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PROCEDURES FOR PSYC 698 THESIS IN I/O PSYCHOLOGY 1. Students must
sign up for Thesis Seminar (PSYC 698) if they decide to complete a
thesis, or for Internship Seminar (PSYC 611) if they decide to complete
an Internship during their first semester of school (they sign
up with the faculty teaching the course but do not actually register
for the course until later). A thesis is suggested for students .....
An internship is suggested for students....
2. The students should begin to attend Thesis Seminar (PSYC 698) during their second semester of graduate school. However, students may attend Thesis Seminar for a while before presenting their research proposal. Attendance will be taken in Thesis Seminar and you must attend Thesis Seminar for at least one semester to receive a grade for your completed Thesis. 3. The student is required to be involved in a major project for which s/he must a) obtain a problem for investigation b) find a faculty sponsor c) submit a detailed written proposal for the project, including a complete literature search and proposed statistical analysis; d) obtain a signed agreement from the faculty sponsor accepting the assignment and the written proposal; and e) produce a final report using APA style covering all phases of the project from planning through data analysis to conclusions for presentation to your committee. 4. The subject of the project must be in the field of I/O Psychology, broadly defined. It must be of importance to the field and to organizations, and of a size appropriate for a Master’s degree. 5. Once a project sponsor has been approved, and some work completed on the design of the project, the mentor and the student will ask two additional members to serve on the student’s committee. Students may have one committee member outside of the department. 6. The student will attend (but not register for) PSYC 698 starting during the second semester of graduate school. Students will attend other Thesis proposals to learn more about the thesis process. Students will present the project to the class for constructive criticism after he/she has worked through the thesis design with members of his/her committee. 7. The student will continue to improve the design in consultation with his/her committee and thesis sponsor. When he or she has worked out all of the details, he/she will get Forms A, B, and C signed. 8. After data collection, the student will analyze the data as suggested in the proposal with advice from his/her committee head. Once the data are analyzed, the student will finish revising/expanding the introduction and methods sections and write the full first draft of the results and methods. The student will give the drafts of his/her full report to the advisor, and then to the entire committee, to go through as many revisions as needed. 9. Generally, within the same semester the orals are planned, the student will formally enroll in PSYC 698. Usually students register for this class when they are implementing the design, analyzing and writing up their results and discussion. Under normal circumstances, the student is expected to complete the project not later than one semester after formal enrollment in Psyc. 600. Students must continue to register for Thesis credit or Thesis extension every semester after they first register until their thesis is completed
PROCEDURES FOR PSYC 611 INTERNSHIP REPORT IN APPLIED I/O PSYCHOLOGY 1. Students must
sign up for Thesis Seminar (PSYC 698) if they decide to complete a
thesis or for Internship Seminar (PSYC 611) if they decide to complete
an Internship during their first semester of school (you may change
your mind but this may delay your progression through the program). A thesis is suggested for students .....
An internship is suggested for students....
2. An
internship will require students too.....
NOTE: This
organization can be:
3. The content of the work must be in the field of I/O Psychology, broadly defined. The internship faculty teaching Internship Seminar (PSYC 611) must approve the project. 4. Students can
begin attending Internship Seminar (PSYC 611) during their second
semester of graduate school. More information about the seminar will be
provided by the faculty during the first meeting. Some students may not
be ready to begin attending internship during their second semester. In
order to beginning attending, students must....
Organizational Setting and Problem/Issue History 5. Students will need to get approval to
register for the Internship class during the second semester of
attendance. Students should provide instructors of the course
their name and social security number to the Instructor(s) my clear
them to register for the course. Again, Internship will be offered for
credit ONLY during the Spring semester. You should attend
internship in the fal semester and register during the spring semester.
If this completely throws off the completion of your thesis it
may be possible to attend during the spring semester, finish your
internship in the fall semester and register for the actual credits
during the following spring semester. 6. The completion of your actual internship should overlap the attendance of Internship Seminar, but may not line up completely. 7. You will register for Internship Seminar during you r second semester of attending the class (only offered for credit during the spring semesters). You will hand in your final paper and make an informal final presentation by the end of this second semester. 8. The faculty of the Internship
Seminar will give you a grade for your Internship based on 1)
attendance and participation in the Seminar 2) successful completion of
Internship 3) proposal and final presentation 4) final
paper. If you do not finish your paper and presentation by the
end of the second semester of attending Internship Seminar you will get
a grade of incomplete and must complete the Internship and all work by
the end of the following semester. Proposal Guidelines One week prior to your proposal presentation you
should provide (via email is fine) a one to two page summary of your
Internship proposal. This overview need not follow APA
guidelines. You should briefly discuss the Organizational
Setting, the History of the Problem or Issue (why you need to do this
project, what has brought the situation to this point), the proposed
goals and project and how it will be implemented. You may touch
on the diagnosis of the problem with the literature, but with deal with
this in much greater detail in your final paper and presentation.
You will discuss the actual implementation and evaluation of
implementation in the final paper also. Your presentation of your
proposal should be about twenty to twenty- five minutes. You
should spend most of you time on WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO and WHY YOU PLAN
TO DO IT. Overheads and handouts are suggested but not required. Final Paper and Presentation Guidelines The final presentation should cover the above format above. You should have conducted a literature search for your final paper and presentation, but it need not be exhaustive (you should provide a rationale for your method with the literature). The final paper and presentation should focus on Diagnosing the Problem with the Literature, Implementation of the Project/Method and Evaluation (though each section should be covered). Some students may focus more on implementation of the project/solution, while others may have a more routine project and may focus more heavily on evaluation (suggested improvements). The final presentation will probably be about thirty to forty minutes and the final paper will probably be between twenty to forty pages. You should hand in the initial draft of the final paper within two weeks of the final presentation and at least two weeks before the end of the semester (if you present near the end of the semester your paper should be ready when you present). We will read the paper and return it to you for revisions. |
