Download Flinders Psychology Students’ First-Year Survival Guide through here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iGOBJ6yey0HUDl3f6O-zXjqYQlCZt4bP?usp=drive_link
*The first-year survival guide is normally updated for every new year
Contents:
- What is FPSA?
- Where to find and contact FPSA
- Welfare social drop-in sessions
- Important links for starting at Flinders
- The difference between your FAN, ID, and USI numbers
- Navigating campus (Bedford, Sturt, Tonsley)
- Your one-stop Flinders webpage (Compass)
- Important Canvas topics to explore
- Course rule / Program of study
- What you can do with 3-years of psychology
- Ensuring your psychology degree is accredited
- Study pathways to become a practicing psychologist
- Practice endorsement psychologists vs general psychologists
- Psychologists vs counsellors/psychotherapists
- 4th year (psychology pathways)
- Honours stream
- After 4th year (psychology pathways)
- Getting experience for post-grad psychology (or for your own benefit)
- Study plan
- Elective ideas (without pre-requisites)
- Elective ideas (with pre-requisites)
- Cross-institutional topic electives
- Starting your topics
- Mobile apps to have
- Studiosity
- Free Microsoft office Apps
- Using Outlook Calendar for classes
- Semester key dates
- Note-Taking and organising information
- Learning strategies
- Referencing throughout your psychology degree
- Writing assignments
- Research methods and SPSS resources
- Flinders university services & contacts
- Health, wellbeing and disability services
- Academic, learning and study services
- Flinders Horizon Award
- Career Hub
- Library-based academic services
- Australian Psychological Society (APS)
- FPSA contacts
- FPSA social media & online student communities