Psychology at UNSW (1 Viewer)

[portiaskye]

Hey guys,
i'm looking to do psychology through mid year admission and have a few questions. Is it better to do it through B science or B arts both with psychology major, does the B science have any compulsory subjects or are they all chosen based on majors/minors? is there much difference in the two different paths?
thanks.

 

[darkwolfzx]

Quick glances through here: UNSW Handbook Plan - Psychology - PSYCA13403

and here: UNSW Handbook Table A: Major Plans

tell me there isn't much of a difference in terms of what courses you have to take to major in psyc. The only difference that I know of is that if you take science, you have to pick from Table B (Minors) for science or vice versa for arts.

 

[portiaskye]

ok thanks. i'll check it out. also, with the subjects to be completed in stage one, psych 1a is only available in semester 1 and psych 1b is only available in semester 2. so would i do 1b starting mid year and then 1a next year? thanks for your help.

 

[darkwolfzx]

1b is not a prereq of 1a, so you can start off my taking 1b in second semester

 

[Linear]

I think you can only get into honours from B Science (and from there into postgraduate study). If you only want to do a major, I don't think there's any major difference.

EDIT: Actually, I just had a look at the psyc honours brochure. It seems as though you could get into honours from B Arts.

Just to bring to your attention: those who do psyc through a degree other than B Psyc miss out on a level I course. I'm pretty sure it isn't too important though.

 

[portiaskye]

ohk. thanks for that info. i emailed them and they said if you do it through a B arts you have to transfer into B science at end of second year to get into honours.

 

[portiaskye]

ok so i have a read a little bit more and people are saying its far easier to just do a B science (psychology) does anyone know if there is any compulsory subjects for B science? or can i just pick my science major as psychology and then do an arts minor? i'd really like to do criminology in there which is why i was going to do B arts (psychology). Anyone know if that is possible through B science?

 

[Iruka]

I don't think there are any compulsory subjects as such, but you have to do a certain amount of first year maths - there are several courses to chose from, depending on your background - and a certain amount of Level I subjects from science schools. It should all be in the handbook.

 

[darkwolfzx]

Table B Minors. Your challenge now is to find it

 

[portiaskye]

UNSW Handbook Program - Science - 3970
this? every different page i look at on the site has a different list of majors/minors, so frustrating. is this the right one? if so thats awesome.

 

[darkwolfzx]

perhaps a little more specific

UNSW Handbook Table B: Minor Plans

 

[portiaskye]

All Minors from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences require a total of 24 upper level units of credit from a particular School.

im confused as to what that means.

 

[Linear]

All minors require Level II and III courses (totalling 24 UoC) from their school to be completed for an award.

EDIT: So for example, a level II course would have a code like ARTS2021 - you can tell what level it is from the first number

 

[portiaskye]

ah ok cool. so basically you have to take enough subjects over the course of the degree or you wont get the minor?

 

[Linear]

Yep^^

 

[jenorater]

Is it possible to major in Psyc through Double degree Arts / Commerce for example?

there's a restriction placed on the arts, so you can only do 54oc per major. But psyc major seems to be 60uoc, is this correct?

 

[karoooh]

You can do it under Commerce/Science as well.

http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/programs/2009/3529.html

 

[portiaskye]

question, how hard is it to transfer from B arts (psych) or B science (psych) into the B psychology? what marks do you need and how long do you need to be doing the degree before you can transfer?

 

[portiaskye]

oh and, is there any disadvantage if you do a B of arts (psych) then transfer to B science (psych) for third year so you can get into honours?

 

[Linear]

I don't see any disadvantages in doing that but I'm only a first year so I may be incorrect. One thing though, you may not make the transfer.

I'm not sure how difficult it is to internally transfer into a different program. I think you can do it after first year but transferring to B psyc would require a pretty good WAM, I'd imagine.

Psyc in B Science isn't that different from B psychology. You'll have to maintain a WAM of 70% or higher in both programs to have a shot at honours. I've heard people say the only difference is B Psyc has some kind of prestige attached to it.