Postgraduate Course: Dissertation in Social Psychology (PSYL11092)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | The student will conduct a research project or placement in a field relevant to the study of Social Psychology. |
| Course description |
Students who have been progressed to the dissertation element of their programme are required to write a dissertation of up to 8,000 words. By the middle of the second semester (or fourth for part-time students), at the latest, students should have identified a potential dissertation project and agreed with a staff member on supervising it.
Although the supervisor guides students through the research process, students have to independently learn a number of skills to complete the dissertation.
Preparing for the dissertation, students are strongly encouraged to participate in the Psychology Poster Day that takes place in Spring.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- design and set up a research project
- manage data collection
- apply appropriate analysis techniques to the data
- interpret and report data in the style appropriate for publication
- write up a dissertation
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Reading List
| Reading list depends entirely on the nature of the specific project and is agreed on with the supervisor. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Skills for accessing, synthesising and critical evaluation of academic literature
Skills for verbal and written communication, academic writing, and quantitative / qualitative data analysis
Autonomy, self-discipline and team-collaboration |
| Keywords | conduct research,research project,social psychology |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sarah Stanton
Tel: (0131 6)50 8387
Email: Sarah.Stanton@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Mollie Fordyce
Tel:
Email: mfordyc2@ed.ac.uk |
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