成功完成学士学位后，您可以选择将学习延长一年。本课程旨在增进您对研究的理论和方法论方面的理解，发展您的分析，研究和交流技巧，并为您提供心理学和科学实践特定领域的高级知识。在该课程中，您必须完成旨在扩大您的统计学知识以及心理学研究和实践的道德操守，并加深您对该学科的理解的课程作业部分。您还将进行一个有监督的研究项目，旨在提供有关特定学科和一般研究技能的培训。该研究项目构成了课程结束时发表的文献综述和研究论文的基础。
If your degree in psychological science sparked a desire to dig deeper into a topic, this extra year includes a research project and additional units for you to really pursue your passion. You’ll complete coursework components designed to expand your knowledge of statistics and the ethics of psychological research and practice, and undertake a supervised research project that will train you in discipline-specific and generic research skills. The research project forms the basis of a literature review and research paper presented at the end of the course. You can expect to: increase your understanding of theoretical and methodological aspects of research, develop your analytical, research and communication skills, provide you with advanced knowledge in specific areas of the science and practice of psychology.