• Offered by School of Medicine and Psychology
  • ANU College ANU Joint Colleges of Science
  • Course subject Psychology
  • Areas of interest Psychology
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Conal Monaghan
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2023
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This course will provide the knowledge and skills required to undertake research and utilize scientific literature in professional practice settings.

You will learn about research methods, statistical analyses and relevant software as well as ethical frameworks relevant to the conduct of psychological research.

You will also learn to synthesize and interpret scientific literature relating to professional practice.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of major research methods, ethics and statistical analyses used in professional psychology.
  2. Analyse and interpret data relevant to applied research.
  3. Systematically and critically review and interpret a body of psychological research literature.
  4. Demonstrate effective and efficient communication skills in a variety of media.

Other Information

 This course is assessed on a Course Requirement Satisfied (CRS) or Fail basis. Students must satisfactorily complete all assessment tasks in order to pass the course.

Indicative Assessment

  1. Workshop test - written (hurdle) (10) [LO 1,2,4]
  2. Workshop tests - verbal (hurdle) (10) [LO 3,4]
  3. Written review report (hurdle) (50) [LO 1,2]
  4. Final exam (hurdle) (30) [LO 1,4]

The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.

Workload

The expected workload will consist of approximately 130 hours throughout the semester including:

  • Face-to face component which may consist of 3 hours of face-to-face activities including lectures and/or workshops per week.
  • Approximately 94 hours of self-study which will include preparation for lectures, presentations and other assessment tasks.

Inherent Requirements

None.

Requisite and Incompatibility

In order to enrol in this course you need to be active in the Master of Professional Psychology and have completed or be concurrently enrolled in PSYC8410.

You will need to contact the School of Medicine and Psychology to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Prescribed Texts

Goss-Sampson, M. A. Statistical Analysis in JASP - A Students Guide (2019; July). V0.10.2 (2nd Edition). Available at: https://jasp-stats.org/jasp-materials/

Navarro, D.J., Foxcroft, D.R., & Faulkenberry, T.J. (2019). Learning Statistics with JASP: A Tutorial for Psychology Students and Other Beginners. (Version 1/sqrt(2) ). Available at: https://learnstatswithjasp.com

Assumed Knowledge

undergraduate psychology research methods and statistics

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $4560
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $6540
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3274 20 Feb 2023 27 Feb 2023 31 Mar 2023 26 May 2023 In Person View

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