Our brand-new undergraduate psychology courses will equip you with a deep understanding of human behaviour and the in demand skills to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing society today.
Undergraduate Psychology
What is psychology?
Psychology is a science and an allied health profession with a focus on the study of cognition and behaviour.
A degree in psychology will prepare you to work across the private and public sectors in a vast range of workplaces, including hospitals and mental health services, big business, tech, schools and a range of community settings.
Why study psychology?
Whether you’re interested in what drives people or you want to help solve some of the biggest challenges facing society today, a psychology degree delivers fascinating insights into the science of human behaviour. At UTS, you’ll take a deep dive into a range of psychology subfields and build the fundamental research skills you need to deliver high-quality outcomes.
You might be set on pursuing a career as a psychologist, but this degree will prepare you for other professional pathways, too.
Psychology and behavioural science specialists are in high demand across multiple industries, including:
- corporate environments — support people and teams to achieve high-performance goals
- cybersecurity — use behavioural science to predict and prevent online scams
- tech — contribute to the design, adoption and impact of technology and the AI that powers it
- finance — enhance institutions’ understanding of client risk profiles and behaviours
- marketing — deliver products and services that resonate strongly with customers
- public relations — influence public perceptions with emotive messaging
- social services — deploy psychology principles into your casework practice
Psychology degrees at UTS
The UTS Bachelor of Psychology and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) are brand-new courses. Just like UTS, they're young, vibrant and built on a foundation of practice-oriented teaching. That means you’ll combine high-level theoretical and research-based learning with the practical skills to bring your knowledge to life.
What’s more, you’ll be strongly connected to the world of work thanks to our top-tier industry advisory board. Staffed by leading experts across the finance, consulting, and social services sectors and the government’s behavioural insights, corrective services and education departments, our board provides a wealth of professional insights that help shape your degree experience. The upshot? You’ll graduate in-demand and ready to work wherever your career might take you.
Undergraduate psychology courses
- Bachelor of Psychology (3 years)
- Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) (4 years)
- Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) (1 year) Available 2027
- Bachelor of Psychology with Bachelor of Criminology (4 years) Double degree
Elective subjects
In the Bachelor of Psychology, Bachelor of Psychology Bachelor of Criminology and Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) there are elective blocks where you are free to choose elective subjects from across the University.
Below is a curated list of elective subjects that you might wish to study. These are only suggestions and you are free to search the Handbook for further options that may suit your interests.
- 99212 Global Governance
- 98000 Introduction to Criminology
- 33116 Design, Data, and Decisions
- 41082 Introduction to Data Engineering
- 95745 First Nations Health and Wellbeing
- 95746 Research and Evaluation in Indigenous Health
- 23506 Strategic Decision Making and Game Theory
- 31250 Introduction to Data Analytics
- 36200 Arguments, Evidence and Intuition
- 65242 Principles of Forensic Science
- 99200 Intercultural Communication
- 48023 Programming Fundamentals
- 31268 Web Systems
- 013992 Aboriginal Sydney Now
- 52718 The Social Life of Technology
- 91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology
- 95741 Health Promotion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Contexts
*Our undergraduate psychology courses are accredited by APAC with conditions and are classified as a professional pathway by the Department of Education.