Description
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply previous psychology training to the development of an individual psychology research project; to review, integrate, and critically evaluate the psychological literature in the student’s area of choice; to effectively communicate research ideas and write a formal APA research paper. Students may follow one of two tracks: experimental/descriptive research (which could stem from the proposal developed in PS 275) or an extensive literature review. Following completion of the study at the end of the term, students are also required to orally present their research to an audience of their peers, faculty, and invited guests and defend their thesis to a committee of 3-4 people. Prerequisites: PS 255 and PS 275, both with a “C†or better, and Senior standing.