There’s never been a better time to study Psychology . . .

Employment opportunities for Psychologists have never been more abundant.  There are also many opportunities to pursue postgraduate study by research or clinical training.

There’s never been a better place than at UNE . . .

Either on campus or from home.  We have an enviable reputation for excellence in distance education.  First year Psychology Units have NO intensive (residential) school requirement and the Unit content has been enhanced with online learning resources, assessment tasks and opportunities to participate in research studies.  Podcasts of lectures, integrated with audio, are available online.  Our first year in Psychology has never been more student-friendly.  Take a look at our online Blackboard homepage.

PSYC101 (Semester 1) and PSYC102 (Semester 2) . . .

Are together designed to provide you with an overview of contemporary Psychology from its many perspectives. These units in Introductory Psychology represent the starting point for a Psychology major 4-year sequence of study that is fully accredited by the Australian Psychological Society.  Many of the individual modules covered in this Unit are offered as entire Units in the second and third years of your Psychology studies.  So, in a sense, PSYC101 provides you with a taste of things to come.

Our first year in Psychology will:

• present an introductory overview of contemporary psychology, drawing on all forms of theory and method practised by psychologists;

• develop your understanding of the methods of psychological investigation, through presentation of published work by psychologists, participation in laboratory exercises, and through written assignments;

• provide some grounding in research design and statistics, so that you can read psychological research literature critically and independently;

• develop your appreciation for research and theoretical issues, provide the skills to assemble and scrutinise evidence bearing on such issues, and give you the skills to express the results of such scrutiny clearly and concisely.