心理学研究生文凭课程为已完成获得认可的三年制心理学本科学位的毕业生提供了第四年的心理学学习。该文凭课程为希望满足注册的最低学历要求的学生提供心理医生的工作。完成本课程后，学生有资格申请心理学硕士学位。文凭课程的学生必须完成高级课程，并完成以个人论文形式撰写的基于小组的研究项目。
If youve already completed an accredited three-year undergraduate degree in psychology, the Graduate Diploma in Psychology will meet the fourth-year accreditation component required to register as a provisional psychologist in Australia. If youre working towards becoming a registered psychologist and have already completed an accredited three-year undergraduate psychology degree or equivalent, this course provides you with an alternative option to an honours year to satisfy the educational requirements needed to register and work as a provisional psychologist or further your studies with an application into a relevant master's course. If you're in your last semester of your undergraduate psychology degree, you can apply for an early conditional offer based on your results to date. You will need a GPA of at least 2.0 in all psychology units. Students in the Graduate Diploma in Psychology must complete coursework at an advanced level as well as a group-based research project written up as an individual thesis. Hear how Katie's keen interest in psychology led her to pursue her thesis topics in pain research.