Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science Honours

Course Description

The Bachelor of Science offers students the opportunity to study in the field of Psychology.

Entry Requirements

Academic requirements, English requirements and credit transfer information is available from the Course Finder.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Science requires the successful completion of 144 credit points of subjects in accordance with the table set out under each major. Elective subjects are chosen from the Faculties of Social Sciences, Science, Medicine and Health or the General Schedules.

Subjects to a value of at least 90 credit points must be selected from the Faculty of Social Sciences and/or Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health schedules.

Students may undertake no more than 60 credit points of 100-level subjects.

Honours

The Bachelor of Science (Honours) is designed to provide students with skills to demonstrate excellence in research with a clear understanding of a research question in relation to current knowledge. The degree program fosters the following abilities and skills: plan, design and perform a research project; collect and analyse data; evaluate data; synthesise results and integrate with relevant ideas and concepts; communicate findings; and put relevant principles into practice.

Entry into the Bachelor of Science (Hons) requires the student to have attained at minimum of a credit average in subjects undertaken during their undergraduate degree. However, a credit average does not guarantee entry into Honours, and additional selection criteria may apply depending on the discipline in which Honours is undertaken.

As specific entry requirements vary from School to School, students considering applying for enrolment in the BSc (Hons) should first contact the Honours Coordinator for the School in which they are interested in pursuing Honours. It is strongly recommended that student seek academic advice prior to enrolling their subjects in Year 2 and in Year 3 of their degree to ensure that specific entry requirements for Honours are met.

In addition to achieving a minimum credit average and any other selection criteria, admission to the Bachelor of Science (Hons) will also be dependent upon the availability of an appropriate supervisor, who must be identified by the applicant before applying for entry.

The Honours grade will be calculated in accordance with Method 1. For further information refer to General Course Rules Section 8.

Majors 

• Psychology

• Psychology and Biology

Minors

• Psychology

Non-psychology students can complete a minor study in Psychology. A minor in Psychology will consist of at least 30 credit points in subjects with the prefix 'PSYC' from the course structure of the Bachelor of Psychology degree, and must include PSYC121, PSYC122, PSYC123 and any two of PSYC231 or PSYC234 or PSYC236 or PSYC241 or PSYC251. Subjects in the minor may not be cross counted towards any other minor or major study.

Minor studies are also offered in:

• Indigenous Health Studies (See Bachelor of Health Science in Indigenous Health Studies page in this handbook for further information)

• Introduction to Public Health (See Bachelor of Public Health page in this handbook for further information)

English Language and Linguistics Elective Subjects

A number of English Language and Linguistic (ELL) subjects are offered in both Autumn and Spring sessions for both English-Speaking Background students and Non-English Speaking Background students.

Other Information

Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: psyc-enquiries@uow.edu.au