Basic Research Project in Psychology

Provides students with the opportunity to gain practical research experience working with a researcher within the field of psychology. Depending on the research team joined, students may be involved in a variety of activities, including gathering background literature search materials, gathering research data, advertising for recruiting participants, scoring and coding data, and/or helping with general research preparation and completion activities. Students will complete 120 hours of research experience as well as write their own term paper on a topic related to the larger team project of which they have been a part. Limited to third- and fourth-year students majoring in Psychology or Human Services who have received the permission from the research project advisor