Qualifications, Leading Universities and Employment
To work as a psychologist in Australia you are legally required to be registered with the Psychologists Registration Board in the State or Territory where you work. State and territory Boards’ requirements may differ slightly, but to work in all jurisdictions there are two basic requirements. First, you must have completed an undergraduate degree either as a Bachelor of Psychology which involves four full-time years of academic study in psychology, or Bachelor of Arts majoring in psychology, a 3 year full time course plus two additional full-time years of either postgraduate training in psychology or supervised workplace experience as a probationary or conditionally registered psychologist.
The toughest entry score is above 85 and applies to Sydney University and Flinders University. Other prominent universities with good reputations include ANU, Macquarie University, UNSW, UWS and University of Wollongong in NSW, Monash University, University of Melbourne in Victoria, Queensland University and University of West Australia. These institutions all have courses that can lead to further study that enables registration as a Psychologist.
The entry criteria for tertiary institiutions differs from year to year. The above comments are a guide only. To gain specific entry criteria either contact the relevant university or use Hobson's The Good University Guide.
Relevant Universities Colleges & TAFE
Careernav have trolled through all the universities, specialist colleges and TAFE’s across the nation to identify those courses we consider relevant to this career. We have only focussed on the core single degree and its full time period. We acknowledge many combination degrees are available and different students combine different degrees. Course names also differ by university and we have grouped like courses together. We may have missed the odd course being offered, so we recommend for a more detailed guide check with the universities direct or one of the university course guide books such as Hobson’s. Please note Careernav are totally impartial and do not recommend one tertiary institution over another. To view the A to Z of tertiary institutions that offer relevant courses for this career.
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About the Author
Anne Parker
Anne Parker has an Arts degree and post graduate diploma from Monash University and is a registered secondary school teacher with 30 years of teaching experience in French, History, Career Education and Psychology. She has held positions of Coordinator of Languages other than English (LOTE), Coordinator of Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE)and Coordinator of Career Education. These roles involved implementing major curriculum reform of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development(DEECD). An elected committee member of the Career Education Association of Victoria
(CEAV) for 2 years including 3 months as interim Executive Officer, Anne was involved in significant change management, setting of standards of training of Career Development Practitioners and the ethics governing Practitioners in line with the national peak body the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA). In 2008 she commenced Careertactics, her own consulting business.
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