Challenged by research? You will be.

At LaGrange College, research allows you to apply what you learn in the classroom. During your senior year, you'll choose a research topic based on your specific interests. But be prepared: You'll have to defend the topic to your professor, conduct the research, show your conclusions, write a major paper, and present your findings to your classmates.

Recent "Special Topics" for student research projects include:
    • Predicting classroom performance from sleep time, classroom 
      attendance, and study time.
    • The relationship between computer use and academic performance.
    • Examining the links between academic performance and age, gender,
       and religious backgrounds.

Want to make history? Assistant Professor of Psychology Heather Haas is pioneering research that's making history in her field. In personality research, she's looking for answers to questions that no one has asked before. (She's also looking for research assistants.) Every year, four to five LaGrange College psychology students assist her with a variety of research tasks: data collection, test administering, and proposal writing. The work is varied; the experience is invaluable.

Psychology Research Courses

PSYC 2299  Research Methods. In the laboratory, you'll work on a research project with your classmates. Past classes have studied personality traits and human motor skills. Required of all Psychology students.

PSYC 3380  Special Topics in Psychology
A course offered at the sophomore/junior level focusing on a specialized topic from the field of psychology. Recommended for students seeking a research credential.

PSYC 4400  Individual Research. Design your own research topic. Working alongside a faculty advisor, you'll develop a project ambitious enough for peer review and scholarly enough for publication.  Recommended for graduate school bound students.