one (1) of the following Psychology Elective units **:
HAS111 Sociological Foundations
HACM104 Media Literature Film: Text and Context
HAP100 Australian Politics
HAH100 Introduction to Philosophy
HAH319 Philosophical Psychology
HAY305 Psychology Project B (no longer offered as from Semester 1 2013).
** NB: As from Semester 1 2013, the Psychology Elective unit requirements for this major were amended to:
any one (1) of the following Psychology Elective units:
HAY120 Introduction to Forensic Psychology
HAY130 Introduction to Sport Psychology
HAY140 Criminology: Theory and Practice
HAH319 Philosophical Psychology
HET320 Psychophysiological Project
any one (1) of the following Psychology Elective units:
HAY120 Introduction to Forensic Psychology
HAY130 Introduction to Sport Psychology
HAY140 Criminology: Theory and Practice
HAH319 Philosophical Psychology
HET320 Psychophysiological Project
Students who successfully complete the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Social Science program, including the Psychology Major, are eligible to apply to graduate with the associated tagged outcome.
Further information
Faculty of Life and Social Sciences
Room AS202, Level 2
Applied Science Building
Hawthorn Campus
Email: LSSinfo@swin.edu.au
Telephone: + 61 3 9214 8859
Fax: + 61 3 9214 5921
