Manage people effectively by understanding how they think and behave
To manage staff properly, you need to understand them. This degree gives you a deep practical understanding of how people work, and how to create a business environment conducive to individual success. You’ll gain a strong foundation in the fundamentals of business, with a focus on human resource management, including areas such as workplace relations, staffing and remuneration, training and development, leadership and team dynamics, and managing organisational change. You’ll also learn about human behaviour and cognitive, social, physiological and intercultural psychologies.
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To manage staff properly, you need to understand them. This degree gives you a deep practical understanding of how people work, and how to create a business environment conducive to individual success. You’ll gain a strong foundation in the fundamentals of business, with a focus on human resource management, including areas such as workplace relations, staffing and remuneration, training and development, leadership and team dynamics, and managing organisational change. You’ll also learn about human behaviour and cognitive, social, physiological and intercultural psychologies.
In this degree you will:
- Develop specialist skills through your understanding of the key areas of human resource management
- Gain practical experience in the human resources sector through an elective internship
- Learn fundamentals of business such as economics, management, marketing, research methods, accounting and informatics
- Participate in paid research assistant work relating to psychology in your second or third year of study
Career opportunities
- Human resource management
- Recruitment
- Staff development and training
- Employment relations
- Change management
- Organisational development
- Health and education services
- Disability services
- Community work
Accreditation
This program is pending accreditation with the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC). Following successful completion of an accredited honours year – plus further accredited postgraduate study following the guidelines of the Psychologists Registration Board in their state or territory – graduates may be eligible for registration as a psychologist in that state or territory. Upon graduating, you may also be eligible to join the Australian Human Resources Institute.
Program structure
Business courses
Introductory courses (5) 60 units
BUS102 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
BUS104 Geographic Information Science and Technology
BUS105 Earth Observation: Remote Sensing and Surveying
BUS106 Applied Geospatial Analysis
BUS108 Mapping with Drones
Developing and Graduate courses (10) 120 units
BUS203 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
HRM210 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
HRM211 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
HRM220 Creative Writing and Editing for Publication
IBS220 Wonderworlds: An Exploration of Theory and Fiction
BUS306 Writing the Short Story
BUS320 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
HRM311 Introduction to Economics
HRM312 Introduction to Management
HRM321 Introduction to Marketing
Psychology courses
Introductory courses (3) 36 units
COR109 Accounting for Business
PSY100 Introduction to Informatics
PSY101 Business Law and Ethics
Developing and Graduate courses (14) 168 units
PSY200 Managing Human Resources
PSY201 Staffing and Remuneration
PSY202 Managing Workplace Relations
PSY203 Cross-Cultural Management
PSY204 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
PSY205 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
PSY300 Leadership and Team Dynamics
PSY301 Training and Development
PSY302 Managing Organisational Change
PSY303 Communication and Thought
PSY304 Introduction to Psychology A
PSY305 Psychological Disorders
PSY306 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
PSY307 Adult Development and Ageing
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 384
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.