Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Maria Kangas
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Credit points |
Credit points
20
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MClinPsych and (PSY933 or PSYC8933)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit involves the conduct of research appropriate to the discipline of clinical psychology, and requires the submission of a piece of research in the form of a journal article, usually of around 5,000-8,000 words plus a literature review in the form of a critical review paper (5,000-8,000 words). The two papers are submitted together for external marking.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
See links to the Assessment Policy and the Special Consideration Policy in the Policies and Procedures section of this Unit Guide.
Late submissions
The literature review and empirical paper have a strict due date. Ordinarily, no extensions of time for submission of assessment tasks will be granted. If students experience unexpected, unavoidable, and serious circumstances affecting submission of assessable work they may lodge an application for Special Consideration via ask.mq.edu.au with supporting documentary evidence. Special Consideration will only be considered for unexpected events arising from the start of Session 1 (Week 1 onwards). All requests for special consideration must be made no later than five working days after the due date of the assessment task. Where special consideration has not been granted, late submissions will not be accepted.
Assessment Rubric will be available on ILearn PSYC8994 Unit page from Week 1 of Session 1 2022.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Empirical paper | 50% | No | 5th October 2022 |
Literature Review paper | 50% | No | 5th October 2022 |
Assessment Type 1: Thesis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 50 hours
Due: 5th October 2022
Weighting: 50%
The student must submit an empirical journal article as a write-up of the empirical research as if the student was going to submit it to a journal for publication. The empirical paper should not exceed between 5000 to 8000 words maximum.
Assessment Type 1: Literature review
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: 5th October 2022
Weighting: 50%
The student must submit a Literature Review between 5000 to 8000 words maximum. This must involve a critical appraisal of a specific topic area relevant to clinical psychology
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
There are no scheduled classes for this unit.
Students are expected to be in regular contact with their research supervisor throughout Session. Contact may include face to face meetings, emails and teleconferencing. Students are encouraged to carefully consider and discuss draft review timelines with their supervisor well ahead of the due date for the two pieces of asessmnet for this unit.
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Unit information based on version 2022.02 of the Handbook