Postgraduate Course: DPsychotherapy Thesis (CNST12010)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Sandwich |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 180 |
| Home subject area | Counselling Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | While the DPsychotherapy thesis is submitted at the end of Year 3 of the full-time DPsychotherapy or at the end of Year 6 of the part-time DPych, preparatory work commences earlier in the programme through research training courses, group supervision while students are beginning to work up their topics and subsequent individual supervision with a supervisory team of two supervisors (as for the PhD) in the final year of thesis preparation. The thesis constitutes the culmination of the doctoral training programme through which students demonstrate an original and creative engagement with the application of research and scholarship to a specialist field of professional psychotherapy practice through the development, execution and analysis of a significant independent research project related to their therapeutic practice. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
05/08/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
1800
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 60,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 36,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
1704 )
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. In addition to the general requirements for the doctoral thesis at the University of Edinburgh, students who complete the DPsychotherapy thesis should be
- equipped with specific professional and research expertise at the forefront of one or more practice specialisms
2. - able to analyse a detailed body of research evidence within the specialism/s
- competent to design and execute an original research project in the field of professional practice, making a significant contribution to professional knowledge in that area
3. - able to demonstrate originality and creativity in the development and application of new knowledge, understanding and practices to their chosen specialist practice field
4. - able to exercise a high level of autonomy and initiative in their research activity
- able to apply a constant and integrated approach to critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas, information, research findings and issues related to professional practice in counselling and psychotherapy
5. - capable of communicating research findings and advanced practice-related knowledge at the standard of published academic peer-reviewed work |
Assessment Information
| A doctoral thesis of 40,000 words, assessed in accordance with the Research Degree Regulations. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Seamus Prior
Tel: (0131 6)51 6599
Email: Seamus.Prior@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk |
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