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Population Health and Psychology
Population Health and Psychology UAC Code 757648
or 757651
The double major in Population Health and Psychology enables
students to pursue two options for their career or further
study. Students may progress to advanced level study such
as honours or postgraduate courses in either field. In addition,
the combination of majors will enable graduates to apply for
jobs in specialist areas of population health, such as lifestyle
counselling or conduction lifestyle management programs.
Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
Domestic School Leavers are assumed to have completed at least
2 units of English at HSC level. International students are
required to have achieved an IELTS score of 6.0 with at least
6.0 in reading and writing, and at least 5.0 in listening
and speaking. Alternative pathways exist for mature age domestic
students.
Professional Recognition
To apply for registration as a professional psychologist with
the Psychologists Registration Board of NSW it is necessary
to complete an accredited 4-year course of study plus 2 years’
supervised practice. Accreditation with the Australian Psychological
Society, the national professional association, requires 6
years of approved academic study.
Double Major
The double major in Population Health and Psychology consists
of a minimum of 144 credit points, which comprises all of
the subjects in each of the individual majors. If students
wish to undertake honours in Psychology at the end of the
double major degree, additional subjects are required. Students
should consult the information on Honours in the entry for
the Psychology major.
Course Program
| 100 Level |
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Credit Points |
| ABST150 |
Introduction to Aboriginal Australia |
6 |
| BMS103 |
Human Growth, Nutrition and
Exercise |
6 |
| POP101 |
Population Health - Current Issues and Their
Determinants |
6 |
| POP103 |
Introduction to Health Behaviour Change |
6 |
| PSYC121 |
Foundations of Psychology A |
6 |
| PSYC122 |
Foundations of Psychology B |
6 |
| PSYC123 |
Theory, Design and Statistics
in Psychology |
6 |
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and one elective.
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| 200-Level |
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| POP201 |
Contemporary population health
problems |
6 |
| POP204 |
Epidemiology |
6 |
| POP221 |
Behaviour Change for Population
Health |
6 |
| PSYC231 |
Personality |
6 |
| PSYC234 |
Biological psychology and learning |
6 |
| PSYC236 |
Cognition and perception |
6 |
| PSYC241 |
Developmental and social psychology |
6 |
| PSYC247 |
Statistics and measurement 1 |
6 |
| Note: Psychology Honours also
requires that PSYC248
Statistics and Measurement 2 be taken. |
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| 300-Level |
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| POP301 |
Project and program design,
management and evaluation |
8 |
| POP302 |
Analysis and interpretation
of evidence |
8 |
| POP332 |
Population health project B |
8 |
| PSYC315 |
Psychology of abnormality |
8 |
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least one from Group A |
| Group A |
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8 |
| PSYC317 |
Advanced learning |
8 |
| PSYC345 |
Advanced cognition |
8 |
| PSYC349 |
Visual perception |
8 |
| PSYC352 |
Psychophysiology |
8 |
| Group B |
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| PSYC318 |
Change throughout the life span |
8 |
| PSYC347 |
Assessment and intervention |
8 |
| PSYC348 |
History and metatheory of psychology |
8 |
| PSYC350 |
Social behaviour and individual
differences |
8 |
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Note: Psychology Honours requies that PSYC345
and PSYC348
be taken together with PSYC315
as core, together with 2 electives that must include
at least one from Group A.
Other Information
Subjects to the value of at least 90 credit points must
be selected from the Health and Behavioural Sciences
or Science Schedules. Subjects to the value of 144 credit
points are required for the degree.
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