Postgraduate Course: Psychological Research Skills (PSYL11065)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course covers fundamental skills relating to the psychological research process, from developing research ideas to designing and conducting an experiment, communicating research findings, and knowledge transfer. Lectures (2 hours each): WEEK 1: Foundations of Psychological Research (Bates) WEEK 2: Conference talks & poster presentations (Corley) WEEK 3: Public engagement & knowledge-transfer (Morton) WEEK 4: Publishing research & writing research proposals (Pickering) WEEK 5: Research ethics (Gale) WEEK 6: Academic writing (McIntosh) Feedback: formatively assessed using spoken and written feedback
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Block 1 (Sem 1)
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 183 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Semester 1: 1000 word PhD research proposal prepared according to the PPLS postgraduate application guidelines, plus a 300 word lay summary of the proposed research. The proposal should usually be linked to the research theme of an academic member of staff within Psychology. Formative feedback will be provided, but a numerical mark will not be recorded. Assessment Deadline: Thursday 20th November 2014, 12 noon Coursework Word Limit: 1,000 words Coursework Return Date: 12th December 2014 Semester 2: Poster presentation of MSc Dissertation proposal to be presented at Psychology MSc poster day. Formative feedback will be provided, but a numerical mark will not be recorded, only Pass / Fail. Submission Deadline: midnight of day of Poster Presentation, Thursday 19th February 2015 Poster Format: will be specified on the Learn pages Poster Return Date: 13th March 2015
Feedback	Not entered
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Learning Outcomes
1. Understand the relationship between research ideas and the formulation of testable hypotheses. 2. Communicate research ideas and findings in a variety of formats to specialist and non-specialist audiences. 3. Appreciate the importance of public engagement and knowledge transfer in the research process. 4. Understand ethical considerations relating to psychological research design.