Honours program
If you have any questions after reviewing the powerpoint presentation (link below) please contact Honours Advisor Stuart MacDonald.
- For an explanation of various aspects of the honours degree (e.g., why it is valuable, what is required for admission and for graduation, etc.), please see the PowerPoint presentation. (Also includes general information about our undergraduate program.)
- visit the UVic Calendar site
- read the course description for Psychology 499
Online application will open February 1, 2024. The honours seminar is capped at 25 students. To make sure that your application will be considered, we strongly advise you to submit your application by March 15, 2024. The application process closes May 31, 2024.
You can review the requirements for the following degrees in Psychology:
- BA degree Major in Psychology
- BSc degree Major in Psychology
- BSc degreee Combined Major in Biology and Psychology
- BSc degreee Combined Major in Computer Science and Psychology\
- BA BSc degree general or minor
- BA BSc Honours
- BSc Honours degree Combined Major in Biology and Psychology
https://honours.uvic.ca/gen/f?p=226:LOGIN:9834136542188:::::
As part of the requirements for the Honours program in psychology, students conduct research in collaboration with a faculty supervisor. Below are examples of posters reporting recent students' honours theses.
- But What About Jurors? How Well Can Laypersons Predict Eyewitness Accuracy and Confidence?
by Sara Cowan (S. Lindsay) - The Training of Other-Race Face Recognition: Neural Correlates of Perceptual Expertise
by Magali Segers (J. Tanaka) - Romantic Rapport and Verbal Communication in Heterosexual Couples: A Brunswikian Lense Model Analysis
by Leanne Davies, Tia Egglestone (R. Gifford) - Dissociation of Alignment and Grasp Compatibility Effects
by Jeffrey Sun (D. Bub) - Culture and Community Size as Influences on Cooperation in Commons Dilemmas
by Brandon Lum, Reuven Sussman (R. Gifford) - The Development of Abstraction and Flexible Thinking in Preschoolers
by Joanna Bennett (U. Mueller) - The Role of Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Motor Sequence Learning
by Kyle Mathewson (C. Holroyd)