Subject Search
PY4106 - Group Project Part 1 of 2
| Credit points: | 6 |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Subject chain: | PY4106 PY4107 |
| Administered by: | College of Healthcare Sciences |
Available to psychology students who have completed three years of study and who have been accepted into the Graduate Diploma of Psychology. Except with the approval of the Head of Academic Group, all subjects in a chain must be studied in consecutive teaching periods.
Students are required as a small group to conduct a group project that culminates in a thesis. This subject involves regular meetings with a research supervisor throughout the course of the year; participation in professional orientation and development seminars and the presentation of a paper based on the group's research at an annual mini-conference.
Learning Outcomes
- communicate a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas through well- developed written and spoken English language skills;
- exercise critical thinking and judgement in the conduct of scientific investigations to address psychological question;
- use information technologies and appropriate techniques to analyse, interpret, and report research findings and data and generate culturally responsive solutions to problems in psychology as evidenced by conducting a group research project under the supervision of a member of staff.
Subject Assessment
- Participation > Class participation - (%) - Group
- Written > Thesis/dissertation .
Special Assessment Requirements
Passing requirements: participate in all scheduled group sessions; achieve a cumulative score of at least 50% after the application of any penalties such as late penalties.
| Prerequisites: | Must complete 72 credit points of level 1, 2, and 3 subjects from an undergraduate Psychology course, and be accepted into the 4th year psychology stream before enrolling in any level 4 PY subjects. |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
PY4102 |
Availabilities |
|
|
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain. |
|
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2021 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor James Dimmock. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 6 credit point subject is approximately 260 hours.
|
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2021 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Nerina Caltabiano. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 6 credit point subject is approximately 260 hours.
|
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 08-Apr-2021 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 6 credit point subject is approximately 260 hours.
|
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 05-Aug-2021 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 6 credit point subject is approximately 260 hours.
|
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 02-Dec-2021 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 6 credit point subject is approximately 260 hours.
|
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.