We offer undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs that are pathways to becoming a registered psychologist, including Masters and Doctoral programs that lead to membership of specialist colleges of the Australian Psychological Society. We also offer pathways to an exciting research career in psychology. Our undergraduate students take advantage of expert staff using cutting-edge teaching. Our advanced professional trainees make use of state-of-the-art research and training facilities including a purpose-built psychology clinic, a driving simulator, motion capture laboratory, perception experiment laboratory, neuropharmacology laboratories to name a few.
Department of Psychology
Welcome to the Department of Psychology
Enrolment Information on Composite Mode
PSY246 (Cognitive processes) and PSY234 (Social and Personality Psychology) offer enrolment in a composite mode. This means lecture attendance is not compulsory and lectures are available online through iLectures. You will still need to enrol in and attend practical/tutorial classes for these units.
*Please consider enrolling in composite mode if you think you will not be attending lectures.
News and Recent Research
Recent Research
- Psychological Characteristics of White collar fraud Perpetrators, Offender Programs Unit, Corrective Services NSW.
- Freudian repression, the unconscious, and the dynamics of inhibition
- Identifying acute cognitive impairment in mild traumatic brain injury
- Cognitive abilities in Williams Syndrome
News
Ben Knight of Sydney Kings named ambassador for the Centre for Emotional Health
Successful basketball player Ben Knight, appointed as ambassador by The Centre for Emotional Health. More
Congratulations to Associate Professor Arthur Shores
Arthur Shores made fellow to the National Academy of Neuropsychology reflecting his significant contribution to the field of neuropsychology.
Welcome to Sue Meares our new Neuropsychology lecturer
Sue Meares has joined the Department of Psychology as a Lecturer in the Neuropsychology program. Sue completed her PhD examining predictors of postconcussion syndrome in hospitalised trauma patients with and without mild traumatic brain injury in 2009. She finished her training in clinical neuropsychology in 1998 and clinical psychology in 1993. More
Congratulations to Dr. Nasreen Yasin
For being presented the Vice-Chancellor’s Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.
Congratulations to Dr. Barbara Griffin and Dr. Nasreen Yasin
For being given a citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning More.
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Gardner
Dr Andrew Gardner, conferred with a Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology) on 24-Sep-2010, for a thesis entitled: The effect of sports-related concussion on neurocognitive function has been awarded the 2011 Outstanding Dissertation Award http://www.nanonline.org/NAN/Award/Award.aspx by the American National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN).
Welcome to Monique Crane our new Counselling and Cultural Perspectives lecturer
Monique completed her PhD in 2010 examining group and organisational dissent. Since 2009, her key area of research has been psychological resilience. She has worked with the Australian Defence Force in the area of military psychological resilience wherein she developed and evaluated a pilot resilience training program for them. More
Events
Check out the new CEH website!
Visit the Centre for Emotional Health Page
Missed Options Day?
Listen here
Career Options Day and
Social Health Counselling
Applying for postgraduate studies in 2012?
Test Library - Changes
Opening hours December 2011 to January 2012
Opening Monday 5th September 2011
Faculty of Human Sciences Undergraduate Student Services Centre
Location: Ground floor C3A
Opening Hours: Monday-Friday 9am - 5pm
Contact details 9850 9898 or https://ask.mq.edu.au/
Psychology Colloquium Series
See the upcoming Colloquiums and Seminars.
Department Newsletter
July-November 2011 issue
now online.
Watch and Listen
As Associate Professor Mike Jones gives a general overview of Psychology at Macquarie University. He also outlines the pathways towards becoming a registered psychologist.