Certificate · Psychology Fundamentals

Ready to Get Into Psychology?

Maybe you have wondered why people do what they do. This course walks through the brain, perception, personality and motivation. Plenty of people take it before committing to a degree.

From $29a week on a plan
Seven topicsbrain through to development
Six monthsof access
Tutor supportphone and email
No examsever
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaPsychology
Course TypeIntroductory Certificate
AccessSix months, around one hundred and twenty hours
Study ModeFully online, open at any hour
AssessmentNo exams, ever
PaymentsFrom $29 a week
Comes with
  • No background in the subject assumed
  • Counselling body membership included
  • No deposit, no credit check
  • 10-day money back guarantee
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Test the Subject Before the Fees

A psychology degree is years long and costs accordingly. Six months of reading tells you whether the subject holds you.

The Vocabulary Comes First

Perception, motivation, personality theory. Meeting these terms once makes first year far less of a wall.

Useful Even If You Stop Here

Understanding what drives behaviour helps in management, teaching, sales and any job where people are the work.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

This is an introduction, and it stays one. It will not put you in a clinical room. Where it does help is the support and admin ring around services, where reading people matters and the way in is experience.

Support Services Assistant

The practical help around a program.

Community Outreach Support Worker

Meeting people where they already are.

Wellbeing Program Assistant

Running the sessions and keeping track.

Case Note Clerk

Records kept accurately and on time.

Program Evaluation Support

Gathering what worked and what did not.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. The college recommends further training or an internship for hands-on experience, and clinical roles carry their own separate requirements.

The Course

What You'll Learn

01
The Machinery
What the field studies, and the organ doing the work.
The Nature and Scope of Psychology
The Neurological Basis of Behaviour
02
What Shapes Us
The pull of surroundings and the shape of a person.
Environmental Effects on Behaviour
Consciousness and Perception
Personality
03
What Moves Us
Why anyone gets out of bed, and how that changes.
Needs, Drives and Motivation
Psychological Development
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Scope of psychology, what the field covers
  • The brain and behaviour, the biology underneath
  • Perception and personality, how people differ
  • Motivation, what gets anyone moving

As a Student

  • Six months of access, no weekly deadlines
  • Read at any hour, the platform never shuts
  • No exams, ever, nothing to sit
  • A library alongside, read past the syllabus
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things that come with the reading.

01
A Membership on Completion

Twelve months of student membership with the International Association for Counselling, with journal access and contacts in the field.

02
Over Fifty Titles to Read Around It

The CCH eBook Library opens with your enrolment and stays open while you study.

03
A Tutor Who Picks Up the Phone

Support is unlimited through business hours, by phone as well as email.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

CERTIFICATE

Psychology Fundamentals

Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy

A Certificate of Achievement

Issued by the college once you complete the topics.

A SEEK Pass Credential

A link in the platform you can attach to a SEEK profile.

CPD Credit

Counts toward professional development where a role asks for it.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Ask Where It Leads

An advisor is honest about the limits.

Step two

Enrol Any Day

Weekly plan, or one payment upfront.

Step three

Begin With the Brain

Biology before theory, so the rest lands.

Step four

Read Past the Course

The library is there for exactly that.

The Investment

How to Get Started

$29 / week
Pay in full, or take a plan billed weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
No deposit, no credit check
10-day money back guarantee
Enrol on any day
Membership included on completion
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need any background in psychology?

None. It was written as a starting point for people who have never studied the subject.

What does it cost each week?

From $29 a week on a plan, with no deposit and no credit check. An advisor confirms current pricing.

Will this count toward a degree?

Credit is decided by the university you apply to, and it cannot be promised from here. Ask them directly before enrolling if credit is the point. What it will do is make the first semester reading familiar.

Does it lead to work as a psychologist?

Registration as a psychologist runs through a long university and supervision path, and this course is not part of it. What this gives you is the groundwork and a clear look at the subject before you commit years to it. Many people use it to make exactly that decision.

Is this course accredited?

It carries a Certificate of Achievement and the college holds ICOES and CPD Standards Office accreditation, which is professional development standing. It is not nationally recognised and it is not an AQF qualification. For a subject taster, what matters is whether the material is sound and whether you finish it.

How much time does it take?

Around one hundred and twenty hours across six months of access. Most people read in short sittings.

Are there exams?

No exams, ever. You work through the topics at your own pace.

Can I get my money back?

Yes. A 10-day money back guarantee runs from enrolment.

Delivered By

About the College

The Career Academy is an online college in Australia. It delivers this course itself, and you enrol through it.

It says it has over 15 years behind it and helps more than 25,000 students a year. Its psychology courses hold ICOES and CPD Standards Office accreditation, and the college states in its own material that they are not AQF qualifications.

ICOES accredited centreCPD Standards OfficeOver 15 years runningLibrary access included
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