Senior Honors in Psychology
The department offers a year long honors program for qualifying majors. Application to the program is made in the spring semester of the junior year. Click here to learn about the 2006-07 honors students and their research projects. Three of these students went to California to present their work at a national conference.Thanks to the University Honors Program for financial support and to Joyce Morrissey for providing the pictures and abstracts.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Undergraduate Internship Program
Student Organizations
Three active student organizations provide extra-curricular life for students interested in psychology and related fields. Application materials are available in the office of the Psychology Department (read more). Click on the name of the organization below to reach its home page.
| Psi Chi | Psychology Club | Cognitive Science Club |
Chapter of National Honor Society in Psychology |
Open to all students. Learn about careers and campus events related to psychology | Open to all students. Learn about research in the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science. |
Undergraduate Prizes and Awards
Outstanding students in Psychology are recognized with prizes and awards as part of the CLA Honors Convocation each year. Immediately before the Convocation, the Department holds its own festivities for honored graduates and their families and friends. The cording ceremony for graduating Psi Chi members is a high point of this annual event.
The Department awards two named prizes to students who do the best work in scholarly competitions that are judged by a committee of the faculty. Deadlines for these competitions are in March of each year. Interested students should inquire in the department or speak with faculty members who might sponsor their work.
The Adrian Jill Barnett Memorial Prize is awarded for an outstanding theoretical paper or literature review on a topic of relevance for psychology.The Ina Samuels Memorial Prize is awarded for an outstanding research proposal or an already completed research project in psychology. With the generous support of funds donated to honor the memories of a former student and a former faculty member respectively, these prizes include a cash award given to the winning students at the CLA Honors Convocation. (Click on prize name for more details).
Each year the faculty of the Department of Psychology selects one or more graduating majors to receive the Departmental Book Award, on the basis of an outstanding academic record and service to the department. The award is announced during Convocation.
Graduate Prizes and Awards