DEPARTMENT of PSYCHOLOGY

Research

Collaborative, hands-on, in-depth—undergraduate psychology students have extensive and diverse research opportunities at MacEwan University. Here you can support faculty research, focus on a personal area of interest or dig into fascinating theories with your lab partner.

Independent studies courses and the Honours program thesis provide the most in-depth research options. Some research labs also accept student volunteers as research assistants.

PSYC 498 Advanced Independent Study

Bring on the research. In this senior-level course, you work with an instructor to explore a specific topic through research or directed reading in primary and secondary sources. You take the lead by planning, executing and reporting the results of your independent research or study project. This course can be taken twice for credit.

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND PREREQUISITES

Learn in our labs

We value student research. In our fish lab, neuropsychology lab and regular classrooms and labs, you have the opportunity to ask—and answer—big questions.

I was provided with numerous opportunities to engage in research, attend advanced classes, and work side by side with professors to develop the skills I needed to succeed at graduate school.

Dr. Carley Hoyle, registered psychologist and MacEwan alumna

The research I did here gave me a competitive edge against other grad school applicants who weren’t familiar with conducting research yet.

LYNDSAY PINDER, ALUMNA

An invitation to students

Explore your own ideas and share them at conferences through USRI and USRA grants. Present to your peers and the general public at Student Research Day. Discover numerous opportunities for student-engaged research at MacEwan University.

Student research at macewan