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2021 unit offering information will be available in November 2020

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to obtain experience in designing and implementing empirical research, under supervision, in a specialised field of psychology. The unit will culminate in a conference presentation and a written research report

Unit content

  • Designing and implementing a research project
  • Appropriate analysis and reporting of empirical data
  • Reporting research findings as a conference presentation
  • Writing a research report in the style of a journal article

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1collect and analyse valid, reliable dataIntellectual rigourEthical practice
2communicate research findings at a conference to a professionally acceptable standardIntellectual rigourEthical practiceCommunication and social skills
3produce an empirically-based research reportIntellectual rigourEthical practiceCommunication and social skills

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. collect and analyse valid, reliable data
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA3: Ethical practice
  2. communicate research findings at a conference to a professionally acceptable standard
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA6: Communication and social skills
  3. produce an empirically-based research report
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA6: Communication and social skills

Prescribed texts

  • Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Lecture online 1hr (11wks)
Tutorial online 10hrs (Across the session)
Workshop on-site 1hr (11wks)
Assessment
Conference PresentationSR
Research Report100%

Teaching method
Lecture online 1hr (11wks)
Tutorial online 10hrs (Across the session)
Workshop on-site 1hr (11wks)
Assessment
Conference PresentationSR
Research Report100%
Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every session. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2021 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1

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