Numerous opportunities exist for psychology students to earn credit towards the major and graduation by assisting faculty members in various phases of research including library research, data collection, data entry, and data analyses. Advanced students are encouraged to conduct their own research project under the direction of a psychology faculty member.
Undergraduate Research
Numerous opportunities exist for psychology students to earn credit towards the major and graduation by assisting faculty members in various phases of research including library research, data collection, data entry, and data analyses. Advanced students are encouraged to conduct their own research project under the direction of a psychology faculty member.
Research Methods Poster Forum
All undergraduate psychology majors participate in either individual or collaborative empirical research studies when they take Research Methods (PSY 3805, which is a required component of the psychology curriculum). A number of opportunities are available for students to disseminate the results of their research endeavors. Each semester, the Department hosts a Research Methods Poster Forum where students share their PSY 3805 research findings with other students, faculty, and administrators. Also, every spring, over a dozen students participate in the annual regional Mid-America Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference (MAUPRC), of which EIU’s Psychology Department is a host school. Students travel to Indiana or Kentucky to present the results of their own research projects; there, they are joined by almost 100 other presenters from about 20 other schools in the region, representing about 5 states. They are routinely joined by about a half dozen EIU Psychology faculty.
Mid-America Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference
Also, every spring, over a dozen students participate in the annual regional Mid-America Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference (MAUPRC), of which EIU’s Psychology Department is a host school. Students travel to Indiana or Kentucky to present the results of their own research projects; there, they are joined by almost 100 other presenters from about 20 other schools in the region, representing about 5 states. They are routinely joined by about a half dozen EIU Psychology faculty.
