HONOURS PSYCHOLOGY
PSY4HNA
2017
Credit points: 60
Subject outline
This is one of two parts (PSY4HNA, PSY4HNB) of the Bachelor of Psychological Science with Honours degree. It requires the completion of 120 credit points, either over one year of full time study or over two years of part time study.The main components of the course are (a) three streams of seminars on current issues in psychology and evidence-based psychological assessment and practice, and psychological research methods, (b) a blended learning online unit on ethical and professional issues, and (c) a supervised research project.
School: School of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points: 60
Subject Co-ordinator: Emiko Kashima
Available to Study Abroad Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in either SHPS (Bachelor of Psychological Science with Honours) or SHP (Bachelor of Psychology Honours).
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: PSY40HON, PSY41HON
Equivalent subjects: PSY41HON
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Understand and evaluate key historical and theoretical features of a major area of psychological research.
- Activities:
- Formative: Seminars on current issues in psychological science. Summative: Write an essay that is a critical evaluation of current issues in a selected area of psychological science
02. Understand the principles behind the Scientist-Practitioner model in terms of the theoretical evidence for assessment and practice.
- Activities:
- Formative: Seminars and teamwork in small-group discussions on evidence-based assessment and professional practice. Summative: Exam.
03. Understand and evaluate psychological research methods in empirical research
- Activities:
- Formative: Seminars and teamwork in small-group discussions on psychological research methods in which students learn to evaluate research papers on a variety of criteria (e.g., operationalisation, internal and external validity, power, and selection of appropriate methods of statistical data analysis) and to hone their skills in performing selected analytic methods and reporting on the results. Summative: Exam.
04. Understand the role and responsibilities of a psychologist in terms of ethical and legal issues, and professional code of conduct.
- Activities:
- Formative: Online blended learning on ethical and professional issues. Summative: Exam on role of a psychologists, the APS and Code of Ethics, ethical principles and legal issues.
05. Conduct a research project by undertaking a comprehensive literature review on a selected topic, developing an appropriate research design, presenting the proposed research at a conference, analysing the data collected and, finally, reporting on the work done in a thesis
- Activities:
- Formative: Independent reading and discussions with the research supervisor. Hurdles: Research proposal, conference presentation, ethics application. Summative: Thesis
06. Participating in the academic community
- Activities:
- Formative: Attending colloquia and post-colloquium discussions. Hurdles: Colloquium summaries
Melbourne, 2017, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Emiko Kashima
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"Research Colloquium"
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 7.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
"3 x 2-hr seminars with break."
WorkShopWeek: 15 - 15
One 7.0 hours workshop other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 15 to week 15 and delivered via face-to-face.
"one full-day research conference with 3 concurrent sessions"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined assessment for PSY4HNA & PSY4HNB; one major essay equivalent to 5000-words | 15 | 01 | |
| an empirical research thesis equivalent to 10,000-words | Hurdle req: research proposal (5000-word) conference summary (750-word) 2 presentations (10 & 15min) ethics application & report (1600-word) 8 colloquium summaries (2400-word) & journal (1000-word) | 50 | 05, 06 |
| one 3-hour psychological research methods examination | 10 | 03 | |
| one 3-hour psychological assessment and practice examination | 15 | 02 | |
| one 2-hour ethics and professional issues examination | 10 | 04 |