Psychology

1. On your due date by 4 pm, email a PDF of your final project to your First and Second Readers, the department chair (Prof. Paulson), and the Academic Building Coordinator (schowdhury@allegheny.edu) . Additionally and at the same time, if required by your First Reader, place a printed copy of your project in your First Reader’s mailbox in Carnegie 103, the main office.

2. Email your First and Second Readers with available days and times to schedule your post-comp oral defense meeting.

3. Complete the Ethics/Institutional Review Board (IRB) Process (for empirical projects only)

• If you received approval for your project from the Institutional Review Board or Ethics Committee, please consult with your First Reader to determine if you need to complete an IRB Incident Report Form, which is found on the IRB web page. If you do, after clicking the form link, select Make a copy, complete the form, then choose File, Download, Microsoft Word (.docx). Email the completed form to your First Reader, who will send it on to the committee.
• If your senior project participants completed hard copy consent forms, these must be placed in a sealed envelope and labeled “Informed Consent, Your Name, and the Current Semester and Year” then turn in to the main office, Carnegie 103 unless otherwise instructed.

4. Make your study INACTIVE on the SONA system. (for empirical projects only)

5. Complete the Senior Comp Survey: PART 1 and PART 2

6. Review the Library’s Senior Project Submissions page for instructions on:

• submitting the Library’s Senior Project Online Permission Form  Be sure to speak with your project advisor about which permissions are right for you before submitting your form.
• The DSpace login page is HERE if you wish to check it.
• Please direct questions or concerns to Brian Kern, the Director of Resource Management, at bkern@allegheny.edu or 814-332-3792.

7. For up to three printed and bound copies of your Project (no charge; billed to the Provost’s office): (optional)

• Fill out the Comp Form for printing.
• Use the printing form.
• Students will be notified by email when their copies are ready to be picked up at the Print/Post window.  If a student needs someone else to pick up their comp for them, they must request so by email before coming in person to pick up the project.
• Bring the printed copies to the main office, Carnegie 103. Place them in your First Reader’s mailbox so that faculty signatures can be secured.
• Stop back to Carnegie 103 prior to leaving campus to pick up your signed project.