AUT - Psychology: postgraduate papers and qualifications you can study
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Psychology: postgraduate papers and qualifications you can study
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Charmaine Bright |
This page has the postgraduate Psychology papers and qualifications (courses) that you can study at AUT University. See links to paper descriptions and outlines of each qualification.
Who can study Psychology at postgraduate level?
The AUT postgraduate programmes in psychology provide a pathway towards registration as a Counselling Psychologist in New Zealand*.
Counselling Psychology is a sub-specialty within psychology that focuses on health and well-being, and collaboration between psychologist and client to achieve desired mental health outcomes. Counselling Psychologists acknowledge the importance of medical, psychosocial and cultural perspectives in understanding and explaining both the formation of mental illness and problem behaviour, and in understanding, explaining and implementing the treatment and caring regimes to sensitively address illness and problem issues.
For Counselling Psychologists research and practice are not distinct activities. Counselling Psychology is committed to building on the concept of scientist-practitioner by producing:
- Practitioners informed by research findings
- A science informed by practice issues
The pathway to full registration* is articulated by the following three years of study:
- Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Psychology
- Master of Health Science in Psychology
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology
Together these qualifications provide a three-year postgraduate programme in Counselling Psychology.
Students, provided they meet the entry requirements, may enter the postgraduate programmes at any one of the three levels.
* Subject to New Zealand Psychologists Board approval
Below is a summary only. For a comprehensive overview of this qualification, please refer to the Academic calendar.
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Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Psychology (AK3662) 120 points
You complete the following papers:589125 Integrative Research (15 points)
589601 Psychological Theory and Practice (45 points)
589602 Therapeutic Theories and Skills (15 points)
589668 Dissertation (45 points)
Master of Health Science in Psychology (AK3485) 240 points
AUT's Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Psychology is equivalent to the first year of the Master of Health Science in Psychology programme. To complete the Master of Health Science in Psychology students would complete the Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Psychology papers (120 points).You complete the following papers:
589125 Integrative Research (15 points)
589616 Practice Research Project (60 points)
And:
589601 Psychological Theory and Practice (45 points)
589602 Therapeutic Theories and Skills (15 points)
589603 Psychological Assessment and Diagnosis (15 points)
589604 Psychological Intervention (30 points)
589605 Supervised Practicum (15 points)
And:
589668 Dissertation (45 points)
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology (AK1232) 120 points
Papers in the Master of Health Science in Psychology and the Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology are offered in integrated form, allowing students to complete these two degrees in two years of full time study or three years of part time study.
You complete the following papers:
589606 Theories of Counselling Psychology (15 points)
589607 Professional Frameworks, Issues and Applications (15 points)
589608 Counselling Psychology Internship A (45 points)
589609 Counselling Psychology Internship B (45 points)