Resources for Current Graduate Students
Department of Psychological Science
Ball State University
Department stuff
PSYSC Graduate Student Guidebook
. Information about course requirements, thesis procedures, policies,
and facilities.
Study plan for study abroad/field experience courses.
If you want to take a course offered by any department that includes a field experience or study abroad, get this form, complete it,
and submit it to the Director of Graduate Studies (either electronically or as a paper copy) as early as possible and
before you pay any fees associated with the course.
BSU Graduate School stuff Graduate
catalog. Access the catalog as a pdf
file. Certificate programs.
You can earn a certificate to prepare you to work in one of several
specializations while you complete your M.A. Thesis proposal form.
Choose “Masters Topic Approval (6 hr).”
Your thesis committee signs this form at the proposal meeting.
Thesis final approval form.
This is one of the two paper forms
you must submit to the Graduate School to finalize your thesis. Use this template
to create a form for your thesis committee to sign at the defense meeting. Choose "Signature Page (Master's 6 hr - Sample)."
ETD signature form.
This is the second of the two paper forms
you must submit to the Graduate School to finalize your thesis.
Choose "Research Paper, Thesis, Creative Project, or Dissertation (ETD) Signature Form."
Guidelines for thesis submission.
The Graduate School requires you to submit the final version of your thesis electronically. Find out how. Deadlines can be found here also. Application for graduation.
Get the form that you must send to the Graduate School to apply to
graduate. Professional stuff Association for Psychological Science. This national organization promotes
"scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of human welfare." At this site you can get
information about membership, the annual conference, resources for graduate students, teaching tips,
links to psychology resources, and more. American Psychological Association. The mission of this national organization
is to "advance psychology as a science and a profession...." Visit this site for information
about membership, the annual convention, student resources, publications, and more. American Psychological Association Insurance Trust. Students on a clinical
internship can get malpractice insurance through APA. Midwestern Psychological Association. This site for this regional psychology
organization offers information about membership and the annual spring meeting in Chicago. American Psychology-Law Society. The Division 41 organization of the APA is "devoted to
scholarship, practice, and public service in psychology and law." This site provides information
about conferences, grants, careers, psych & law doc
programs, bibliographies and more. Financial stuff Graduate assistantships.
Browse openings posted by various campus offices at Cardinal Viewjobs. BSU grants. Follow separate links to
grants for graduate student research and for graduate student travel to
conferences. Hollis Fund. Click on the appropriate link (depending on the semester) to apply for a Hollis grant to support psychology research at BSU.
Fun stuff