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PSY40430

Academic Year 2024/2025

MPsychSc Research Dissertation (PSY40430)

Subject:
Psychology
College:
Social Sciences & Law
School:
Psychology
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
30
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Amanda Fitzgerald
Credit Split by Trimester:
Spring 10
Summer 20
Trimester:
2 Trimester duration (Spr-Sum)
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

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.

About this Module

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 Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): A literature review of no more than 3,000 words worth 30% of the overall grade. Week 2 Spring Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30

 No
Thesis/Dissertation: A full draft journal article + author guidelines for the journal + brief rationale for choosing the journal worth 70% of the overall grade. Week 12 Summer Standard conversion grade scale 40% Yes

70

 Yes

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

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