Undergraduate Course: Dissertation in Psychology (PSYL10004)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Dissertation | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | A quantitative or qualitative research project. Students will typically work in pairs or on their own to produce an individually written 6000 word dissertation. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2023/24, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  0 | 
 
| Course Start | 
Flexible | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
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 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 6,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
386 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Submission of a 6000 word dissertation | 
 
| Feedback | 
Provided throughout the year through supervisory meetings. | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - conduct an original piece of quantitative or qualitative research; make a clear link between the existing literature and the research question.
 - identify and describe ethical issues which may arise from the work in relation to the existing literature.
 - plan a major piece of research and to, within the time limits, gather the data needed to address the question.
 - conduct the appropriate quantitative or qualitative analyses of the data, and to succinctly report the results.
 - discuss results obtained in relation to the existing literature.
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Additional Class Delivery Information | 
There are none. This is individual supervision on an ad hoc basis | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Hugh Rabagliati 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3454 
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Course secretary | Miss Georgiana Gherasim 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3440 
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