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Senior Project Seminar Psychology Department University of La Verne Spring 2007
Section I: The Class and the Instructor
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Ngoc Bui http://faculty.ulv.edu/~buin
Methods of Contacting Instructor: e-mail: buin@ulv.edu
Office Hours: Hoover 216 ext. 4099 M W F 11:30am-12:30pm; 3pm-4:30pm Section II: The Course
Course Description: Senior Project T R 2pm-3:50pm
This course is designed to assist you in the successful completion of your senior project. Senior Projects in the Psychology Department require the selection of an appropriate and approved topic. More specifically, this course will enable you to: (a) conduct a literature review; (b) formulate research questions and/or hypotheses; (c) collect and input original data; (d) analyze data using SPSS; (e) write up findings using APA format; and (f) present findings to a group of peers and professors. This course meets to the missions of the University of La Verne’s Mission in the following ways:
- Community and Diversity: The University promotes the goal of community within a context of diversity. This course requires the learners to sample from diverse populations for their projects, in order to better understand human behavior and mental processes of the diverse community within which they live.
- Values orientation: The University supports the health of the planet and its people. The topics chosen for projects must help the people, the animals, or the planet in some way.
- Life-Long Learning: Learning to use relevant information, applying this knowledge, and presenting the information in an understandable form are skills learners will use throughout their lives.
Course Prerequisites:
PSY 305: Statistics PSY 390: Research Methods Concurrent registration in PSY 395 (Computer Data Analysis) is allowed PSY 497: Internship (strongly recommended)
Course Objectives:
- Conduct a literature search and review on an approved topic.
- Formulate research questions and specific research hypotheses based on review of literature.
- Collect original data that is reliable and valid.
- Input and analyze data on SPSS
- Write a complete research paper in APA format.
- Present research findings to a group of peers and professors.
Required Materials:
American Psychological Association (2002). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th^ ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Floppy diskettes or flash drives for data storage
Senior Project Seminar Psychology Department University of La Verne Spring 2007
Section III, Part A Instructor Responsibilities
Methods of Instruction:
This course will be presented using a combination of lecture, discussion, and group activities. Outside reading and other information gathering activities will be assigned.
Methods of Assessing Student Progress:
Final grades will be determined based upon completion of the following:
- Attendance (13 meeting days) 13 points
- Senior Project Proposal (with hypotheses and variables) 20 points
- Article summaries (10 articles minimum x 5 points) 50 points
- Measures/Instruments (must show to instructor) 10 points
- Literature Review (2 drafts minimum) 40 points
- Human Subjects Review Form (IRB proposal) 25 points
- Method Section (2 drafts minimum) 25 points
- Results Section 20 points
- Tables and graphs (minimum of 1 each) 10 points 10.Discussion Section 20 points 11.Abstract (under 200 words) 10 points 12.Oral Presentation 20 points 13.Two final copies (tape or wire bound, free of errors) 25 points
Total: 288 points Grade Breakdown: A 92-100% A- 90-91% B+ 88-89% B 82-87% B- 80-81% C+ 78-79% C 72-77% C- 70-71% D 60-69% F below 60%
Maintenance of Student Records
All papers and assignments will be returned or will be made available for pick-up to the student for review after grading. The instructor will retain a permanent record of each student’s grade for one year from the last date of the course.
Section III, Part B: Student Responsibilities
Attendance and conduct statement:
Students are expected to attend the first day of class and all subsequent Thursday class meetings. Tuesday classes are consultation days with your professor for specific help on your project. You cannot contribute to nor benefit from class meetings that you miss. Students are expected to behave respectfully to one another in the learning environment. This includes eliminating electronic devices that may be distracting to others, arriving on time to class, and to be courteous to one another.
Senior Project Seminar Psychology Department University of La Verne Spring 2007 Section IV: Projected Schedule of Assignments :
All dates are approximate depending on how we progress. Any changes in deadlines for assignments will always be announced in class. Please adjust your calendars accordingly.
Week 1: Introductions (2/5-2/9) Syllabus Identify research interests/topics Homework #1: Project Proposal (with hypotheses and variable description
Week 2: Library research (2/12-2/16) Writing and completing a Literature Review Homework #1 due (Proposal and hypotheses) Homework #2: Write article summaries (first 4 articles)
Week 3: Creating and locating instruments (2/19-2/23) Human Subjects Review form Homework #3 Human Subjects Review Section (IRB Proposal)
Week 4: Research and Ethics (2/26-3/2) Recruiting participants Homework #2 due (article summaries 1-4) Homework #4: Find an instrument Homework #5: Write article Summaries (articles #5-7)
Week 5: Data collection strategies (3/5-3/9) Homework #3 due (IRB Proposal) Homework #4 due (Find an instrument) Homework #6: Write article summaries (articles #8-10) Homework #7: Literature Review (draft #1)
Week 6: Approving data collection process and measures (3/12-03/16) Troubleshooting Homework #5 due (Article summaries 5-7)
Week 7: Data Collection (1st^ week) (3/19-03/23) Data Analysis part 1 Homework #6 due (Article summaries 8-10)
Week 8 : Data Collection (2nd^ week) (3/26-3/30) Data analysis part 2 Homework #8: Method section (draft #1) Homework #9: Results section Homework #7 due (Literature Review draft #1)
Week 9: SPRING BREAK (NO CLASSES) (4/2-4/6)
Week 10: Reporting and discussing progress in analysis and/or data collection (4/9-4/13) Writing a Results section Homework #8 due (Method Section draft #1) Homework #10: Method Section Draft # Homework #11: Literature Review (Draft #2)
Senior Project Seminar Psychology Department University of La Verne Spring 2007
Week 11: Creating tables and graphs (4/16-4/20) Writing a Discussion section Homework #9 due (Results Section) Homework #12: Discussion section (draft #1)
Week 12: Putting it all together (4/23-4/27) Writing an Abstract Peer Reviews of final paper Homework #10 due (Method section draft #2)
Week 13: Western Psychological Conference (Meet on Tuesday 5/1) (4/30-5/4) References Work on poster/PowerPoint visual displays Homework #11 due (Literature review draft #2) Homework #12 due (Discussion section) Homework #13: Tables and Graphs
Week 14: Practice Oral Presentations (bring PowerPoint slides) (5/7-5/11) How to present your research Homework #13 due (Tables and Graphs)
Week 15: Oral Presentations (Time and Place to be announced)
Week 16: Final Bound Copies due by noon Tuesday 5/22/
Homework # Homework Assignment Points Due Dates
1 Proposal 20 2/
2 Article Summaries (#1-4) 20 3/
3 IRB Proposal 20 3/
4 Measure or Instrument 10 3/
5 Article Summaries (#5-7) 15 3/
6 Articles Summaries (#8-10) 15 3/
7 Literature Review draft #1 20 3/
8 Method draft #1 10 4/
9 Results section 20 4/ 10 Literature Review draft #2 20 4/
11 Method draft #2 15 5/ 12 Discussion Section 20 5/
13 Tables and Graphs 10 5/
Abstract 10 Oral Presentation 20 Final Bound Copies 25 5/
