PSY530 Masters Dissertation (32)
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In this subject, students will be required to plan and execute a research based, professionally relevant project which may have multiple components. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 1 | | Online* | Bathurst Campus | Session 2 | | Online* | Bathurst Campus |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PSY530
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| Four sessions | HD/FL | School of Psychology |
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Enrolment restrictions|
Master of Clinical Psychology students only |
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| Prerequisite(s) | Incompatible subject(s) |
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| PSY524 or PSY540 | PSY500 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate their research skills by designing, carrying out and reporting a piece of empirical research. |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- - The completion of a proposed research project and the writing of a report in APA format. The research proposal may have been developed in PSY524 or PSY540.
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Residential SchoolThis subject contains a compulsory 2.5 day residential school.
The residential school is intended to serve a number of functions
• to review students’ selection and use of research methodologies
• to enhance students’ appreciation of contemporary scholarship in clinical psychology
Activities include
• staff and student presentations of research proposals
• student self-evaluation tasks
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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
