Open Learning course: School of Psychology
Study, Learn and understand the Human mind- Develop skills for dealing with people, at home, at work, at play
- A knowledge of psychology provides a wonderful foundation for all sorts of careers
- Improve workplace skills in management, communications, teaching, counselling, etc
With an appropriate combination of elective modules you can set yourself up with skills to work in industries such as:
- Life Coaching
- Marketing
- Personnel Management or Human Resource Management
- Education
- Social Welfare
- Leisure Services
- Counselling
- Industrial Relations
What can psychology teach you?
- Why we act differently when we are in groups and when we are alone
- How to improve a person's motivation and performance
- How we develop certain patterns of thought and behaviour, and how to change negative patterns
- How we learn from the moment we are born
- How our biological development or condition affects our thinking
- How to raise moral children ......and that's only the beginning!
Modules
Note that each module in the Associate Diploma In Psychology is a short course in its own right, and may be studied separately.
What is Psychology?
This course allows for flexible learning through home study, leading to both broad based and "specialist" knowledge and skills in psychology, behavioural management and counselling.
What is Psychology and what can it teach you?
Psychology is an increasingly popular subject for students to study. There are so many different options from which to continue after completing a psychology course. At the moment, only a small percentage of psychology graduates continue to become professional psychologists. However, as the field is expanding more and more students are becoming professionals within the field.
This course provides education with a focus on things that can be of real value in the workplace. This is far more than just a theoretical course. Graduates of this course have the opportunity to differentiate themselves from each other, and from graduates of traditional psychology degrees, by choosing highly practical elective modules that have application in industry, and are in demand in the workplace.
There are many different areas of psychology, such as educational psychology, occupational psychology, criminological and legal psychology, psychology teaching and research. Each of these fields have different careers, pay and prospects within them. Some offer full time work, others only part time. Some offer consultancy and freelance work, whilst in others the psychologist is employed.
There is some degree of overlap between specialisms, for example, clinical psychologists and educational psychologists may both work with children with mental health problems. Occupational and clinical psychologists may both work with people in prisons. Some careers also overlap with other professions, such as psychiatry and counseling.
The most common element of work within psychology is problem solving. This may be done as part of a team with other professionals.
The psychology will have to develop problem solving skills, objective data gathering, empirical methods, skills in statistical analysis, interpreting data, interviewing, computer use, experimental design, considering evidence, communicating conclusions.
Learn why we behave as we do in different situations, and how you can use psychology to become a more effective counsellor, social worker, manager, business person, teacher, parent or communicator. This course provides valuable professional development for those who workwith people, and a solid introduction to the field of psychology for those interested in this area of study.
Other Study Options
Or if you are not sure if psychology is for you, why not try our Introduction to Psychology - http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=359
If you would like to see our range of psychology books, please visit - http://www.acsbookshop.com/books_productcategory.aspx?id=14
For more information on the range of careers available in psychology, have a look at - http://www.thecareersguide.com/articles.aspx?category=14
We have some interesting articles on psychology and counseling at - http://www.acs.edu.au/psychol/
