PSYC4802B

Psychology Honours Thesis Part B

Faculty of Science and Information Technology School of Psychology

20 Units 4000 Level Course

Available in 2013

Callaghan Campus	Semester 2
Ourimbah	Semester 2

Previously offered in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007

This course forms part of an Australian Psychological Society accredited sequence.
PSYC4800, PSYC4802A and PSYC4802B together form a fourth year Honours research thesis project in psychology. The courses entail the development and conduct of a piece of original empirical research. This research is carried out under the supervision of a member of the academic staff of the School of Behavioural Sciences.
The course PSYC4802A of this Multi-Term Sequence Course must be taken prior to enrolment in the PSYC4802B. Students CANNOT take PSYC4802B with ANY of the following courses:
PSYC4090A,PSYC4090B,PSYC4120,PSYC4220, PSYC4801A, PSYC4801B, PSYC4830, PSYC4850, PSYC6781A or PSYC6781B

Objectives

On successful completion of this course, students will have further developed their:

Skills;
1. psychological research skills including use of appropriate research instruments and data analysis,
2. scientific writing skills,
3. capacity to critically evaluate research data,
4. present information in written format in an interesting and comprehensible manner with appropriate interpretation and evaluation.

Knowledge: Students will be expected to gain knowledge of research methodology equivalent to that suitable for a professional psychologist.

Content

Details of research topics will be available at the commencement of the academic year.

Replacing Course(s)

Replaces PSYC4801A and PSYC4801B.

Transition

Students entering the BPSYC prior to 2006 must do PSYC 4801A and B
Students entering the BPSYC after 2005 who are accepted into the Honours stream will do Psyc4802A and B

Students CANNOT take PSYC4802B with ANY of the following courses:
PSYC4090A,PSYC4090B,PSYC4120,PSYC4220, PSYC4801A, PSYC4801B, PSYC4830, PSYC4850, PSYC6781A or PSYC6781B

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

Completion of an APS accredited sequence of years 1 - 3 in psychology.

Modes of Delivery

Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Individual Supervision
Seminar
Student Projects

Assessment Items

Other: (please specify)	Ethics Application: Students must secure appropriate ethics approval before commencing data collection.
Other: (please specify)	Short Research Proposal: due early in Semester 1 outlining the research project rational and methodology
Other: (please specify)	Presentation of a paper at 4th year conference on completion of PSYC4802B.
Reports	Individual Thesis manuscript style research report of approx 7000 words. The final report will be submitted on completion of PSYC4802B

Contact Hours

Individual Supervision: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Seminar: for 8 hour(s) per Term for Full Term

Compulsory Components

Requisite by Enrolment	This course is only available to students accepted into the Honours stream of the BPsychology, BArts(Hons), BScience(Hons), BSocScience(Hons). Must be taken with PSYC4800 and PSYC4802A in the same academic year.
Compulsory Course Component	The 'A' component of this Multi-Term Sequence Course must be taken prior to enrolment in the 'B' component.

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