Unit Synopsis
Psychology Research Project B is the second of two units designed to introduce you to the process of undertaking research in the Psychology discipline. Over the two units, you will independently undertake a scholarly investigation, under the supervision of a qualified supervisor within the Psychology discipline. The purpose of the Research Project B unit is to provide you the opportunity to conduct the project proposed in Psychology Research Project A (PSYC14051). Throughout this unit you will conduct the investigation proposed in Term 1 and develop an independent scholarly report based on this investigation. Your final thesis submission will comprise an empirical journal style paper report based on the findings of your specific research project. Successful completion of this unit requires that Psychology Research Project A and Psychology Research Project B are undertaken in two consecutive University terms (e.g. Term 1 and Term 2, or Term 2 and Term 3).
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 4 |
| Credit Points | 12 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.25 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Students must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) Course (CC42). Prerequisite: PSYC14051 Psychology Research Project A Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 100% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 93.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 27.27% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE Comments.
Students asked for additional templates to be developed for each of the different types of research projects.
Develop and provide thesis templates on Moodle for all research project types.
Thesis templates were developed and are available on Moodle.
Source: SUTE Comments and email correspondence.
Support from the Unit Coordinators and Head of Course was described as very responsive, encouraging and helpful.
Continue to maintain the high level of support and responsiveness to student queries both on the forums and through email correspondence.
A high level of support was maintained across all modes.
Source: SUTE Comments.
Students reflected that they would have liked more opportunities to engage with each other and the Unit Coordinators throughout the term.
Unit Coordinators will schedule additional Zoom sessions during the term and facilitate greater discussion through the Moodle Forums.
Zoom drop in sessions were scheduled, and the Moodle forums were used for discussions and announcements.
Source: Evaluation data
There was a slight decline in student ratings for the 'learning resources' evaluation category compared to previous offerings.
Review the learning resources to ensure they remain relevant, well-structured, and easily accessible.
In Progress
Source: Verbal feedback
Students expressed a desire for increased interaction with unit coordinators throughout the teaching period.
Schedule additional drop-in sessions across the term.
In Progress
Source: Email correspondence
Support from the Unit Coordinators and Head of Course was described as very responsive, encouraging and helpful.
Continue to maintain the high level of support and responsiveness to student queries both on the forums and through email correspondence.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Design and execute a research project incorporating the key research steps, including the formulation of research question/s, the analysis of data to test the research question/s, and the interpretation of the findings
- Prepare a research project report that includes research question/s, empirical literature review, data analysis, reporting of results and discussion.
The purpose of the two-term long Psychology Research Project (A & B) is to provide you with training in developing, conducting, and communicating research across theoretical and applied domains. This requires you to undertake an investigation of a research question in psychology and to report the investigation in written scholarly form. The research question will be of theoretical or applied significance to an area of psychology and the investigation and subsequent dissertation will be carried out under the principal supervision of a member of the psychology staff.
The thesis is an individual research project where the expectation is that you, with advice from your supervisor(s), will be responsible for, and participate in, all steps of the investigation and reporting.
Successful completion of this unit requires that Psychology Research Project A and Psychology Research Project B are undertaken in two consecutive University terms (e.g. Term 1 and Term 2, or Term 2 and Term 3).
Learning outcomes fulfill the level 2 pre-professional core competencies required by the updated Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) guidelines, specifically 2.5: Investigate a substantive individual research question relevant to the discipline of psychology. The unit also meets the study criteria as specified by the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) as appropriate for study at level 8 as stated by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF).
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| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • |
| 9 - Social Innovation | • | |
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