Student review [#41476] for Psychology
at The University of Melbourne - UoM

Academically speaking, I really enjoyed the subject combinations for each major, and the design of the Psychology subjects I have taken. Everybody would wish to master the major we take after each bachelor course, the school showed me the opposite. Through the required subjects, we were shown different branches of Psychology such as Cognitive Psychology (e.g., Memory, Perception), Developmental Psychology (how people change throughout different life stages), and Biological Psychology (how each brain section relates to body functions and reactions, etc.). This allowed me to experience, figure out which area of Psychology I love, and be more certain about it. Our school’s specialty is in their way of tailoring foundational theories/concepts into every major. For example, Design students may take philosophical subjects to learn the theoretical basics behind every sample they make. As a Psychology student myself, I benefited a lot from this careful subject planning due to dominant reading and writing characteristics of the major. However, I have listened to some close friends in other more applied majors sharing that this is causing them difficulties. Their strengths are not really writing and philosophies, and with the addition of concept learning, the learning experience is worse than expected.
I also like the design of breadth subjects our school provides. I took a Managing people breadth track, which is composed of around 6 subjects starting from the most basic to fairly advanced levels. I had the chances to study with Commerce friends and gained a fair amount of Management knowledge/skills after finishing the breadth track. This really supported my career pathway, since I am heading towards Applied Psychology (applying psychology knowledge to organizational environments such as human resources, data analysis, coaching, survey making, etc.) instead of Clinical Psychology.
I am fortunate as a Psychology student to have access to subject designs well-considering our mental health as well as connections with thoughtful lecturers/tutors/staffs. I have also seen our school’s efforts to improve students’ mental health including free mental health consulting services and peer mentor (university students as mentors to help freshman adapting to the university life, me experienced being both a mentor and mentee). I would love to see more improvements in the next time period, because sadly many peers are still going through stressful stages during semesters.
Regarding university clubs and events, I really enjoy being a university sport team member. Events hold by clubs ranging from professional networking fairs to movie nights are very engaging.