Although the Senior Comp may appear to be a complex and even impossible undertaking, you can reduce the uncertainty and anxiety by becoming familiar with the in's and out's of the process.  In order to help you have a positive experience with your Comp, we have gathered a number of resources to help you in every stage of your endeavor.

Where Do You Begin

• How to Survive a Senior Project: Advice to the First Time Comp Student
• Psych Senior Project Proposal Form
• Faculty Senior Project Interests
• Titles and Abstracts of Past Comps
• Senior Project Guidelines
• What's New in the Comp (The Latest on Senior Projects)
• When is the Comp Due?

Getting Started

• Finding the Background Literature You Need (Using the library)
• Psychology Subject Guide -- A list of the most important links you will need to write your comp.
• How To Find Just The Right Test (Finding Tests and Measurement Instruments)
• Being Ethical
• Human Participants
• Ethics Committee Form
• Participant Recruiting Form
• Non-Human Participants
• Animal Research Committee Form

Writing It All Up

• Senior Project Manual (Everything you wanted to know about writing a comp--and more)
• Citation Guide (Giving credit where credit is due)
• New APA web-based reference guide
• Producing Top Quality Figures and Tables
• Getting the Right Answer (Statistics using SPSS)

When You Are All Done

• Final Copy of the Paper
• Grading the Senior Project
• What are you doing after the comp? (Psychology Information Form)
• Post-Experiment Ethics Report

What If I Can't Get Done on Time?

• Late Papers
• Penalties for Late Papers

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