The course allows students to integrate their psychological knowledge and apply their research skills to conduct research for two semesters. Students will complete a research proposal including literature reviews, research designs and the significance of their studies. They shall also address potential ethical issue in their design and shall go through an ethical clearance procedure.

Following the work accomplished in PSY411, students in this course are expected to start collecting data. With the data being analysed properly, students are required to interpret the findings and conduct a comprehensive discussion for the whole research project through presentation and final write-up.

Upon completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Identify problems or areas of interest for research;

2. Review literature in corresponding research fields;

3. Design a study based on the hypothesis;

4. Construct a research presentation;

5. Write up a research proposal in accordance with professionally designated              standards;

6. Collect data with proper research methods;