Senior Thesis
Students have the option of completing a senior thesis. This provides students with the opportunity to deepen their learning experience and to produce a thesis that encapsulates their research lab experience. There are also many resources available to fund your senior thesis research.
The psychology department offers two thesis tracks for students as follows:
Senior honors thesis:
To qualify for this track, students need the following:
- Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher
- Statistics and Methods GPA of 3.66 or higher
- Nomination by a faculty research advisor
- Completion of 6 credits of the Honors Thesis class (3 Fall, 3 Spring) *
- Completion of Advanced Stats (3 credits Fall) *
- Completion of Research Lab credits (6 credits minimum)
* These 9 credits can be used to fulfill the typical major requirements – they are not in addition to the 30 credit hours required for the major.
Note: Students with lower GPAs are still eligible through nomination by a faculty member for the honors thesis class but will not receive the honors designation on their transcript.
Senior thesis:
To qualify for this track, students need the following:
- Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher
- Statistics and Methods GPA of 3.66 or higher
- Nomination by a faculty research advisor
- Completion of Research Lab credits (6 credits minimum)