Australian Catholic University

Entry requirements

• There are no mandated entry requirements.

Entry requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:

a.

• a Bachelor degree with honours in an accredited Psychology course with minimum of IIA Honours completed in the last 10 years; or
• a Bachelor degree with accredited four year major study in Psychology completed in the last 10 years; OR

b.

• a Bachelor degree with accredited three year major study in Psychology and satisfactory completion of an additional year of accredited study in psychology, or equivalent, with an overall mark equivalent to IIA Honours completed in the last 10 years; or
• qualifications and experience assessed as equivalent by the selection committee; AND

c. demonstrated suitability to undertake the course as evidenced by satisfactory:

• academic referee report;
• professional referee report; and
• for short-listed candidates, interview with the selection committee; AND

d. be eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia as a conditional/provisional psychologist.

Entry requirements

International applicants

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:

1.

• a Bachelor degree with honours in accredited psychology course with minimum of IIA honours completed in the last 10 years; OR
• a Bachelor degree with accredited four year major study in psychology completed in the last 10 years; OR

2.

• a Bachelor degree with accredited three year major study in psychology and satisfactory completion of an additional year of accredited study in psychology, or equivalent, with an overall mark equivalent to IIA Honours; OR
• qualifications and experience assessed as equivalent by the selection committee; AND

3.demonstrated suitability to undertake the course as evidenced by satisfactory:

• academic referee report;
• professional referee report; AND
• for short-listed candidates, interview with the selection committee; AND

4.be eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia as a conditional/provisional psychologist.

• If the Bachelor degree was completed outside of Australia, applicants must seek an ‘Assessment of Overseas Qualifications’ from the Australian Psychological Society (APS) to confirm that it is equivalent to an Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) accredited three-year sequence in psychology. Evidence of this must be submitted with the application.
• Applicants must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy and require an academic IELTS minimum overall score of 7.0 (with a minimum score of 7.0 in all bands), or an equivalent acceptable test score as outlined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.