Master of Mental Health Practice

To be eligible for the award of Master of Mental Health Practice (MMentHPrac), a student must acquire 120 credit points as prescribed below:

• Practice stream:
  • gain 100 credit points for prescribed core courses;
  • gain 20 credit points for listed electives.
• Dissertation stream:
  • gain 70 credit points for prescribed core courses;
  • gain 10 credit points for a listed elective (from List A);
  • gain 10 credit points for a listed elective (from List B);
  • gain 30 credit points for the dissertation.

To be eligible for the award of Master of Mental Health Practice (MMentHPrac), a student admitted with 40 credit points of advanced standing must acquire 80 credit points as prescribed below:

• Practice stream:
  • gain 60 credit points for prescribed core courses;
  • gain 20 credit points for listed electives.
• Dissertation stream:
  • gain 30 credit points for prescribed core courses;
  • gain 10 credit points for a listed elective (from List A);
  • gain 10 credit points for a listed elective (from List B);
  • gain 30 credit points for the dissertation.

Note: All students will commence in the Practice stream. For students wanting to complete the Dissertation stream, they can transfer to that stream when all the following eligibility criteria have been successfully met:

• achievement of a Grade of at least 5 in 7001HSV Foundations of Research Inquiry;
• achievement of a GPA of at least 5.5 for all courses in the program (except Dissertation courses);
• the suitability of the proposed dissertation topic;
• the resources available to support the candidature including availability of appropriate supervision.

This degree may be awarded with Distinction where a student achieves a minimum program GPA of 6.5 with no failed courses. The words "This award was achieved with Distinction" will be recorded on the testamur.

Exit point

To be eligible to exit the Masters program with the Graduate Diploma of Mental Health Practice award, a student must acquire 80 credit points from courses listed in the program

The Graduate Diploma exit point is not available to students admitted to the Masters program with advanced standing.

Students who exit with the Graduate Diploma will not be eligible for re-admission to complete the Master of Mental Health Practice.

To exit, a student should apply for a program transfer.

Program Learning Outcomes communicate to the community the value of the Griffith educational experience as benchmarked against national qualification standards.

Program Learning Outcomes for this award describe the knowledge, skills and the application of knowledge and skills you will acquire through studying the Griffith program of your choice.