{"id":252,"date":"2014-06-09T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T20:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/psychology\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2025-05-27T11:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:29:23","slug":"senior-thesis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/psychology\/students\/undergraduate\/engagement-learning-opportunities\/senior-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In addition to providing research apprenticeships and field placements in psychology, the department allows especially talented seniors to complete a thesis. Completion of Psych 698: Senior Thesis, allows a student to demonstrate his or her ability to formulate a research idea and pursue independent and original investigation. Students who complete a thesis are in a very competitive position with respect to graduate admission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-procedures-for-completing-a-senior-thesis\">Procedures for Completing a Senior Thesis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Undergraduate theses should be supervised by a psychology faculty member. Students must have a 3.5 overall GPA in order to do a thesis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consult your intended thesis advisor about the expectations for completing your thesis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students should form a thesis committee consisting of their primary research advisor and at least one other UWM faculty member.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Before conducting the thesis research, students are strongly encouraged to write a thesis proposal and orally defend it at a meeting of the thesis committee. 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