PY6201 - Research Thesis A

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

Available to MPsych and DPsych students.

This subject is the first of two subjects that comprise the research thesis. It can be in the form of a traditional thesis or as a combination of a literature review and manuscript in the format required of a publishable journal article. It should be an empirical study, supervised by a staff member, relating to an area of health or mental health. It may take the form of an experiment, a survey of some kind, an evaluation of the efficacy of an applied program, or a clinical within-subject study.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

PY6006

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Face to face teaching (Consult School for on-campus attendance requirements)
Coordinator:	Dr Alistair Campbell
Assessment:	satisfactory progress will include development of the research plan and preparation of any required applications for ethics approval. the dissertation will be assessed on the standard of the written report by two examiners, one of whom should be external to the university (100%).
Townsville, Block, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Face to face teaching (Consult School for on-campus attendance requirements)
Coord/Lect:	Professor Edward Helmes.
Assessment:	satisfactory progress will include development of the research plan and preparation of any required applications for ethics approval. the dissertation will be assessed on the standard of the written report by two examiners, one of whom should be external to the university (100%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	jc202144.
Assessment:	satisfactory progress will include development of the research plan and preparation of any required applications for ethics approval. the dissertation will be assessed on the standard of the written report by two examiners, one of whom should be external to the university (100%).
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 59
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coord/Lect:	jc202144.
Assessment:	satisfactory progress will include development of the research plan and preparation of any required applications for ethics approval. the dissertation will be assessed on the standard of the written report by two examiners, one of whom should be external to the university (100%).

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