• Program summary
• Program overview
• 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 2008 entry: OP-16 / 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: Commonwealth supported places, domestic fee-paying 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 2008

Accreditation

The Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) has accredited Pathway 1 of this program as a 3-year undergraduate sequence in Psychology. Completion of the degree involving Pathway 1 may lead to direct entry to the Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) (Honours) program, subject to grade point average in Psychology courses.

Program overview

In the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business (Psychology and Human Resource Management), you combine study in psychology with courses in human resource management, workplace relations, leadership and team dynamics, and management strategy. The combined program enables you to acquire knowledge of theories, methods and research findings in psychology and to apply this knowledge to human resource activities such as recruitment, selection, motivation, training and development, and management of organisational change.

The program also gives you the flexibility to select a minor in sociology, politics, communications, cultural studies or a language. Graduates of this program will be well placed to take advantage of the expanding role of strategic human resource management in a fast-changing global environment.

Career opportunities

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

Special features

• combines business management studies with professional psychology training
• course content meets the requirements of industry and small business
• depending on pathway chosen within the program, and the successful completion of an accredited honours year or postgraduate diploma in psychology, plus either further accredited postgraduate study or supervision following the guidelines of the Psychologists Registration Board in their state or territory, graduates are eligible for registration as a psychologist in that state/territory

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 *

Plus select 1 Arts and Social Sciences elective

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 3 Arts and Social Sciences electives

Faculty of Business courses

7 required foundation courses:
BUS101 Applied Research Methods
BUS102 Economics for Business
BUS103 Business Law and Ethics
BUS104 Managing the Organisation
BUS105 Marketing Theory and Practice
BUS106 Introductory Accounting
BUS108 Introduction to Information and Communication Technology

Plus 8 required advanced courses:
HRM210 Managing Human Resources
HRM211 Staffing and Remuneration
HRM220 Managing Workplace Relations
HRM221 Employment and Industrial Law
HRM311 Leadership and Team Dynamics
HRM312 Training and Development
HRM321 Managing Organisational Change
MGT320 Management Strategy

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.

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

* Course outlines subject to final approval

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