心理学研究

研究助理机会

As a normal part of the major in psychology, 和 as a part of underst和ing psychology as a science, students learn about research methods in many courses. Two required courses focus explicitly on research: PSY 375 和 PSY 376. There are other ways students can gain practical research experience:

• Volunteer to help a faculty member with his or her research. There is no single way in which this happens. Sometimes an eager student knocks on the door of a faculty member 和 offers to help. Often that will start a conversation about interests, needs, 和 expectations. Or, it might lead to the faculty member directing the student to another more appropriate faculty member. A student might talk to a faculty member he or she has gotten to know through a class. A student might discuss with his or her advisor the idea of getting research experience.
• Often faculty will initiate conversations to encourage students to help with their research. This is done both to help accomplish the research as well as with the underst和ing that it is good for the student to obtain research experience.

Below we list several of the different ways in which students can gain research experience as an undergraduate. 请注意 所有options listed below require consent of instructor.

PSY 497: RESEARCH PROJECT IN PSYCHOLOGY

For upper-class psychology majors engaged in research activities 在教师监督下. 学生 must secure a faculty sponsor prior to enrolling in PSY 497 credits! If faculty approval is not secured prior to enrollment, you may receive a failing grade! If in doubt, please contact a faculty member for more information.

PSY 497 may be taken for 1, 2 or 3 credits. The department expectation is that students will spend 2-3 hours per week (over a 16 week semester) engaged in research work for 每一个 注册时数(e).g., 32 to 48 hours of research work is expected for 1 credit of PSY 497).

鸟叔486:心理学研究

PSY 486 is offered in the both the Fall 和 Spring semesters. The topic is selected by the instructor of the course 和 is indicated in the course schedule (e.g.(人格研究). 学生 enrolled in PSY 486 are required to:

1. Attend 1 class meeting per week with the course instructor to discuss topics related to conducting psychological research, 和
2. work with the course instructor or another faculty member either developing a research proposal 和/or collecting, analyzing 和 writing up research results.

在注册课程之前, students must seek permission from the faculty member with whom they would like to work.

PSY 486是一个3学分的课程. One credit hour each week will be dedicated to classroom instruction. The other 2 credit hours are set aside for research outside the classroom with a faculty member. The department expectation is that students will spend 2-3 hours per week (over a 16 week semester) engaged in research work for 每一个 PSY 486学分. This means that students should expect to spend 4-6 hours on research each week outside the classroom (in addition to the 1 hour of classroom instruction).

Completion of PSY 486 fulfills the Culminating Experience requirement for the 心理学 Major.

PSY 498: INDIVIDUAL STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY

希望指挥的学生 独立研究学习 必须找一个教员担保人吗 之前 报名参加PSY 498. If faculty approval is not secured prior to enrollment, you may receive a failing grade! If in doubt, please contact a faculty member for more information.

PSY 498 may be taken for 1, 2 or 3 credits. The department expectation is that students will spend 2-3 hours per week (over a 16 week semester) engaged in research work for 每一个 注册时数(e).g., 32 to 48 hours of research work is expected for 1 credit of PSY 498).

鸟叔499:荣誉论文

希望指挥的学生 独立研究学习 必须找一个教员担保人吗 之前 报名参加PSY 499. If faculty approval is not secured prior to enrollment, you may receive a failing grade! If in doubt, please contact a faculty member for more information.

学生 displaying a great deal of potential in psychology may be invited by a faculty member to conduct an 个人研究项目 作为荣誉论文的一部分. This option is open to Senior psychology majors only. 学生 interested in doing an honor's thesis are advised to develop a research relationship with a faculty member during their Junior year to be considered for an Honor's thesis in their Senior year.

Completion of PSY 499 fulfills the Culminating Experience requirement for the 心理学 Major.