This document outlines the curriculum for a 1 unit non-ATAR psychology course taken over one year with 3 periods per week. It covers topics in preliminary psychology, development, models of psychology, disorders and the family. For the HSC component, it focuses on case studies of violent crime and different types of criminal behavior, as well as forensics. Students will engage with activities like analyzing investigations, experiments, films, FBI files and be taught by experienced criminology teachers.

1. Psychology
• Non ATAR
• 1 Unit
• 3 periods per
week

2. Criminology (Psychology General)
Topics
 Preliminary Course
 The Senses
 How the Brain
Works
 Developmental
Psychology
 Models of
Psychology
 The Family
 Environmental
Impact and
 Forms of Disorder

3. HSC Course
 Why Kids Kill Case study
 Violent Crime and Criminal
Behavior
 Political Crime and Criminal
Behavior
 Organized Crime and Criminal
Behavior
 Public Order Crime and Criminal
Behavior
 Property Crime and Criminal
Behavior
 Forensics

4. Crim Learning
Activities
 Gruesome
Investigations
 Human Experiments
 Gross Film studies
 Reading FBI Files
 Learning Horrific Stuff
 Being taught by the
BEST Criminology
teachers at Fairvale
High School