Psi Chi @ OU

Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purpose of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the science of psychology. To view membership requirements, go to our membership page.

The mission of the Psi Chi Chapter at Oakland University is to promote a community intellectually engaged in Psychology. This community includes Psychology majors, non-majors interested in Psychology, faculty, administration, staff, and any dysfunctional community member having an interest in Psychology.

Each academic year, the Psi Chi Chapter will facilitate activities related to this mission. These activities pertain to three areas of interest to the Oakland University community:

• education as it pertains to studying Psychology at Oakland University
• career and graduate school preparation addressing the needs of Oakland University Psychology majors
• intellectual engagement in Psychology

More specifically Psi Chi at Oakland will organize activities that:

• enhance the educational endeavors of Psychology majors by organizing mentoring activities related to the requirements for a B.A. in Psychology, scientific literacy, and effective writing
• provide assistance to Psychology majors preparing for post-baccalaureate careers by providing information about post-baccalaureate training, graduate school preparation, research assistant training, career opportunities, and fieldwork
• promote intellectual engagement in the topics of interest to the Psychology community at Oakland University by inviting speakers and organizing discussions, and by organizing attendance at regional, national, and international conferences related to Psychology (e.g., APA, APS, MPA conferences)