Faculties and Departments
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences at West Coast Institute of Management & technology Australia (WCIMT Australia) is at the forefront of teaching, research, scholarship and professional activity in the social sciences. Some of most prominent researchers, educators, scholarly writers, consultants and media commentators serve as academic staff members in the Faculty, along with a dedicated and professional team of technical and administrative staff. The Faculty’s fifty staffs serve more than 300 students.
Among the Faculty’s distinctive features are
- a focus on the Asia-Pacific region, including South East Asia’s centre for the study;
- offshore teaching programs in many Asian countries;
- the WCIMT Australia’s leading research and consulting centre on work and industrial relations;
- an outstanding School of Psychology offering innovative degrees and world-class research;
- growing links with employers, high schools and international partners.
The Faculty will continue to encourage excellence. It extends its welcome to participants, and to academic, professional, business, government and community visitors, from the Asia-Pacific region, China and the rest of the world.
Departments of Social Work and Social Administration and Sociology
Welcome to the Department of Psychology at the WCIMT Australia!
WCIMT Australia has been the leading psychology department among many institutes for decades, and it has the added distinction of being the first department within a institute. Using state of the art tools, our faculty enhance our teaching mission with interdisciplinary collaboration and a wide range of research interests, including: vision and perception; memory; language and cognition; emotion; and culture and society.
Currently, the Department continues to rank as one of the top psychology departments in the world. We are a broad spectrum department with strong programs in both basic and applied fields, including:
- Biological Psychopathology
- Psychopathology Research
- Cognitive and Biological Psychology
- Counseling Psychology
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Personality, Individual Differences, and Behavior Genetics
- Quantitative/Psychometric Methods
- Social Psychology
Our fundamental goals are to offer a strong undergraduate program that provides students with a variety of research, internship, and study abroad opportunities; to maintain world-leading graduate programs across a broad range of areas; and to support research programs that advance the field and contribute to the well-being of society. At present, the Department has approximately 130 undergraduate and a number of adjunct faculty from many other departments (e.g., Educational Psychology, Child Development, Human Resources and Industrial Relations) and research centers. Psychology faculty also has many collaborative relationships with faculty in other departments.
This collaboration, both across specialties within the Department and between Psychology and other disciplines, is a major hallmark of psychology in the 21 st century. Our field has entered a very dynamic period which will produce many new discoveries and take us in many new directions, from the implications of the mapping of the human genome; to the educational, occupational, and societal consequences of moving toward a truly multi-cultural nation; to the neuroscience of intellectual skills, personality characteristics, and mental disorders; to the relationship between behavior and physical health.
Undergraduate Programs
| Diploma in Psychology | 18811101 |
| Diploma in Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience | 18811102 |
| Diploma in Psychology & Philosophy | 18811103 |
| Advanced Diploma in Psychology | 18812101 |
| Advanced Diploma in Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience | 18812102 |
| Advanced Diploma in Psychology & Philosophy | 18812103 |
| Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology | 18813101 |
| Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology | 18813201 |
| Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience | 18813202 |
| Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology & Philosophy | 18813203 |
Postgraduate Programs
| Master of Arts in Psychology | 18815101 |
| Master of Science in Psychology Research Methods | 18815201 |
| Master of Science in Occupational Psychology | 18815202 |
| Master of Science in Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience | 18815203 |
| Master of Science in Advanced Interactive Technologies (For Work, Play and Learning) | 18815204 |
| Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Psychology (Educational) | 18816201 |
| Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Educational Psychology (Professional Training) | 18816202 |
| Doctor of Philosophy (By Research in the following fields) 1. Biological Psychopathology 2. Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research 3. Cognitive and Biological Psychology 4. Counseling Psychology 5. Industrial/Organizational Psychology 6. Personality, Individual Differences, and Behavior Genetics 7. Quantitative/Psychometric Methods 8. School Psychology 9. Social Psychology | 18816203 18816204 18816205 18816206 18816207 18816208 18816209 18816210 18816211 |
Departments of Social Work and Social Administration and Sociology
The Department of Sociology was established at the same time as the Faculty of Social Sciences, which is the study about cultures and societies of people around the world, though naturally, at WCIMT Australia, there is a strong emphasis on China and Asia.
The Department provides students with a basic knowledge of sociological and anthropological concepts theories, and methods, applying these to the empirical study of topics which have some relevance to not only contemporary Asia, but also China and other international societies.
Programmes offered could be grouped under three main streams: Globalization and Regional Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, and Social Problems and Policy Studies. Underlying these three streams is our Department’s specialism and strength in social structural analysis, anthropological expertise and criminological research.
Academic personnel in the Department is come both from social work and related fields as law, economics, politics, psychology, human development, sociology, as well as social administration. Through different kinds of research and practice in Asia and other Chinese societies, we contribute to the development of knowledge and expertise in various areas.
Utilizing our knowledge and expertise, WCIMT Australia is actively serving the community, advocating policy changes, and participating in policy-making, development, management, implementation and evaluation of social services.
The Department has established close partnership with a diverse range of agencies, professional bodies, government departments and advisory bodies. Such strong ties to different sectors of the community have contributed usefully to teaching, learning and career development for our students.
Undergraduate Programs
| Diploma in Social Work | 18821101 |
| Diploma in Social Sciences | 18821102 |
| Advanced Diploma in Social Work | 18822101 |
| Advanced Diploma in Social Sciences | 18822102 |
| Bachelor of Social Work | 18823101 |
| Bachelor of Social Sciences | 18823102 |
Postgraduate Programs
| Master of Social Work | 18825101 |
| Master of Social Sciences in Behavioral Health | 18825102 |
| Master of Social Sciences in Counselling | 18825103 |
| Master of Social Sciences in Gerontology | 18825104 |
| Master of Sciences in Marriage and Family Therapy | 18825105 |
| Master of Social Sciences in Mental Health | 18825106 |
| Master of Social Sciences in Social Service Management | 18825107 |
| Master of Social Sciences in Social Work – Family | 18825108 |
| Master of Social Sciences in Social Work – Youth | 18825109 |
| Master of Philosophy (By Research) | 18825201 |
| Doctor of Philosophy (By Research) | 18826201 |