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Students who intend to apply for registration with the Psychologists Registration Board must be aware that they will be required to have completed the fourth year of their qualification in psychology within 10 years of completion of the first 3 years.  

Recommended study schedule
The following study schedule is meant as an introductory guide for students. Students may determine their own schedule based upon credit transfers and personal study requirements. For more assistance with your study schedule contact the Program Advisor. The following schedule is designed for full-time students who usually enrol in 4 courses per term or 24 units of credit. Part-time students should therefore modify this schedule to suit their own needs. The normal study load for part-time students is 2 courses per term or 12 units of credit.

Year 1 - Term 1
PSYC11008 Biological Foundations of Psychology
SOCL11055 Introduction to Sociology
Other discipline or elective of students' choosing - sociology as other discipline
Elective

Year 1 - Term 2
PSYC11009 Social Foundations of Psychology
SOCL11056 Australian Society OR
SOCL11058 Science, Technology and Society
Other discipline or elective of students' choosing - sociology as other discipline
Elective

Residential Schools
Four days for PSYC13015 Advanced Methods in Psychology Term 2 commencing on 5 July to 8 July; three days for PSYC14050 Ethics and Professional Issues in Psychology Term 1 commencing on 1 March to 3 March and five days for PSYC14047 Advanced Data Analysis Term 1 commencing on 1 March to 5 March. Check the Residential School Timetable for details.

Computing requirements
It is a requirement of enrolment in this program that students have access to the CQUniversity website via the Internet. Students will be expected to undertake various components of study in the degree using e-mail and the Internet.

Application for credit transfer
Credit transfers for Level 2 and 3 courses in psychology will only be granted where the courses which form the basis of the credit application have been taken as part of a program of study in psychology offered by an accredited psychology academic organisational unit. Credit transfers are not granted for Level 4 courses.

Bachelor of Psychology with Honours
Students who are graduating with the Bachelor of Psychology degree are eligible to graduate with honours on the following basis:

The student's PSYC14051 and PSYC14052 Psychology Research Project shall involve empirical research culminating in a thesis which shall be examined by at least one examiner who is external to the University; the student in the first attempt in all completed third and fourth level psychology courses shall achieve an average minimum weighted GPA of 5.00. For this purpose a course grade of High Distinction shall attract 7 Grade Points, a grade of Distinction 6, a grade of Credit 5, a grade of Pass 4, a grade of Pass Conceded 3, a grade of Pass Terminal 2, and a grade of Fail 0.

There shall be three levels of honours awarded in accordance with the following GPA criteria:

• First Class (GPA of 6.0 - 7.0)
• Second Class Division A (GPA of 5.50 - 5.99)
• Second Class Division B (GPA of 5.0 - 5.49)

Students eligible to graduate with the Bachelor of Psychology degree but who do not meet the above criteria for the award of the degree with honours will be awarded the degree without specification.