Postgraduate Course: Dissertation in Psychology (PSYL11034)

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)
Course type	Dissertation	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	60	ECTS Credits	30
Summary	The student will conduct a research project in the area of psychology. This will normally take the form of an empirical project but permission to conduct a library based research project may be sought.
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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 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 578 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	The dissertation will report a piece of empirical research, and should normally be closely modelled on a journal article from the relevant area. The recommended word limit for the dissertation is 8,000 words.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: design and set up a research project manage data and / or research literature and apply appropriate analyses techniques to any data collected interpret any data collected report any data in a style appropriate to published research and, in the case of literature based research, apply suitable critical analysis techniques to the research material write up the research in a style appropriate to psychological research standards