Studies in Psychology

Implementing Courses and Credits

1.  Combining with Courses from other Faculties

The Bachelor of Psychology Programme

If the student takes a number of courses from various faculties and sees to it that at least 140 credits are from the list of Psychology courses, then a Bachelor of Psychology will be earned. The total of the Bachelor qualification need only be 390 credits, and may have an endorsement of 70 credits which then takes it up to the level of 460 credits.

The Bachelor of Psychology may also be a third year of educational training which adds 150 credits to an existing undergraduate Diploma (240 credits). This will bring the total of the whole qualification to 390 credits. Of these 150 credits, 140 credits must be Psychology courses which can be made up by about six to nine courses. The remainder may be taken from any other faculty(ies).

The Bachelor is just one programme. See also a description of the other programmes:

Description of Programmes

The non-Psychology courses may be chosen from any discipline. These courses should be at an introductory level unless the student has prior learning credits in the same field.

Adding the Endorsement and Double Endorsement

Should the courses from other fields make up more than 70 credits in one field (including up to 20 practical credits), then an endorsement is issued for the qualification certificate: e.g.
  ... Bachelor of Psychology in Ministry  or
  ... in Counselling.

Should the courses from yet another field make up more than 70 credits in one field (including up to 20 practical credits), then a double endorsement is issued for the qualification certificate: e.g.
  ... in Ministry and Business Leadership  or
  ... in Communication and Counselling.
The credit level for a double endorsement to a Bachelor qualification stays, however, at 460 credits.

Details about the other courses must be obtained from each particular Faculty. Students may offer courses they have already completed through application for Transfer Credits. See Recognition of Prior Learning.

Bachelor of Psychology = 390/460 credits

The Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Programme

If the student takes a number of courses from various faculties and sees to it that at least 70 credits are from the list of Psychology courses, then a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology will be earned. The total of the Bachelor of Arts qualification need only be 390 credits, even with an endorsement.

The Bachelor of Psychology may also be a third year of educational training which adds 150 credits to an existing undergraduate Diploma (240 credits). This will bring the total of the whole qualification to 390 credits. Of these 150 credits, 70 credits must be Psychology courses which can be made up by about four courses. The remainder may be taken from other faculties.

Courses may be chosen from any discipline. These courses should be at an introductory level unless the student has prior learning credits in the same field. Should the courses from other fields make up more than 70 credits in one field (including up to 20 practical credits), then a double endorsement is issued for the qualification certificate: e.g.
... in Ministry and Psychology or       ... in Psychology and Business Leadership.

Details about the other courses must be obtained from each particular Faculty. Students may offer courses they have already completed through application for Transfer Credits. See Recognition of Prior Learning.

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology = 390 credits

2.  Endorsement to Other Bachelor Qualifications

These are also the Psychology courses from which the student may make up 70 or more credits for an endorsement to degrees from other faculties. If the student presents these credits in addition to another 390 credit Bachelor course, it provides the neccessary material (18%) for an endorsement in Psychology.

Endorsement: Psychology = +70 credits

3.  The Psychology Post-graduate Diploma

A postgraduate diploma needs 150 credits above the level of 360 credits (a Bachelor from other institutions) to get to the same level as the Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree.
Of these credits, 140 credits should be in a specific field (i.e. Psychology) in order to make a change in direction of field as preparation for a Masters degree. This should be in the order of 7 Psychology courses to obtain the required number of credits.

Post-graduate Diploma: Psychology — +150 credits

4.  The Psychology (Honours) Degree

The Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) degree needs 120 credits above the level of 390 credits (or 150 more than a Bachelor from other institutions) to get to the 510 credit total level.

Of these credits, 50 or more credits should be in a specific field (i.e. Psychology) in order to reach the 170 total field credits (33%) required for an Honours as preparation for a Masters degree. This should be in the order of 3 Psychology courses to obtain the required number of credits.

Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) — 150 credits

 Summary: Psychology Qualifications

These programmes may lead to one of four possible qualifications.

Programme details:

Note*: The courses taken for the Honours depend on the Dissertation of the Masters.
The entry level credits determine the volume of work required for this course. This
is determined by the candidate's study leader when discussing a Masters degree.

See Psychology Course Fees

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