PSYC20045 - Applied Positive Psychology Project B

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Applied Positive Psychology Project B is the second of two integrated units. In these units, you will plan, design and undertake a research project - either a systematic review (Option 1) or research study (Option 2) - in a positive psychology/wellbeing and/or resilience-related field. Stage 2 of the process will occur in this unit and involves undertaking, under the supervision of a qualified Academic supervisor, the systematic review or research study that you developed in Stage 1 (PSYC20044: Applied Positive Psychology Project A) of the two integrated units. In this unit, you will either: • Conduct your systematic review (Option 1) or • Implement your research study (Option 2), which will involve either collecting and assessing new quantitative, qualitative or mixed-methods data, or utilising an existing dataset. At the completion of your project, you will submit your systematic review or research study in journal article format.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 24
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.5
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

PSYC20044 Applied Positive Psychology 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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2024

Term 2 - 2024 Profile
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Term 2 - 2025 Profile
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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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 24-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 50 hours of study per week, making a total of 600 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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 33.33% 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: Student feedback (evaluations and email).
Feedback
Students felt that they were supported by the Unit Coordinator and their research project supervisors.
Recommendation
Maintain the support provided to students by the Unit Coordinator and project supervisors.
Action Taken
Support provided to students by the Unit Coordinator and project supervisors was maintained.
Source: Student feedback (evaluations).
Feedback
Students would have liked more information and resources around key steps involved in the systematic review process.
Recommendation
Provide students with more information and resources for each step involved in the systematic review process.
Action Taken
More resources were provided around key steps in the systematic review process. Separate tutorials were also run for students undertaking different types of research projects later in the term so that tutorial content was more tailored to student needs.
Source: Student feedback (evaluations).
Feedback
Some students indicated that they would have liked to work ahead of the schedule provided on the Moodle site.
Recommendation
Provide, where practical, resources ahead of time so that students who wish to work ahead may do so.
Action Taken
Resources were provided, where practical, for students who wished to work ahead of the schedule on the Moodle site.
Source: Student feedback (email)
Feedback
Students appreciated the ability to choose a project type and topic area for their thesis.
Recommendation
Maintain, with guidance from teaching staff, student choice of project type and topic area for their thesis.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student feedback (evaluations)
Feedback
Students would have liked more examples of recent student theses to view for guidance on structure and approach to writing the thesis.
Recommendation
Provide students with more examples of recent student theses, that used diverse methods and methodologies.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply research knowledge and skills applicable to working as a positive psychology practitioner and researcher
  2. Competently apply a qualitative, quantitative, mixed-method design or review approach to conducting and evaluating a research project
  3. Apply high-level written communication and research skills to produce a systematic review or research study written report.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • •
2 - Communication • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • •
4 - Research • • •
5 - Self-management • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Written Assessment • • • • • •