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Department of Psychology, Unit Catalogue 2007/08


XX50129 Project 2

Credits: 30
Level: Masters
Dissertation period
Assessment: CW 80%, OR 20%
Requisites:
Before taking this unit you must take XX50128

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To acquire the skills of executing and reporting an original piece of research. Students will demonstrate their ability to design, execute and report an original piece of research.
Content:
Students will undertake an original project which may comprise theoretical, empirical or design components, and would normally bridge the disciplines involved in the programme. This will normally form the second stage of the Project, of which the first stage (UNIV0045) comprises the literature review and research proposal. Project 2 will involve the conduct of the planned research, its analysis and reporting in a dissertation of up to 15,000 words, which will account for 80% of the assessment, and an oral presentation which accounts for 20% of the assessment.