PY4104 - Psychology Thesis Part 1 of 2
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Subject chain: | PY4104 PY4105 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Psychology |
Available to psychology students who have completed three years of study and who have been accepted into level 4 of the psychology honours program. Except with the approval of the Head of School/Associate Dean, all subjects in a chain must be studied in consecutive teaching periods
Students are required to design and conduct an independent research project that culminates in a thesis. This subject involves regular meetings with a research supervisor throughout the course of the year; participation in professional orientation and development seminars and the presentation of a paper based on the students research at an annual mini-conference.
Learning Outcomes
- to develop independent research skills in a research project supervised by a staff member.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to work individually and independently.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PY4050 and PY4060 and PY4102 and PY4101 |
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As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain. |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr David Mitchell |
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| Assessment: | integrated assessment across subject chain (%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Nerina Caltabiano |
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| Assessment: | integrated assessment across subject chain (%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Nicole Doherty Roe. |
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| Assessment: | integrated assessment across subject chain (%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 24-Jul-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Nicole Doherty Roe |
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| Assessment: | integrated assessment across subject chain (%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 20-Nov-2009 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Nicole Doherty Roe. |
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| Assessment: | integrated assessment across subject chain (%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.