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Research Certificate in Psychology Requirements

The research certificate provides opportunities for you to engage in active learning opportunities by integrating original research and the undergraduate curricula by learning research methods and tools appropriate to your discipline and your research interests within the discipline; by learning the foundations of research in the history, philosophy, and theory of the discipline; by learning advanced communication skills; and by applying these learnings by designing and executing a research study or project and communicating the results to others.

Research Writing

  • ENG W233 Intermediate Expository Writing

History, Philosophy, or Theory of the Discipline

  • PSY 540 History of Psychology

Cognate Research Tools

  • PSY 201 Introduction to Quantitative Topics in Psychology I

Research Methods and Supervised Individual Research

  • PSY 203 Introduction to Research Methods
  • PSY 496 Readings and Research in Psychology (as a research assistant to a faculty member, with the subtitle RES ASST)
  • PSY 499 Honors Thesis

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 18