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Honors Program in Psychology

What does obtaining honors in psychology involve?

• Completion of all university honors requirements, including:
  • one-hour honors seminars (3 in the first 4 semesters)
  • minimum GPA of 3.3 (3.5 in the field of honors)
• Completion of Statistics (MAT 111) in the freshman (preferred) or sophomore year (at the latest)
• Completion of Research Methods (PSY 301) and Advanced Experimental Psychology (PSY 302) in the sophomore (preferred) or junior year (at the latest)
• Development of a novel research hypothesis (i.e., not previously conducted) that would make a contribution to the psychological literature
• Selection of an honors committee, made up of the thesis advisor (who must be a full-time psychology faculty member) and two other members (one of whom must be a psychology faculty member)
• Completion of a written project proposal outlining the study rationale, proposed method, and hypothesized results
• Completion of an oral defense of the proposed research (attended by the honors committee)
• Submission and acceptance of the research by the Oglethorpe Internal Review Board (IRB)
• Data collection
• Data analysis using SPSS
• A final thesis paper outlining the background literature, study rationale, method, results, and discussion
• Completion of an oral defense of the completed research (attended by the honors committee)

Timeline for Honors in Psychology