Masters Research Project (core for full MSc only)

To complete your full MSc, you must take this module.

The Masters Research Project is also widely known as a ‘dissertation’. This module asks you to identify a research issue, review existing literature on the topic, formulate novel research questions, and test these questions through the use of appropriate psychological methodologies and data-analytic procedures. You will be supported by a tutor, known as your research ‘supervisor’. You will be required to develop your awareness of the ethical context of research, as well as its purely scientific aspects. Upon completion of this module, you will have demonstrated mastery of research in a chosen specialist area.  You will be able to:

• Critically review literature on psychological theories and research to formulate novel psychological research question(s)
• Design, plan and conduct a feasible and ethical empirical study to address novel research question(s)
• Analyse and interpret the findings of the study to form coherent conclusions about the research question(s)
• Present a scientific report of the research consistent with prescribed professional and academic standards that demonstrates mastery of a chosen specialist area.

The content of the module is largely defined by the scope and nature of your research question and its investigation. Your online tutor will help you to explore and discuss potential topics.

This resarch project is a triple module and accounts for 60 credits.