BP112 - Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)

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Plan: BP112 - Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology)
Campus: City Campus

Program delivery and structure

Approach to learning and assessment
Work integrated learning
Program structure
Program transition plan

Approach to learning and assessment

The program uses a variety of teaching and learning approaches including: interactive coursework, seminars,  case studies, action research, reflective techniques, individual and group presentations, group-based learning, discussions, negotiated learning (such as work-based projects) and practicum experiences.

You will engage in both face to face and online activities including small-group discussion, laboratory sessions, guided and independent research, individual and group projects, problem-based learning, flipped classrooms, face-to-face lectures and online podcasts, and a professional placement.

The degree provides you with the opportunity to gain important professional skills that are transferable across many occupations or places of employment. These skills include communication, policy development, research and organisational understanding and management.

A professional placement in your third year is a major feature of the degree. Here you will work in human service, government or business organisations, with opportunities to work under the supervision of a qualified psychologist. As well as gaining practical experience, the placement allows you to develop networks, career opportunities and professional experience in your chosen area of interest.

The program utilises a range of assessment methods to evaluate student learning, with the aim of developing skills in critical and analytical thinking, research literacy and design, problem solving and communication. A range of assessment will enable you to demonstrate your skills and knowledge across all courses. Formal and informal feedback will be ongoing throughout the semester.

Assessment will include a variety of written genres along with in-class and laboratory exercises, oral presentations, workshop facilitation and peer mentoring, and online activities.

You will also be involved in providing academic staff with formal and informal feedback about the courses you study.

If you have a long term medical condition, disability and/or other form of disadvantage it may be possible to negotiate variations to aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the Program Manager or the Equitable Learning Service Unit (https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/equitable-learning-services) if you would like to find out more. 

If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience), you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/he

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Work integrated learning

RMIT is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional practice.

In particular:

  • You will undertake and be assessed on a structured activity that allows you to learn, apply and demonstrate your professional practice;
  • You will interact with industry and community when undertaking this activity;
  • The Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activity is completed in a work context or situation and may include teamwork with other students from different disciplines.

These interactions and the context provide a distinctive source of feedback to you that will underpin your learning.

In the Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) the value of WIL is for you to learn and demonstrate your professional capability in an applied setting.  You will apply knowledge, skills and ethics developed during the program to real work and professional situations as you undertake supervised practice in field agencies.  WIL also offers opportunities to explore a range of roles and tasks found in psychology and related professional fields, and to develop professional networks to assist your transition into graduate employment.

The specific WIL course in this program is:

  • HUSO2391 Society and Psychology Capstone

  • HUSO2393 Transformative Research & Evaluation

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Program Structure

To graduate you must complete the following. All courses may not be available each semester.
 

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Year One of Program

Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Foundations of Psychology 12 BESC1126 City Campus
Psychology in Society 12 HUSO2421 City Campus
Australian Society in a Global Context 12 HUSO1207 City Campus
Principles of Psychology 12 BESC1123 City Campus
Foundations of Social Research 12 HUSO2166 City Campus
Public Policy 12 POLI1066 City Campus
Working with Human Service Consumers 12 HWSS2247 City Campus
AND
Complete One (1) of the following Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Sustainable Futures 12 ENVI1153 City Campus
Power and Governance 12 POLI1025 City Campus
Indigenous Studies 12 HUSO1296 City Campus
Youth Studies 1: Theories, Trends and Development 12 HUSO2414 City Campus
Intercultural Communication 12 SOCU1025 City Campus
Ethics and Reflexive Practice 12 HWSS2164 City Campus
Self, Identity and Agency 12 HUSO2164 City Campus
Youth Studies 2: Representations and Research 12 HUSO2415 City Campus
Building Responsible Relationships with First Peoples and Country 12 ENVI1048 City Campus
Landscapes of Places, Landscapes of the Mind 12 HUSO2384 City Campus
Mythbusting Reality: Indigenous v Western 12 HUSO2386 City Campus
Applied Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples 12 HUSO2301 City Campus
Alcohol and Other Drugs, Interventions and Complex Needs 12 HWSS2171 City Campus
 
AND

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Year Two of Program

Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Developmental Psychology 12 BESC1182 City Campus
Biological Psychology 12 BESC1190 City Campus
Research Methods in Psychology 12 BESC1449 City Campus
Cognitive Psychology 12 BESC1178 City Campus
Social Psychology 12 BESC1186 City Campus
Transformative Research & Evaluation 12 HUSO2393 City Campus
Trauma Informed Practice 12 HWSS1146 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) Courses from any:
University Elective
 
AND

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Year Three of Program

Complete the following Six (6) Courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Professional Practices and Cross-Cultural Psychology 12 BESC1453 City Campus
Philosophy and Methodology of Psychology 12 BESC1437 City Campus
Psychopathology and Models of Intervention 12 BESC1445 City Campus
Psychological Assessment and Individual Differences 12 BESC1433 City Campus
Society and Psychology Capstone 12 HUSO2391 City Campus
Contemporary Organisational Practices 12 HUSO1213 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) of the following courses:

Course Title

Credit Points

Course Code

Campus

Psychology of Gender 12 BESC1441 City Campus
Forensic Psychology 12 BESC1429 City Campus
Cross Cultural and Organisational Psychology 12 BESC1406 City Campus
Applied Psychology Topics 12 BESC1408 City Campus
AND
Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:
University Elective
 

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Program transition plan

2024

The program structure of BP112 Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) has been amended and the following change applied in Semester 1, 2024:

  • Course title change from ENVI1048 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment to ENVI1048 Building Responsible Relationships with First Peoples and Country

Current students who have completed the course under the previous name will not be required to repeat the course as a result of the title change.

If you are undertaking a reduced load, are on Leave of Absence (LOA), or have deferred studies, you will not be disadvantaged by the change of program structure.

The program structure of BP112 Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) was amended and the following changes applied in 2019 - 2023:

2023

Year 2

  • Course title change from HWSS2217 Loss, Trauma and Grief to HWSS2217 Trauma Informed Practice.

Active students who have completed courses under the previous name, will not be required to repeat the course as a result of the title change.

If you have commenced the BP112 Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) program prior to these changes, you will not be disadvantaged by these changes and all approved courses undertaken previously will contribute toward your qualification. You will not be required to complete extra credit points or incur any extra costs because of these changes. Academic advice will be made available to you and an enrolment plan provided to you on request.

If you are undertaking a reduced load, are on Leave of Absence (LOA), or have deferred studies, you will not be disadvantaged by the change of program structure

2022

Year 1

  • New course offering HWSS2247 Working with Human Services Consumers

Year 2

  • New course offering HWSS2217 Loss, Trauma and Grief

2019

Year 1

  • Delivery change for POLI1066 Public Policy from Year 2 to Year 1
  • New program option (elective) HUSO2164 Self, Identify and Agency, moved from core course list.
  • New program option (elective) HWSS2164 Ethics and Reflective Practice
  • New program option (elective) HUSO2414 Youth Studies 1: theories, trends and developments
  • New program option (elective) HUSO2415 Youth Studies 2: representations and research
  • New program option (elective) Any language course to be reinstated as program option (elective)
  • Removal of PUBH1402 Indigenous Health
  • Program option (elective increase from two (2) to three (3), with one (1) in Year 1 of the program

Year 2

  • Program option (elective) increase from two (2) to three (3), with two (2) in Year 2 of the program.
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