Deakin University

Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)

Curious about how to apply the science of mind and behaviour to understand and promote mental health and wellbeing? Deakins four-year Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) has an embedded honours year, distinguishing it from our other psychology courses. Honours includes practical training preparing you for provisional registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia and sets you on the pathway to general registration. Specialise from year one with the only Victorian university to offer specialist psychology majors in an undergraduate psychology degree, allowing you to learn what you are passionate about sooner. 140 hours of professional placements provide valuable industry experience and strengthen your employment prospects. In your honours year, you will complete a group research project and learn advanced studies in counselling, psychological assessment, critical evaluation and research methods.