Details of Action Plans for This Cycle (by Established cycle, then alpha)
Increase conference participation
Increase student participation (presentations) at local and regional psychology conventions by 10% per year.
Established in Cycle: 2007-2008
Implementation Status: In-Progress
Priority: High
Implementation Description: May, 2009
Responsible Person/Group: Psychology faculty
Conference participation
Continue to encourage students to attend/present at the following conferences during the 2017/2018 AY: Nebraska Psychological Society-York College, November, 2017 Great Plains-Washburn University, March, 2018 Rocky Mountain Psychological Association convention-Denver, April, 2018
Established in Cycle: 2016-2017
Implementation Status: Planned
Priority: Medium
Relationships (Measure | Program Outcome):
Measure: Conference attendance/participation | Program Outcome: Knowledge/application of
psychological knowledge
Projected CompletionDate: 06/2018
Responsible Person/Group: Psychology Area
Additional Resources: Monetary support for registration fees Budget Amount Requested:$500.00 (recurring)
Conference attendance/participation
Continue to encourage and support student attendance/presentations at local and regional undergraduate psychology conference, as well as regional professional conferences.
Established in Cycle: 2017-2018
Implementation Status: Planned Priority: High
Implementation Description: Use Wilson Foundation funds to support student research and travel during the AY 2018-2019
ProjectedCompletionDate:05/2019
Responsible Person/Group: Psychology Area
Ethics plan
Develop a series of exercises for PY 353/PY 354 to insure that all students include an ethics statement in their research proposals and empirical manuscripts as required by the American Psychological Association.
Established in Cycle:2017-2018
Implementation Status: Planned
Priority: High
Implementation Description: Require all students to submit drafts of their proposals/empirical manuscripts to be checked for compliance with the APA ethics statement
Projected Completion Date:05/2019
Responsible Person/Group: Roxanne Sullivan; Jerome Lewis
Psychological Literacy assessment
Continue development of a measure of psychological literacy that can be used in a variety of settings. Established in Cycle: 2017-2018
Implementation Status: Planned
Priority: High
Implementation Description: Create a test of psychological literacy, as well as investigate revising PY 101 to include additional information regarding psychological myths.
Projected Completion Date: 05/2019
Responsible Person/Group: Psychology Area
APA Ethical Guidelines Statement
All students in PY 353 will:
a. Complete ethics training on the BU Institutional Review Board site
b. Include a statement regarding the use of APA ethical guidelines in their proposals
c. Obtain IRB approval for their proposed research prior to beginning PY 354- Experimental Psychology
Established in Cycle: 2018-2019
Implementation Status: Planned
Priority: High
Implementation Description: Use of BU IRB website materials and training during PY 353.
Projected Completion Date: 06/2020
Responsible Person/Group: Roxanne Sullivan Jerome Lewis
Conference attendance/presentations
We will continue to encourage students to attend and present their research at a wide variety of student and professional psychology conferences during the 2019-2020 assessment period.
Established in Cycle: 2018-2019
Implementation Status: Planned
Priority: High Projected Completion Date: 06/2020
Responsible Person/Group: Psychology Area Faculty
