PSY79060A - PhD Proposal Development

(0.5 units)

This PhD course is designed to provide students with the methodological tools as well as the knowledge and skills required to develop a research based dissertation proposal. There are four primary goals: 1) to learn to formulate a relevant research question appropriate for an applied dissertation in clinical psychology; 2) to develop the skills to conduct a research literature review; 3) to learn to develop the methodology for conducting a research study, and 4) to understand the principles of conducting ethically responsible research taking into account multicultural and diversity concerns.