• Program summary
• Program overview
• Accreditation
• Career opportunities
• Special features
• Advanced standing, recognition of prior learning, credit and articulation
• Program structure
• Program requirements and notes
• Enquiries
• Recommended enrolment patterns

Program summary

QTAC code: 016501
OP/Rank for 2009 entry: OP-17 / Rank-66
Award abbreviation: BA/BBus
Degree type: undergraduate
Mode of study: on campus
Duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time
Fee type 2009: Commonwealth supported places, visiting non-award domestic places, international fee-paying places
Total units: 384
Recommended prior study: English and Maths
Commence: Semester 1 or Semester 2
CRICOS code: 058145D

New students: selecting courses for 2009

Program overview

This program combines study in psychology with courses in human resource management, workplace relations, leadership and team dynamics, and management strategy.

You will acquire knowledge of theories, methods and research findings in psychology, and will learn how to apply this knowledge to human resource activities such as recruitment, selection, motivation, training and development, and management of organisational change.

Graduates have the skills and knowledge required to work as human resource professionals, or they may choose to complete further study to become a registered psychologist.

The program structure enables you to earn two degrees in a shorter amount of time than if you were to study the programs separately, and you will receive two testamurs (degree certificates) on completion.

Accreditation

The Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) has accredited Pathway 1 of the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Psychology and Human Resource Management) as a three-year undergraduate sequence in psychology.

To become a registered psychologist in your state/territory, you will need to complete Pathway 1, plus either (1) an accredited honours year, or (2) a postgraduate diploma in psychology. You will then need to complete either (1) further accredited postgraduate study, or (2) supervision that follows the guidelines of the Psychologists Registration Board in your state/territory.

USC offers an accredited honours year—the Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) (Honours)—to which you can gain direct entry upon completion of Pathway 1. Please note that a minimum grade point average in the Pathway 1 psychology courses is required for honours entry.

Career opportunities

Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Psychology and Human Resource Management) may find employment in the areas of:

• counselling
• industrial relations
• management (human resource, organisational change)
• recruitment
• staff development
• training 
• workplace relations

Special features

• combines studies in people management with professional psychology training
• course content meets the requirements of industry, including small business
• earn two degrees in four years of full-time study

Program structure

Core courses

Select 2 courses from:
COR109 Communication and Thought
COR110 Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
COR111 Environment, Technology and Sustainability

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses

Select 1 of the following pathways:

Pathway 1

2 required introductory courses:
PSY100 Introduction to Psychology A
PSY101 Introduction to Psychology B

Plus 12 required advanced courses:
PSY200 Research Methods in Psychology A
PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology B
PSY202 Physiological Psychology
PSY203 Introduction to Human Development
PSY204 Social Psychology
PSY205 Motivation and Emotion
PSY300 Advanced Methods in Psychology *
PSY301 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology *
PSY302 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies *
PSY303 Personality and Assessment *
PSY304 Human Associative Learning *
PSY305 Abnormal Psychology *

Pathway 2

This pathway will not lead to direct entry to the Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) (Honours) program. Indirect entry to the Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) program would require completion of 6 further psychology courses, and would be subject to achievement of a minimum grade point average in Psychology courses.

2 required introductory courses:
PSY100 Introduction to Psychology A
PSY101 Introduction to Psychology B

Plus 2 required Level 2 courses:
PSY200 Research Methods in Psychology A
PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology B

Plus select 4 courses from:
PSY202 Physiological Psychology
PSY203 Introduction to Human Development
PSY204 Social Psychology
PSY205 Motivation and Emotion
PSY300 Advanced Methods in Psychology *
PSY301 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology *
PSY302 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies *
PSY303 Personality and Assessment *
PSY304 Human Associative Learning *

Plus select an Arts and Social Sciences minor (4 courses)
Plus select 2 Arts and Social Sciences electives

Faculty of Business courses

9 required courses:
BUS101 Applied Research Methods
BUS102 Economics for Business
BUS103 Business Law and Ethics
BUS104 Management and Organisational Behaviour
BUS105 Marketing Theory and Practice
BUS106 Introductory Accounting
BUS108 Introduction to ICT
BUS211 Strategic Management
BUS320 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

Plus 7 required advanced courses:
HRM210 Managing Human Resources
HRM211 Staffing and Remuneration
HRM220 Managing Workplace Relations
HRM221 Employment and Industrial Law
HRM312 Training and Development
HRM321 Managing Organisational Change
SCS276 Groupwork (which will be recognised as a component of the Human Resource Management major in lieu of HRM311 Leadership and Team Dynamics)

Course substitution: the GO (Global Opportunities) Program

As part of your USC program, you may apply to participate in the GO Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider

Program requirements and notes

1. An introductory level course has a number less than 200 in its course code. An advanced level course has a number greater than 200 and less than 400 in its course code.
2. Refer to the Academic Rules.
3. Refer to explanation of terms.
4. Refer to the recommended enrolment patterns.
5. Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including, for example, essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests, and examinations.

How to apply

Apply for an undergraduate program.

Enquiries

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Tel: +61 7 5430 1259

Faculty of Business
Tel: +61 7 5430 1221
Email: businessfaculty@usc.edu.au

* Subject to final approval

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