Thinking about psychology but not ready to commit years to a degree? Seven topics walk through the brain, perception, personality, motivation and how people develop. A low-cost place to start.
Seventy hours tells you if the subject holds you. A degree is a long way to go on a hunch.
Behaviour, motivation and development show up daily in youth, care and community roles.
The tutors here hold psychology degrees and have taught the subject before.
Support work across youth, disability, care and community leans on these ideas. Employers there care about how you handle people. The day is practical: routines, chats, records, and knowing when to call someone in.
Structured support for young people in a service.
Daily care and routine in a home setting.
Helping people manage life at home.
Backing up teachers with individual students.
Running sessions under supervision.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Psychology, counselling and mental health practice are registered fields with their own accredited study routes, and this introduction does not lead to registration.
Three reasons to start here rather than a textbook.
The brain, the world around us, who we are and what drives us, in one pass.
Unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours, from named psychology tutors.
This course opens the college's psychology and counselling pathway. Nothing is wasted.
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Earned when you finish the course.
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An advisor talks you through the seven topics and where they lead.
Any day. Weekly plan, or pay upfront in full.
From the brain through to psychological development.
Take the certificate, then decide if a longer path is worth it.
No. It is built as a starting point for people with no prior study in the area.
From $29 a week on a plan, with no deposit and no credit check. Enquire for current pricing.
About 70 hours of study, with six months of access.
No, and that is worth saying plainly. What it gives you is the whole introductory map of the subject, for a fraction of what a degree costs in time and money. A lot of people take exactly this to work out whether the long road is worth walking, and it is useful in support work either way.
No, it carries no university credit. It does open the college's own psychology and counselling pathway. The ground is much the same as a first year intro.
Tutors with psychology qualifications, including a Master of Science in Psychology and a former university teaching assistant.
It carries a Certificate of Achievement with CPD credits, and the college is an ICOES accredited centre with Official Accreditation from the CPD Standards Office. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are different things, and for testing an interest in psychology this one is the cheap way in.
Yes. A 10-Day Money Back Guarantee runs from enrolment.
You enrol through The Career Academy, an online college in New Zealand, and the college delivers this course itself.
The Career Academy has run for over 15 years and helps more than 25,000 students a year. A portion of course proceeds goes to Youthline.
Picture the week you finally understand why people around you do what they do, including you.