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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.

Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Business graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate essential knowledge necessary for a career in business related professions

• Synthesise underlying principles and concepts for making business decisions

• Critically analyse the core professional obligations, values and operations of organisations including sustainability

• Critically evaluate data and resources in the context of relevant academic literature

• Apply critical thinking to address issues in business

• Convey information clearly and fluently, in high quality written form appropriate for their audience

• Demonstrate effective oral presentation skills for academic and professional audiences

• Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively

• Apply technical skills, including numeracy, necessary for professional practice in business

• Demonstrate an awareness of ethical and social responsibility in professional practice

• Identify and act upon, learning opportunities and self-improvements

On successful completion of the Bachelor of Psychology graduates will be able to:

• Integrate a broad and coherent body of knowledge with depth in major theoretical perspectives and concepts, and philosophical and historical developments, in the core areas of psychology

• Apply knowledge of research principles, methods and ethics to design and conduct scientific investigations that address psychological questions

• Review and reflect on the ethics and efficacy of professional practice, interventions and interactions

• Analyse, synthesise and evaluate knowledge and evidence bases underpinning professional practice

• Apply well-developed English language, and technological and numeracy skills to generate, interpret and communicate knowledge, data, arguments and research findings

• Exercise judgement and initiative to identify and solve problems, make informed decisions and plan ongoing professional learning within diverse research and/or professional practice contexts.

Credit points in major

24 credit points

Cairns

Maximum time to complete

10 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

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 master’s degree.

Supplementary exam for final subject

A candidate who has failed a single subject towards the award in their final teaching period 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.

Maximum allowed

80 credit points in accordance with the Advanced Standing for Previous Studies and Recognised Prior Learning policy.

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 16 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.

Inclusion of majors on testamur

Majors may appear on the testamur

Course articulation

Not applicable

Eligibility

Psychology Honours

Candidates must have:

• obtained a minimum of 96 credit points by successful completion of the level 1, 2 and 3 subjects prescribed in Bachelor of Business-Bachelor of Psychology

• obtained a minimum of a Credit average (65%) across PY2103, PY2107 and a minimum Distinction average (75%) across 15 credit points of level 3 PY subjects, including PY3101

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.