Graduate Diploma of Psychology
PostgraduateCSU-PSY-GDI2025
Compliment your professional skills with knowledge of the human mind
Explore people’s motivations, personalities, and social psychology. Use your new skills to work in the social, marketing, research, or analysis sectors. Graduate and consider further study to register as a psychologist.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 1 year full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 8
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Graduate Diploma of Psychology
About this degree
Students may plan their own enrolment pattern using the schedule of subjects availability below, subject to satisfying course requirements and subject prerequisites/assumed knowledge requirements.
Session 1
PSY451 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY455 Developmental and Social Psychology
PSY461 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY465 Psychology of Personality
Session 2
PSY454 Psychological Testing
PSY458 Biopsychology
PSY464 Psychopathology
PSY469 Qualitative Research Methods
Session 3
PSY451 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY455 Developmental and Social Psychology
PSY465 Psychology of Personality
Want to boost your career potential? If you already have a degree and would like to add a psychology qualification to your CV, consider the Graduate Diploma of Psychology from Charles Sturt University.
This course is designed to be studied part-time online and allows you to obtain an accredited three-year sequence of study in psychology in just two years via online education.
Recommended study pattern
Students may plan their own enrolment pattern using the schedule of subjects availability below, subject to satisfying course requirements and subject prerequisites/assumed knowledge requirements.
Session 1
PSY451 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY455 Developmental and Social Psychology
PSY461 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY465 Psychology of Personality
Session 2
PSY454 Psychological Testing
PSY458 Biopsychology
PSY464 Psychopathology
PSY469 Qualitative Research Methods
Session 3
PSY451 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
PSY455 Developmental and Social Psychology
PSY465 Psychology of Personality
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Indicative total fee $29,960
The amount shown here is indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.
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How to apply
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Entry requirements
Applicants must hold an undergraduate degree from an appropriate tertiary institution and must have completed subjects PSY101 and PSY102 or their equivalents.
The core first year psychology subjects from the Charles Sturt Bachelor of Psychology (or their equivalents) are prerequisites for entry into this course.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants.
Career opportunities
Put your Graduate Diploma of Psychology to work straight away in diverse roles in social welfare or correctional facilities, or help shape social policy through research and analysis. Opportunities also exist in large and small companies or consulting firms in the areas of marketing, management and human resource management. You could also choose to pursue further study towards provisional registration as a psychologist or opt to undertake further postgraduate psychological studies in a specialist area that appeals to your interests.
Professional recognition
This course is professionally accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC).