Unit of Study PSYC4003 Psychology Honours Thesis I (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

Hons Unit
Credit points

24
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to obtain experience in designing empirical research, under supervision, in a specialised field of psychology. The unit will address topics in advanced research methods and ethics and lead to a research proposal and literature review.

Unit content

Conducting and writing a literature review
Advanced topics in research methods and ethics
Developing an ethical research proposal
Practical considerations in research
Presenting a research proposal

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Dual Term2	Dual Term2
Gold Coast	Dual Term2	Dual Term2
Online	Dual Term2	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

systematically and critically analyse empirical literature in psychology

compose a literature review

design a research project to address a psychological question or hypothesis

design a means for collecting empirical data pertaining to a research question

produce a research proposal that outlines the rationale for the research question, and which specifies appropriate methodologies and analyses

appraise ethical requirements for research

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Project 12 hours (Across the term)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Contract	SR
Proposal	SR
Literature review	SR

Teaching method

Project 12 hours (Across the term)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Contract	SR
Proposal	SR
Literature review	SR

Teaching method

Project 12 hours (Across the term)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Contract	SR
Proposal	SR
Literature review	SR

Prescribed learning resources

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Fee information

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