Our program is part of a strategic development which looks to address existing community needs with postgraduate professional training.

The program offers training in the assessment and treatment of the psychological consequences of brain injury and disease. Students take courses in basic neuroscience, and in the methods, findings, and theories of clinical neuropsychology. They also conduct a supervised research project on an issue of relevance to clinical neuropsychology. This page gives an overview, go to the handbook (500K PDF)for more detail.
 

The aims of the Clinical Neuropsychology program at The University of Western Australia are:

• to graduate students with the highest professional skills and a commitment to advance knowledge through research;

• to offer a program that trains students in modern techniques of neuroscience that have clinical relevance;

• to promote staff and student research in neuroscience with clinical relevance;

• to meet an important community health care need;

• to provide a new and developing career pathway for students.

All of the School’s postgraduate degree programs have been accredited by the Australian Psychological Society.
 

For admission to the program, candidates must hold a first or upper second-class Honours degree in Psychology (or equivalent).

The course extends over two years of full-time study or a maximum of four years of part-time study and includes coursework, field placements, and research. In both first and second years of the Master of Psychology full-time students will be required to complete coursework, supervised field placements in selected agencies, and to carry out a research project in an area of direct relevance to clinical neuropsychology resulting in a thesis.

Students eligible for admission as candidates for the degree of PhD may be permitted by the Head of the School to enrol in the combined Master of Psychology/PhD program. This requires that they complete the coursework and placement components of the normal Master of Psychology over a four-year period of enrolment during which time they also complete a PhD by research.

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School of Psychology
The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009

Phone: +61 8 6488 3246
Fax: +61 8 6488 1006

www.psy.uwa.edu.au

info@psy.uwa.edu.au

UWA CRICOS provider code 00126G
 

HTJ: December 2003