Programs and Courses

The ANU School of Psychology offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses that give our students world-class education and training in a variety of areas of psychology.

Our programs cover the broad spectrum of the scientific study of human behaviour. Our general first year courses introduce you to the types of problems studied in psychology, and provide background in the methods employed to study them. In later-year courses you will cover more specialised subject matter and be trained in more advanced techniques.

1. Get information about specific degrees :
• Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) – BPsych (Hons)
• Bachelor of Science (Psychology) – BSc (Psych)
• Bachelor of Science - (BSc) (psychology with other sciences e.g., biology)
• Bachelor of Arts - (BA) (psychology with humanities, languages, social & behavioural sciences)
• Combined Degree programs
2. see summaries of the complete range of undergraduate courses that we teach in the School,
3. check the list of specific undergraduate courses on offer in the coming year.
4. or see why we think our courses are different to anything else you'll find in an Australian undergraduate Psychology degree.

• Honours Program details

Broadly, the ANU terms any course or program undertaken above a fourth year (Honours) level as Graduate study. However, internationally and at the ANU, programs undertaken at Masters and PhD level are often also known as Postgraduate studies. Here at the School of Psychology we use the terms Graduate and Postgraduate to refer to any program undertaken above fourth year (Honours) level.

The Graduate Diploma in Psychological Studies is designed for students who have completed a non-psychology degree in the last ten years which included 1st year psychology.

The School offers PhD and MPhil supervision from international experts in the following areas :

• Social Psychology
• Clinical Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Applied Social and Organizational Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Neuropsychology and neuroimaging
• Perception
• Developmental Psychology
• Decision Science
• Behavioural Neuroscience

For more information about our staff and possible study areas, check the following pages :

• Clinical/Health Psychology
• Cognition/Perception
• Social Psychology
• Applied Social and Organizational Psychology

Students specifically interested in our clinical program should check the Clinical Program Details page.