Bachelor of Psychological Science
at The University of Western Australia, Western Australia.
An APAC-accredited three-year psychology sequence. Forms the first half of the six-year pathway to registration as a psychologist with AHPRA.
ATAR cutoff history
Published cutoff data for the The University of Western Australia Bachelor of Psychological Science. We never invent figures; entries marked "not published" mean the university or admissions centre has not released a verified cutoff for that intake.
| Intake year | ATAR cutoff | Admissions centre |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ATAR cutoff not published | TISC |
| 2023 | ATAR cutoff not published | TISC |
| 2022 | ATAR cutoff not published | TISC |
No verified cutoffs are available. Confirm the latest figure on the official TISC cutoff release.
Prerequisite Year 12 subjects
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What you will study
The UWA Bachelor of Psychological Science is an APAC-accredited three-year sequence that forms the first half of the six-year pathway to registration as a psychologist. Year one introduces the breadth of psychology: behaviour and cognition, developmental and social psychology, the brain and behaviour, and research methods and statistics, taught in large first-year cohorts at Crawley with smaller tutorial groups. Year two deepens the core APAC-accredited content: biological and cognitive psychology, perception, learning, personality and individual differences, abnormal psychology and a stronger research-methods and statistics stream (experimental design, SPSS or R, psychometrics). Students learn to design, run and report psychological studies. Year three covers advanced units across clinical, organisational, social, developmental and cognitive neuroscience, plus an empirical research component. The accredited three-year sequence is built as a broad undergraduate platform feeding the competitive fourth-year Honours and postgraduate-professional psychology pathways needed for registration.
Example first-year subjects
- Psychology: Mind and Brain
- Psychology: Behaviour in Context
- Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Foundations of Cognition
How you will be assessed
- Final exams of 40 to 60 percent across core psychology units
- Research reports written in APA style
- Statistics and data-analysis assignments using SPSS or R
- Laboratory and experiment participation tasks
- Empirical research project in third year
- Tutorial participation and short written responses
Career outcomes
- Graduates work in support roles in mental-health services, drug-and-alcohol clinics and community-services organisations.
- Common destinations include human-resources, market-research and user-experience research positions across the private sector.
- Most alumni continue into a fourth-year Honours programme and the Master of Psychology to register as a psychologist.
Professional accreditation
- APAC accredited (three-year sequence)
Typical first jobs
- Support worker in mental health, disability or community services
- Research assistant in psychology and health research
- Human resources or recruitment graduate
- Market research or user-experience research assistant
- Case worker or program coordinator in not-for-profit services
- Behaviour support practitioner (with appropriate training)
- Provisional psychology trainee progressing through postgraduate study
Graduate starting salary
$58,000 - $68,000 per year
Source: https://www.qilt.edu.au/surveys/graduate-outcomes-survey-(gos). Last reviewed 2026-05-24.
After graduation
The three-year sequence alone does not lead to registration as a psychologist. Most students apply for the competitive fourth-year Honours (or a Graduate Diploma in Psychology Advanced), which is the gateway to postgraduate-professional training. Registration as a psychologist typically follows the Master of Psychology (Clinical), Master of Clinical Psychology, the 5+1 internship pathway, or a combined Master and PhD, all overseen by AHPRA and the Psychology Board of Australia. Graduates not pursuing registration commonly move into the Master of Human Resource Management, organisational psychology, counselling, public health or research higher degrees, or take psychology-informed roles across HR, market research and user-experience research.
Is this the right degree for you?
You probably thrive here if
- Students interested in human behaviour, cognition and mental health
- Those comfortable with statistics, research design and APA-style writing
- People prepared to compete for limited fourth-year Honours places
- Students willing to commit to the full six-year registration pathway
- Independent learners who enjoy reading research literature
It is probably not for you if
- Students expecting clinical counselling practice in an undergraduate degree
- Those who dislike statistics and quantitative research methods
- People wanting guaranteed professional registration in three years
- Anyone seeking a vocational degree with immediate clinical work
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Sources
Course details are summarised by ExamExplained, not copied from the university. Confirm course content and ATAR cutoffs on the The University of Western Australia handbook and on TISC before applying. Page generated at https://examexplained.com.au/uni/uwa/bachelor-of-psychological-science.