PSY40430 MPsychSc Research Dissertation

Academic Year 2023/2024

Over the course of the year students will work with an assigned staff member to complete a research project. In keeping with the skills-based focus of the programme, the research will be written up as an in-depth literature review and as a journal article that conforms to the publication style of an identified journal. In addition to these two graded components of the dissertation, there are other preparatory pieces of work that must be submitted to your supervisor over the course of the year that will form part of your final portfolio. More details on all required pieces of work are provided at the end of this handbook.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
Select and critically evaluate a method appropriate for their research question.
Interpret research findings and evaluate their significance.
Plan, execute, analyse and report on their research findings in a thesis.
Write an article to publishable standard in-line with author guidelines of a chosen international peer-reviewed journal.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

50
Autonomous Student Learning

700
Total

750
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Independent research supervised one-on-one, students must conduct in-depth literature review, collect and/or analyse date, write up project in style of journal article
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: In-depth literature review and search plan Week 12 n/a Graded Yes

30
Portfolio: Data analysis plan + rationale for journal choice + journal article Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

70

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students meet with supervisor to receive feedback on literature review

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
2 Trimester (Jan-Aug)
      
Lecture Offering M1 Week(s) - 32 Mon 12:00 - 13:50