Undergraduate Program

Research Opportunities

Students conducting research.

Research Assistantship

Undergraduates can work as research assistants in a faculty member’s lab. Responsibilities can include running experiments, data entry/management, coding, and literature reviews. See our list of open RA positions to get started.

Honors Research

You can conduct your own proposed research project under the supervision of a faculty member. See the honors page and past honors research projects (PDF) for more information.

Independent Study

Independent study courses can take various forms such as readings, research, specialized class, internship, etc. To get started you’ll need to choose and meet with a faculty mentor. Your faculty mentor will help to outline responsibilities, hours, and credits. For more information speak to an advisor.

Online Research

Current web studies hosted by the department:

Romantic Relationships Surveys (Participants must be in some type of a romantic relationship to participate.)

Undergraduate extra credit research opportunities:

SONA