Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Psychology
Information valid for students commencing in 2012.
Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Psychology with Honours
Course Code | |
Version | 9 |
Faculty | Arts, Education and Social Sciences |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | English (Maths B desirable). Entry requirements for this course are consistent with the Pathways to Qualifications in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF level 7) Guidelines for Bachelor degrees. |
Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements | Students of non English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule II of the JCU Admissions policy. |
Post admission | Honours: A candidate admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Psychology at this university may be invited by the Head of the School to undertake the Honours degree if that candidate has
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Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 120 credit points as per course structure |
Learning outcomes | Characteristics of learning outcomes for this course are consistent with those outlined in the Bachelor degree Guideline in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF level 7). |
Course Structure
Core Subjects
Level 1
BU1002:03 Accounting for Decision Making
BU1003:03 Economics for Business
BU1004:03 Management, People and Organisations
BU1005:03 Personal and Professional Skills in Business
BU1006:03 Managing the Customer Experience or BU1008:03 Marketing Fundamentals
PY1101:03 Exploring Psychology I
PY1102:03 Exploring Psychology 2
SS1010:03 Australian People: Indigenous and Anthropological Perspectives or AN1001:03 Anthropology: Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective
SY1001:03 Australian Society: An Introduction to Sociology
Level 2
PY2103:03 Describing and Analysing Behaviour
PY2107:03 Experimental Investigation and Analysis of Behaviour
Level 3
PY3101:03 Advanced Behavioural Research Design and Analysis
Level 4
PY4108:06 Advanced Topics in Psychology Part 1 of 2
PY4109:06 Advanced Topics in Psychology Part 2 of 2
PLUS
Standard Program (Pass Degree) | Honours Program (Honours Degree) |
PY4106:06 Group Project Part 1 of 2 PY4107:06 Group Project Part 2 of 2 | PY4104:06 Psychology Thesis Part 1 of 2 PY4105:06 Psychology Thesis Part 2 of 2 |
Options
Select 3 credit points of Arts and Social Sciences level 1 subjects.
Arts and Social Sciences subjects include the following prefixes:
AN, AR, CI , CU, CY, EL , FR, GR, HI , IA, IT, JA , JN, PL, PY , SS, SY or WS
Arts and Social Science Subjects
PLUS
Select 3 credit points of specified BU level 2 subjects
BU2003:03 Organisational Behaviour
BU2004:03 Financial Management
BU2005:03 Entrepreneurship
BU2006:03 Business Modelling
BU2007:03 Project Management
BU2009:03 Sustainability in Business
BU2010:03 Business Research Methods
BU2050:03 Workplace Project
BU2060:03 Professional Experience
BU2111:03 Business Law and Ethics
BU2112:03 Law of Business Organisations
BU2208:03 Marketing Fundamentals
BU2209:03 Business Information Systems
PLUS
Select 6 credit points of specified level 2 BU and BX subjects:
BU2003:03 Organisational Behaviour
BU2004:03 Financial Management
BU2005:03 Entrepreneurship
BU2006:03 Business Modelling
BU2007:03 Project Management
BU2009:03 Sustainability in Business
BU2010:03 Business Research Methods
BU2050:03 Workplace Project
BU2060:03 Professional Experience
BU2111:03 Business Law and Ethics
BU2112:03 Law of Business Organisations
BU2208:03 Marketing Fundamentals
BU2209:03 Business Information Systems
BX2011:03 Accounting Principles and Systems
BX2012:03 Strategic Resource management
BX2021:03 Managerial Economics
BX2022:03 Macroeconomic Policy
BX2031:03 Personal Portfolio management
BX2032:03 Financial Institutions and Markets
BX2041:03 Club and Gaming Management
BX2042:03 Hospitality Services: Management and Leadership
BX2051:03 Strategic Human Resource Management
BX2061:03 Business Negotiation
BX2062:03 Operations Management
BX2072:03 Organisational Change
BX2081:03 Consumer Behaviour
BX2082:03 Marketing Communications
BX2091:03 Tourism Management
BX2092:03 Tourist and Leisure Behaviour Management
BX2093:03 Sports Management
BX2225:03 Forecasting
PLUS
Select 9 credit points of specified level 2 and 3 PY subjects
PY2101:03 Brain and Behaviour
PY2104:03 Health Psychology
PY2106:03 Human Development Across the Lifespan
PY2108:03 Evolution of Behaviour
PY2110:03 Forensic Psychology
PY2111:03 Learning and Behaviour
PY2112:03 Memory and Cognition
PY3102:03 Social Psychology
PY3103:03 Psychopathology
PY3104:03 Principles of Counselling
PY3105:03 Behaviour in Organisations
PY3106:03 Theoretical Foundations of Modern Psychology
PY3107:03 Introductory Psychometrics, Assessment and Ethics
PY3108:03 Personality and Individual Psychology
PY3109:03 Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of Mind
PY3111:03 Advanced Health Psychology
PLUS
Select 3 credit points of specified BU and BX level 3 subjects
BU3060:03 Professional Experience
BX3011:03 Company Accounting
BX3012:03 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
BX3013:03 Performance Management and Control
BX3014:03 Auditing
BX3021:03 International Trade
BX3022:03 Econometrics
BX3023:03 Economic Growth and Regional Development
BX3024:03 Contemporary Economic Policy and Social Welfare
BX3025:03 Forecasting
BX3031:03 Multinational Business Finance
BX3032:03 Advanced Business Modelling
BX3033:03 Project Evaluation
BX3040:03 Hospitality Practicum
BX3041:03 Service Industry Marketing
BX3043:03 Hospitality, Cultures and People
BX3051:03 Employee Relations
BX3052:03 Cross-Cultural Management
BX3053:03 Personal Economics
BX3054:03 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management
BX3061:03 International Business
BX3072:03 Managing Small and Medium Enterprise
BX3074:03 Strategic Management
BX3081:03 Interactive Marketing
BX3083:03 Strategic Marketing
BX3091:03 Tourism and the Environment
BX3092:03 Destination Management
BX3093:03 Conference and Events Management
BX3094:03 Tourism, Policy and Planning
BU3112:03 Taxation
BX3113:03 Advanced Taxation Law
BX3114:03 Bankruptcy and Insolvency
BX3115:03 Advanced Commercial Law
BX3116:03 Advanced Company Law
BX3117:03 Law of Corporate Investigations
BX3118:03 Employment, Workplace and Industrial Relations
BX3119:03 Alternative Dispute Resolution
BX3120:03 Sport and Entertainment Law
BX3261:03 Business Negotiation
PLUS
Select 12 credit points of specified PY level 3 subjects
PY3102:03 Social Psychology
PY3104:03 Principles of Counselling
PY3105:03 Behaviour in Organisations
PY3106:03 Theoretical Foundations of Modern Psychology
PY3107:03 Introductory Psychometrics, Assessment and Ethics
PY3108:03 Personality and Individual Psychology
PY3109:03 Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of Mind
PY3111:03 Advanced Health Psychology
PLUS
Select 6 credit points of specified Arts and Social Sciences or BU and BX level 2 and BU and BX level 3 subjects
Arts and Social Sciences subjects include the following prefixes:
AN, AR, CI , CU, CY, EL , FR, GR, HI , IA, IT, JA , JN, PL, PY , SS, SY and WS
Arts and Social Science Subjects
BU2003:03 Organisational Behaviour
BU2004:03 Financial Management
BU2005:03 Entrepreneurship
BU2006:03 Business Modelling
BU2007:03 Project Management
BU2009:03 Sustainability in Business
BU2010:03 Business Research Methods
BU2050:03 Workplace Project
BU2060:03 Professional Experience
BU2111:03 Business Law and Ethics
BU2112:03 Law of Business Organisations
BU2208:03 Marketing Fundamentals
BU2209:03 Business Information Systems
BX2011:03 Accounting Principles and Systems
BX2012:03 Strategic Resource Management
BX2021:03 Managerial Economics
BX2022:03 Macroeconomic Policy
BX2031:03 Personal Portfolio Management
BX2032:03 Financial Institutions and Markets
BX2041:03 Club and Gaming Management
BX2042:03 Hospitality Services: Management and Leadership
BX2051:03 Strategic Human Resource Management
BX2061:03 Business Negotiation
BX2062:03 Operations Management
BX2072:03 Organisational Change
BX2081:03 Consumer Behaviour
BX2082:03 Marketing Communications
BX2091:03 Tourism Management
BX2092:03 Tourist and Leisure Behaviour Management
BX2093:03 Sports Management
BX2225:03 Forecasting
BU3060:03 Professional Experience
BU3112:03 Taxation
BX3011:03 Company Accounting
BX3012:03 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
BX3013:03 Performance Management and Control
BX3014:03 Auditing
BX3021:03 International Trade
BX3022:03 Econometrics
BX3023:03 Economic Growth and Regional Development
BX3024:03 Contemporary Economic Policy and Social Welfare
BX3025:03 Forecasting
BX3031:03 Multinational Business Finance
BX3032:03 Advanced Business Modelling
BX3033:03 Project Evaluation
BX3040:03 Hospitality Practicum
BX3041:03 Service Industry Marketing
BX3043:03 Hospitality, Cultures and People
BX3051:03 Employee Relations
BX3052:03 Cross-Cultural Management
BX3053:03 Personal Economics
BX3054:03 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management
BX3061:03 International Business
BX3072:03 Managing Small and Medium Enterprise
BX3074:03 Strategic Management
BX3081:03 Interactive Marketing
BX3083:03 Strategic Marketing
BX3091:03 Tourism and the Environment
BX3092:03 Destination Management
BX3093:03 Conference and Events Management
BX3094:03 Tourism, Policy and Planning
BX3113:03 Advanced Taxation Law
BX3114:03 Bankruptcy and Insolvency
BX3115:03 Advanced Commercial Law
BX3116:03 Advanced Company Law
BX3117:03 Law of Corporate Investigations
BX3118:03 Employment, Workplace and Industrial Relations
BX3119:03 Alternative Dispute Resolution
BX3120:03 Sport and Entertainment Law
BX3261:03 Business Negotiation
Majors
Type of major | Optional Single |
Credit points in major | 18 credit points |
Special requirements | Nil |
MAJOR | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville | Business major | |
Townsville | Business major | |
Cairns | Business major Not offered in Cairns in 2011 and 2012 | |
Cairns Townsville | Business major | |
Cairns | Business major | |
Cairns Townsville | Business major | |
Cairns Townsville | Business major | |
Cairns Townsville | Business major To be discontinued as of 31/12/2012 | |
Townsville | Business major | |
Cairns Townsville | Business major |
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Cairns | |
Townsville |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 5 years full-time or equivalent part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 10 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 3 years |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Must have successfully completed 96 credit points before attempting any level 4 subjects |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | No |
Special assessment requirements | Nil |
Accreditation requirements | Graduates of this course who wish to become fully registered as psychologists, must complete either two years of supervised practice in the field or an accredited masters degree. |
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade | 3 credit points for Arts, Education and Social Science subjects |
Supplementary exam for final subject | A candidate who has failed the final subject towards the award and who gained 40% or more of the marks for that subject, may be granted a supplementary examination in that subject. However if that subject is required for accreditation, then the criteria specified by that accreditation will apply. |
Advanced Standing
Eligibility | Candidates may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Advanced Standing for Previous Studies and Recognised Prior Learning policy associated procedures. |
Maximum allowed | 80 credit points in accordance with the Advanced Standing for Previous Studies and Recognised Prior Learning policy. |
Currency | Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 20 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree. |
Other restrictions | Nil |
Award Details
Honours award | Students who have successfully completed the honours program shall be eligible for the award of Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Psychology with Honours |
Inclusion of majors on testamur | Majors may appear on the testamur (except for the General major in Business). |
Exit with lesser award | Not applicable |
Course articulation | Not applicable |
Honours
Honours availability | Honours is available in either or both disciplines. Psychology honours is available within the Bachelor of Business-Bachelor of Psychology course (see Eligibility section below for details). Business honours is available as additional 24 credit points of study. |
Eligibility | Psychology Honours Candidates must have:
Business Honours Normally a minimum average grade of Credit is required in the pass degree subjects relevant to the field in which Honours is to be taken. |