1. Senior Honours 2009 –2010 Friday 25th Sept 2 pmNew Kings 10 Convenors Ben Jones (Rm S05; ben.jones@abdn.ac.uk) ben.jones@abdn.ac.uk & Judith Hosie & Judith Hosie (Rm S08; j.hosie@abdn.ac.uk) j.hosie@abdn.ac.uk Level 4 Secretary Karen Forrest (School Office;karen.forrest@abdn.ac.uk)

2. Level 4 Courses Single honours students Single honours students –PS4030 (lectures for options + critical synopsis tutorials) –(PS4029 with languages students: 2 options ) –Start week 1, must choose 3 options by Friday 16 th of October –PS4019 (thesis) All year course All year course Joint honours students –PS4507 (research project)

3. Options: First half session PS4030: choose 3; PS4029: choose 2. PS4030: choose 3; PS4029: choose 2. App of Cognitive NeuroscienceMon 10amKCG7 Visual Awareness Tues 10amKCG7 Human Evolution Wed 10amMeston 4 Evolutionary PsychologyThurs 10amKCG7 Social AttributionsFri 10amKCF8

4. Options: Second half session PS4530: choose 3; PS4529: choose 2. PS4530: choose 3; PS4529: choose 2. Abnormal PsychologyMon 10amKCG7 Social Cognitive NeuroscienceTues 10amKCF7 Brain & BodyWed 10amKCF7 Human NeuropsychologyThur 10amKCG7 Health Behaviour Fri 10amKCG7

5. Communication Must complete registration card in office (to Karen Forrest) Must complete registration card in office (to Karen Forrest) –By Friday 16 th of October Check your email and F1 frequently Check your email and F1 frequently School website School website –Information on ethics, psychology research participation scheme, lectures, essays, plagiarism detection information. –Lecture materials via WebCT or lecturers homepage

6. Level 4 Critical Review Tutorial Course Tutorial system is separate from options Tutorial system is separate from options –covers current and general issues Tutorials in 4 week blocks (3 per half session) Tutorials in 4 week blocks (3 per half session) –over course of year will cover all 6 topics. 1st tutorial - Thursday 1 st of October at 2.00pm 1st tutorial - Thursday 1 st of October at 2.00pm –go to tutors room. Different for those registered for Psychology with PS4029 degree Different for those registered for Psychology with PS4029 degree –we need to know who you are…. You will be assigned a published paper to critically evaluate. You will be assigned a published paper to critically evaluate.

7. Level 4 Critical Review Tutorial Course Hand in two copies of your critical review to the Psychology Office by deadline. Hand in two copies of your critical review to the Psychology Office by deadline. Use JISC (plagiarism) website www.submit.ac.uk to submit electronic copy of essay via website. Use JISC (plagiarism) website www.submit.ac.uk to submit electronic copy of essay via website.www.submit.ac.uk Karen Forrest will email Class ID during first tutorial block Karen Forrest will email Class ID during first tutorial block Late essays/missing tutorials Late essays/missing tutorials –1 CAS mark deducted from mark per day late –Failure to attend tutorials may lead to deemed withdrawn. –Extensions only in very exceptional circumstances (contact Judith Hosie) –provide medical information to Office.

8. Level 4 Critical Review Tutorial Course One-Off talk on how to go about writing a critical review. One-Off talk on how to go about writing a critical review. For Single and Joint Honours Students Thursday 1st of October 11 – 12 New Kings 1.

9. Thesis (PS4019 (single); PS4507 (joint) Read thesis handbook Read thesis handbook General questions or problems General questions or problems – contact Ben Jones or Judith Hosie. Contact your supervisor as soon as possible Contact your supervisor as soon as possible Remember to complete an ethics form prior to data collection. Remember to complete an ethics form prior to data collection. Check suggested thesis timetable in the thesis handbook. Check suggested thesis timetable in the thesis handbook. Assessment: thesis marked by two members of staff (supervisor and independent marker) Assessment: thesis marked by two members of staff (supervisor and independent marker)

10. Thesis Discuss the recruitment of participants with your supervisor Discuss the recruitment of participants with your supervisor Psychology research participation scheme registration Psychology research participation scheme registration –Web-based system for participant recruitment –Necessary if collecting data from individual 1 st year participants - Need to register with scheme and then set up your experiment –Guidelines on School website –Contact Pete Bates if any problems.

11. Talk given by Martin Fraser on how to use the Individual Research Participation Scheme: (SonaSystems) Friday 9 th of October at 1pm in T1 Talk given by Jim Urquhart on how to use SuperLab: Friday 9 th of October at 2pm in T1

12. Assessment of the Thesis Poster presentation (5%). Poster presentation (5%). February 2009 (time and date to be confirmed) Thesis (95%). Thesis (95%). –Deadline: Friday April 30th 2010 for Single Honours Students and Friday 7 th of May 2010 for Joint Honours Students –no extensions –Penalty of 3 CAS marks for late submission and 1 CAS for each additional day.

13. Disclosure Scotland –You cannot undertake testing of participants unless you have received disclosure. Most of you will have received disclosure at level 3 in which case you are covered to undertake testing again this year. If you did not apply for disclosure last year please see Sandra Duffield or Helen Alexander (in the School office) for the documentation as soon as possible.

14. The Thesis Continued One-off talk on tackling the thesis One-off talk on tackling the thesis Thursday 8 th of October 11 – 12 in New Kings 1

15. Degree Classification Degree class calculated on the basis of 18 units of assessment. Degree class calculated on the basis of 18 units of assessment. 8 units from L3 8 units from L3 10 units from L4 10 units from L4 - 6 units from options. - 6 units from options. Each option will be examined by means of one ninety- minute examination and will contribute 1 unit. Each exam will consist of six questions randomly allocated into two sections. Students answer two questions, one question from each section. Students will be examined on the three first half- session options in January and the three second half- session options in May/June.

16. Degree Classification Continued –2 units from thesis The marks for the poster and the thesis will be combined (poster 5%, thesis 95%) and the overall mark will count as two units. –2 units from the critical review tutorial courses (1 unit – the average of the 3 marks obtained in the first half session; 1 unit – the average of the 3 marks obtained in the second-half session). Look at Handbook for how to obtain a first, upper second, etc.

17. Election Class Representatives Class representatives Class representatives Candidates by Thursday 1 st of October. –Or inform Judith Hosie at end of this meeting –Email Judith Hosie Election by email if necessary Careers Talks to be announced in due course