Best University to study Psychology at? (1 Viewer)

[blitz0]

Hi guys,

I'm currently lining myself up to study Bach. Science (Psychology) and i was wondering if fellow members would be able to inform me of the best university to study through.

I'm currently tossing up between ANU or UNSW, and if you guys could help my decision further, that would be great.

Im not only interested in the prestige of the end degree, but also the quality of the course, avaliable resources, and how enjoyable/well taught the course is.

I'm also very interested in Honors and also eventually Masters, however, Masters is probably a fair ways into the future for me to be worrying about it now.

I am also contemplating a double degree (Bach Arts/Bach Science (Psychology), my second major either being Film Studies or Philosophy, so if that should also affect my decision, let me know. But my primary concern is my Psychology.

Looking forward to your feedback.

PS. I'm also going to post this in UNSW forum, Admin, if you feel its is a bit too spammy, feel free to close one, but im quite desperate for feedback.

Thanks,
Blake.

 

[Evilo]

I don't understand the point of your post - Do you actually have a question?

Yes, ANU is highly regarded - and from my experience the psyc dept is very good.

We are not here to 'sell you' the university, but just to assist you if you have any questions - You should be doing your own research. I'd probably re-word you first post.

If you want to know how good anu is go to http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=176389
and look at the 'internation recognition' under the "Useful links" heading

Also visit - http://psychology2.anu.edu.au/

 

[Hercules6]

Hey, I am currently studying law/science psychology up in QLD
I noticed you said you would probably be looking at going into the masters. If this is the case why are you interested in "science psychology" and not "psychology (honours)"?

 

[GreatRabbitWall]

for my 2c, you both suck and my psych degree will kick your arses.
and sammy: just remember the 'sinking sounds' on evilo's salary after the boom.

BACK TO THE INITIAL TOPIC
i'm a lazy bugger so i'm going to copy and paste what i wrote here: http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=179318

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Hey

I study psychology at ANU so I'll tell you stuff from my perspective.

First of all, psychology at different unis-
I've had a great time doing psychology here at ANU - my lectureres and tutors have been great. I'm not sure how psych would work at different unis, but I'm assuming that due to ANU being a smaller uni, other bigger unis may offer a couple of extra courses in psych than ANU (this is more obvious when you get to post-grad, but that's a long time away and really shouldn't be much of a factor in deciding unis). However, being a smaller uni can work in a positive way as well.
In terms of ANU's rep, the rep that ANU has with science in general (psychology is part of science at ANU) is very very high - sorry I can't give anything that's psychology specific. There isn't really much to go on in that regards.

Difference between BA, BSc, BSc(Psych) and BPsych(Hons) [mainly at ANU]-
A sequence in psychology that can get you into honours at ANU can be done within any of the above degrees. To get into psych honours at ANU, you must do a specific number of psych courses as well as "compulsory for honours" psych courses (see http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/PS...F;details.html and http://psychology.anu.edu.au/teaching/honours.php).
To choose between BA and BSc, it depends where your interest is - if you are interested in more science-based things, do a BSc; if arts is more your fancy, then a BA. If another area is more your fancy (e.g. law, ecnomics, business), then look at a double degree (see below).
The difference between a BSc and a BSc(Psych) at ANU is that they're practically the same, but in BSc(Psych), you are requiredto do a sequence in psychology that will qualify you for honours. (as an added bit of information, BSc(Psych) used to be called Bachelor of Psychology before it was renamed a few years ago).
The difference between a BSc(Psych) and a BPsych(Hons) is that a BPsych(Hons) has a higher cut-off mark, has a guaranteed path into honours (provided you maintain a 75 average or something) and required you to do a certain amount of subjects with Honours Pathway Option (HPO) (it's essentially an additional small research project). Essentially, for msot purposes, a BSc(Psych) with honours is the same as BPsych(Hons)
The BSc(Psych) allows you to do a combined degree in law, commerce or economics (there are no combined degrees for BPsych(Hons)). This is useful if you have interest in those areas. Alternatively, if you are interested in completing other science or arts majors on top of psychology, you can also do a combined BSc(Psych)/BSc or BSc(Psych)/BA.

Other degree alternatives for psychology include BSc(Hons) and PhB(Hons).

More info:
http://psychology.anu.edu.au/
http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/4612HBPSY;overview.html
http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/3609XBPSYC;overview.html
http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/3100XBARTS;overview.html
http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/4600HBSC;overview.html
http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/4660HPHB;overview.html
http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/4140HBPHIL;overview.html

Accreditation and career-
For a 3-year APS-accredited sequence in psychology, you need to complete the required courses in psychology.
For a 4-year APS-accredited sequence in psychology, you need to do honours or an equivalent in psychology.
After this, you are eligible to gain provisional registration as a psychologist (you will need a further 2yrs supervised training to gain full registration). Alternatively, you can enrol in a MPsych or professional/research doctorate degree (on completion of MPsych or professional doctorate (e.g. DClinPsych), you are eligible to gain full registration as a psychologist).

Hope that helps and good luck.

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On paper, UNSW has more "prestige" associated with it. No question.

I'm not so sure about that..............

 

[Hercules6]

that was a dahm good post. thanks.

 

[littlebigpsycho]

Yeah ive been looking for an answer like that for ages, thank you.

 

[Davo1111]

jeeze i really hope people don't just rely on this forum for their choice on their tertiary education and future career...

(that comment is dissing the people who couldn't find the same answer on the psyc.anu website, not rabbit's post)

 

[kr73114]

which uni is the easiest to enter and clinically practice?

 

[Davo1111]

Uws