Unit of Study PSYC4004 Psychology Honours Thesis II (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

Hons Unit
Credit points

24
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

PSYC4003 - Psychology Honours Thesis I

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to conduct empirical research under supervision in a specialised field of psychology. The unit will culminate in a presentation and submission of the thesis.

Unit content

Conducting a research project in psychology
Appropriate analysis and reporting of empirical data
Reporting research findings as a presentation
Writing a research thesis in the style of a journal article

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Dual Term3	Dual Term3
Gold Coast	Dual Term3	Dual Term3
Online	Dual Term3	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:

analyse and interpret research data

communicate research findings to an audience of peers to a professionally acceptable standard

produce an empirically-based thesis in psychology.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Project 12 hours (Across the term)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	SR
Report	100%

Teaching method

Project 12 hours (Across the term)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	SR
Report	100%

Teaching method

Project 12 hours (Across the term)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Presentation	SR
Report	100%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Fee information

Domestic

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