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PN4796 Joint Project (30cr)

Academic year(s): 2024-2025

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: Full Year

Availability restrictions: "Available only to students in the Second year of the Honours Programme, who have completed the Letter of Agreement, downloadable from https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/coursecatalogue). No student may do more than 60 credits in Dissertation or Project modules."

Planned timetable: To be arranged.

In this module, students will carry out a research project across two Schools Psychology & Neuroscience will be the Lead School. The aim of the project is to develop and foster the skills of experimental design, research management, analysis and write-up. The joint project allows students to bring together two disciplines, one of which is psychology, and investigate the intersection of the two fields. Students will be assigned two supervisors; one from each School. The topic and area of research should be chosen in consultation with the supervisors in order to determine that the student has access to sources as well as a clear plan of preparation.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): The student requires a Letter of Agreement

Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take any other project/dissertation module offered by the School of PNychology and Neuroscience

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: As per Letter of Agreement.

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: As per Letter of Agreement.

Re-assessment: As per Letter of Agreement.

Personnel

Module coordinator: Dr E P O'Sullivan
Module teaching staff: Various
Module coordinator email epo1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Intended learning outcomes

"To search, filter and collate information from the scientific literature for two disciplines"
To demonstrate an understanding of ethical issues in Psychology research and how these link to the ethical considerations in your second discipline
"To carry out a substantial, and largely independent, research-based project"
To analyse data and synthesize research findings
To report research findings in written forms
To discuss research findings in the context of the scientific literature