Students will conduct an empirical piece of research which will focus on utilising the knowledge and skills developed across the Programme.
This module is a three semester module which begins by introducing psychology to students as a science and ends with students completing an independent empirical study. It comprises three blocks: The first is an introduction to psychology as a science, transferable skills, Personal Development Portfolio (PDP)and introduction to the dissertation and proposal development. The second consists of further skills, PDP development and data collection. The final block consist of final data collection, dissertation write up and completion of the PDP.
The module will primarily consist of self-directed learning. However, there will be 24 hours of lectures, of which the majority will be in S1, and weighted to the beginning of the module. There will also be 25 hours of online discussion, also weighted in the same way.
Assessment comprises both formative assessment (proposal, ethics application and academic poster) and summative assessment (dissertation write-up 90%; PDP 10%).
For the empirical dissertation itself students will define a research question, collect data using an appropriate methodology and analyse and present the data in the form of written report written for an academic journal. Students will be required to prepare an ethics application and receive ethical approval.