Program Overview

PSYC501 Honours Thesis

The PSYC501 Honours Thesis is an intensive course of study that involves a significant amount of commitment from both the student and their Faculty supervisor.

Application Dates and Deadlines 2025

• Application window: Monday, February 24 to Monday, March 3, 2025, 4:00pm
• Interview phase: Thursday, March 6 to Friday, March 28, 2025
• Rankings due (from both students and supervisors): Monday, March 31 to Friday, April 4, 2025, 4:00pm

Minimum Criteria

• The completion of PSYC 302/3.0 by April 2025 with a minimum grade of C+ (unless on approved Exchange in Winter 2025 term)
• A minimum GPA of 2.60 between PSYC 202/3.0, PSYC 203/3.0, PSYC 301/3.0, and PSYC 302/3.0
• A minimum PSYC GPA (not including Supporting Science or PSYC_Subs credits) of 3.30 (equivalent to a B+), following submission of winter term grades Note: Students must have a minimum PSYC GPA of 3.00 ("B" average) at the time of application.

Application Steps

1. Download and review the PSYC_501 Student Application Form.
2. Identify Faculty members with whom you would like to work.
3. Access the "2025/26 PSYC501 (Thesis) - Application Submission and Supervisor Selection Form" link and upload your completed PSYC_501 Student Application Form.
4. Over the next weeks, Faculty members to whom you applied may contact you for an interview.
5. By Monday, March 31, you should have a list of potential supervisors and be comfortable listing them in order of preference.
6. Complete the PSYC 501 Supervisor Ranking Form after you have met with potential supervisors.
7. Once final grades for Winter term are in and academic eligibility is confirmed, matches between students and supervisors will be generated.
8. Late May/early June, you will be informed via email who your thesis supervisor will be.
9. In the event that you are not matched with a faculty supervisor, you will not be able to enroll in PSYC501.
10. If you have any questions, please consult with the Undergraduate Office for alternative options for gaining research experience in the Department.

PSYC 501 Supervisor List

The following researchers are accepting students for PSYC501:

• Bowie, Christopher | Cognition in Psychological Disorders Lab | Clinical
• Castelhano, Monica | Queen's Visual Cognition Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience
• Chivers, Meredith | Sexuality and Gender (SAGE) Lab | Clinical
• Fabrigar, Lee | The Fab Lab | Social-Personality
• Fitneva, Stanka | Language and Cognition Lab | Developmental
• Flanagan, Randy | Cognition and Action Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience
• Gallivan, Jason | Memory, Action, & Perception (MAP) Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience
• Harkness, Kate | The Mood Lab | Clinical
• Hauser, David | The Hauser Lab | Social-Personality
• Hollenstein, Tom | Adolescent Dynamics Lab | Developmental
• Jacobson, Jill | Motivation and Social Cognition (MASC) Lab | Social-Personality
• Ji, Li-Jun | Culture and Cognition Lab | Social-Personality
• Kelley, Elizabeth | Autism Spectrum Disorders Lab | Developmental
• Kuhlmeier, Valerie | The Social Cognition Lab | Developmental
• Menard, Janet | Neurobiology of Anxiety Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience
• Morningstar, Michele | Development of Social & Emotional Communication Lab | Developmental
• Pereira, Effie | Queen's Attentional Dynamics Laboratory | Cognitive Neuroscience
• Poppenk, Jordan | POPMEM (Poppenk Computational Memory) Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience
• Pukall, Caroline | Sexual Health Research (SexLab) Lab | Clinical
• Sabbagh, Mark | Early Experience Lab | Developmental
• Salomons, Tim | Pain Affect and Cognition Lab | Clinical
• Smallwood, Jonathan | Thought in Context Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience
• Stewart, Jeremy | Queen's Emotions and Risky Behaviour in Youth Lab | Developmental
• Tripp, Dean | The Pain Research Lab | Clinical
• Tusche, Anita | Queen's Neuroeconomics Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience, Social-Personality
• van Anders, Sari | van Anders Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience, Social-Personality
• Vine, Vera | Emotion, Mind & Body Lab | Clinical
• Wammes, Jeffrey | Lamp Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience
• Wilson, Daryl | Attention Lab | Cognitive Neuroscience