Psychology, a discipline within the Faculty of Science, is often taken as part of a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Liberal Studies. It can be taken as a major within either of these programs. Students should note that in the Bachelor of Arts degree, and in the BA (Psych) degrees, Psychology may only be taken as a second major, and students must also take a major from one of the subject areas listed under Part A of the Table of Units of Study (refer to the Faculty of Arts Handbook). Different rules apply to the Bachelor of Liberal Studies. Under these rules, students may take a major in Psychology as their major in Science and will also take their major in Arts from one of the subject areas listed under Part A in the Faculty of Arts Handbook.

As outlined in the Faculty of Science Handbook, a Major in Psychology requires 48 credit points of Intermediate (2000 level) and Senior (3000 level) Psychology units of study (including PSYC2011, PSYC2012, PSYC2013, PSYC2014, and at least one of PSYC3011, PSYC3012, PSYC3013 or PSYC3014). Students intending to proceed to a fourth year of study in Psychology must take PSYC3010. Students may also count HPSC3023 towards a Psychology Major. This Unit of Study is a prerequisite for those students wishing to write a theoretical thesis in their Psychology Honours year.

Thus, a Major in Psychology is possible within both the BA and Bachelor of Liberal Studies programs. The Psychology units of study are outlined in Part B of the Table of Units of Study in the Faculty of Arts Handbook and further details of all Psychology units can be found in the Faculty of Science Handbook.

Below is an example of a possible combination majoring in History and Psychology where additional units of Psychology are completed to qualify for entry to a fourth year of study in Psychology:

cps = credit points