Master of Psychology
Course Overview
Choose your professional pathway based on your career aspirations, and tailor your program with one of 3 specialisations: Health psychology - Support individuals and effect change across the population through interventions that address both physical and mental health. Counselling psychology - Gain a deep understanding of relationships, grief and family dynamics, and build expertise in supporting clients through life transitions, interpersonal challenges and fostering connection. Sport and exercise psychology - Join high-performance sport environments and work with elite athletes and teams to integrate psychology into peak performance and rehabilitation. You'll complete a range of advanced coursework in your chosen specialisation, an applied psychology research project supervised by highly trained staff, and specialist and generalist placements. You’ll learn in small, personalised tutorial group settings and undertake 1,000 hours of supervised clinical placements in a diverse range of organisations, including community service, government, hospitals, healthcare providers and private practice. During this 2-year full-time program, you’ll develop core professional competencies, including skills in counselling, behaviour change and psychological assessment. You'll also understand the ethical issues and professional standards relevant to the practice of psychology. The program is recognised by the Psychology Board of Australia as providing suitable training towards eligibility for general registration as a psychologist. This program has full accreditation with the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council.
