Typically, senior project board members will all be members of the psychology faculty. Students should make sufficient progress between semesters so that only approximately five meetings are necessary with the advisor in the second semester. It is expected that the student will have completed at least a draft of the entire project by the end of the second month of the second semester and no draft should be submitted to the advisor after two weeks prior to the due date for the completed project. All projects involving human subjects must conform to the APA Statement on Ethical Principles in the Conduct of Research with Human Participants. The student must also prepare a formal proposal for the use of human participants and may not begin any data collection until the advisor, a second faculty reader and the Dean of the College have formally approved the proposal.
Appropriate forms are available from the advisor.
With empirical projects, a detailed statistical analysis of data will be included in an appendix and the raw data and computer analysis output will be on a floppy disk compatible with the department's microcomputers. The final project will be publication ready. The final project must be submitted to the members of the board on or before the date which is three weeks before the last day of classes of the semester. By college rule, late projects are subject to a mandatory and substantial grade penalty. You should receive a brief Guide to the Preparation and Presentation of the Senior Project from the Dean's office during your second semester of work on the project.