Course Title: Thesis 2

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Thesis 2

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BESC1254

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2006,
Sem 2 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 1 2011,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 1 2015

BESC1254

Bundoora Campus

Postgraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Dr Simone Mizzi

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: simone.mizzi2@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

Thesis 2 requires you to develop a research proposal of no more than 2000 words outlining the research that you intend to undertake within the Master of Psychology program.  An application for research ethics approval will also be completed in this course.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for MC002 Master of Clinical Psychology: 

  • PLO 1:  demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the theories, models and scientific underpinning of professional psychological practice and its application across behavioural and organisational systems.
  • PLO 5:  demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of empirical investigation or inquiry as a scientist-practitioner, predicated on the principles of clinical psychological practice, with a variety of psychological phenomena or problems.
  • PLO 6:  demonstrate the ability to undertake effective communication across a range of individual and organisational contexts to engage clients and to convey, appraise and interpret information relevant to professional practice and the client population.

 


On successful completion of this course you should be able to: 

  1. Demonstrate the ability to identify a research topic, create a title, a strong rationale for the research being proposed and a statement of the specific research question(s) to be asked.
  2. Articulate and justify a research methodology, including participants, data collection, design and/or other aspects as appropriate to the particular type of research.
  3. Provide evidence of a sound understanding of data analysis principles, including rationale for choices.
  4. Produce a detailed budget for the research (not included in 2,000 words) using the Discipline budget pro-forma.
  5. Prepare a submission to the research ethics committee, should the project require ethics approval (not included in 2,000 words).

 


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both. 

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course. 


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: 2,000 word research proposal
Weighting 80%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

Assessment Task 2: Log of minuted supervision meetings x 12 which demonstrates the development of the research topic, methodology, budget and final proposal
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.