Final Year PSY/APS

All Level 1 & 2 Psychology modules are pre-requisites. Level 3 Psychology modules are co-requisites.

The final year dissertation aims to provide students with the opportunity to undertake an in-depth, empirical investigation of a psychological problem or topic.
Students are expected to demonstrate most of the following:

1. An ability to formulate and define a problem or topic in an appropriately circumscribed way

2. An ability to locate the project in its theoretical and empirical context

3. An ability to identify, justify and use an appropriate methodology in tackling the research question identified

4. Some awareness of alternative strategies that could have been used to address the research question

5. An adequate understanding of statistical or other analytical procedures

6. A knowledge of how to apply these statistical/analytical procedures appropriately

7. The ability to critically examine their own empirical findings and draw sensible conclusions from their findings

8. The ability to identify how their work might move forward by suggesting new lines of investigation

9. The ability to give clear expression to their ideas and to structure their argument in a logical fashion

10. The ability to present their findings in the conventional, scholarly form

The final year dissertation aims to provide students with the opportunity to undertake an in-depth, empirical investigation of a psychological problem or topic. 

Students are expected to demonstrate most of the following:

·      An ability to formulate and define a problem or topic in an appropriately circumscribed way

·      An ability to locate the project in its theoretical and empirical context

·      An ability to identify, justify and use an appropriate methodology in tackling the research question identified

·      Some awareness of alternative strategies that could have been used to address the research question

·      An adequate understanding of statistical or other analytical procedures

·      A knowledge of how to apply these statistical/analytical procedures appropriately

·      The ability to critically examine their own empirical findings and draw sensible conclusions from their findings

·      The ability to identify how their work might move forward by suggesting new lines of investigation

·     The ability to give clear expression to their ideas and to structure their argument in a logical fashion

·      The ability to present their findings in the conventional, scholarly form

The process of preparing and writing a dissertation provides the student with the opportunity to pursue in depth a topic of his or her own choice.  It should allow them to apply and develop research skills acquired during the BSc (Hons) Psychology degree programme and to demonstrate a reflective understanding of the research endeavour through their own work.

Independent research with supervision by a member of staff

See the Psychology Dissertation Handbook Department of Psychology, University of Surrey.

30.09.2010