2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PSYC3520 Major Project

30 creditsClass Size: 250

Module manager: Dr Jean-Francois Delvenne
Email: j.f.delvenne@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Successful completion of all pass for progression modules in Level 2 of: BSc Psychology or MPsyc, BSc Advanced Psychology BSc Psychology (and its international and industrial variants)

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

This module aims to give students experience of planning, researching and carrying out an empirical study, analyzing and interpreting its results, writing a report and presenting the study to an audience.

Learning outcomes
The aim of this project is to give you experience of planning, researching and carrying out an empirical study, analyzing and interpreting its results and writing a report. On completion of this module you should be able to:
- Perform a literature search of relevant psychological and allied sources
- Write a concise, coherent review of the literature in a particular area of research
- Design and carry out an empirical study to collect data (which may be quantitative or qualitative)
- Be aware of the design and practical limitations of studies in Psychology and some strategies to address these
- Analyse and interpret appropriately (via statistical or other methods) the data collected
- Write a report of the study performed using a style and format similar to journal articles of the same type of data/research area
- Demonstrate an awareness of the limitations of the study performed

Skills outcomes
Research skills; Critical skills; Analytical skills; report-writing skills; SPSS knowledge

Syllabus

Regular contact with supervisor.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Poster session	1	2.00	2.00
Supervision	10	1.00	10.00
Consultation	2	1.00	2.00
Lecture	2	1.00	2.00
Private study hours			284.00
Total Contact hours			16.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

Students will have approximately 284 private study hours.

We envisage the time will be spent thus:
- Researching, conducting and writing up the empirical research project: 279 hours
- Preparation for poster presentation: 5 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Regular contact with supervisor.
- Student's poster presentations will receive formative feedback from supervisors.
- Students will be tested on their knowledge of ethical issues relating to conducting a psychological project (a lecture on ethics is given on this module). Students must pass this ethics test.

Students who fail to present at the project conference will have five marks deducted from their project grade.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Project	(word limit: up to a MAXIMUM OF 10,000 words).	100.00
Presentation	Poster presentation plus 5 min oral presentation	0.00
In-course MCQ	Relating to Ethics	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

During a final year project conference, students will display a poster that will present preliminary data (i.e., work in progress) from their research project. Project posters will be assessed on three components 1) Visual appearance/style; 2) Content; 3) A short public oral presentation (5-6 minutes) made by the student in front of the supervisor and peers. Anonymous peer assessment will be carried out and the supervisor will take it into account for marking the poster.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 26/04/2017

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