Psychology PSI CHI
Psychology PSI CHI Address

Membership in Psi Chi @ OU:

The Psi Chi Chapter @ OU invites any member of the Oakland University community to participate in our activities. This community includes all students majoring in Psychology at Oakland University and any individual having an interest in psychology and the study of psychology, including Oakland University students not majoring in psychology, faculty, administrators, staff, and any member of the surrounding communities. In short, Psi Chi activities are open to all.

The faculty members in the Department of Psychology will periodically nominate students for official membership in Psi Chi. These nomination processes generally occur twice a year with new members being formally inducted into the chapter in ceremony held in April of each year. If you have questions pertaining to any aspect of the application process,please contact the current Psi Chi President, Jennifer Kelley, at jkelley22@charter.net.

Requirements for Psi Chi

  • Completion of a minimum of 46 credits of college courses with at least 16 from OU
  • Completion of a minimum of 16 credits of psychology courses with at least 8 from OU
  • Registration for major or minor standing in Psychology
  • At least a 3.0 GPA both in Psychology and your overall courses
  • High standards of personal behavior and dedication to the field with a written endorsement from an OU Psychology Department faculty member
  • Members are expected to have a history of involvement with the Psi Chi @ OU chapter and its activities.

General Purpose of Psi Chi

Purpose Statement
Psi Chi is a national honor society whose purpose shall be to encourage, stimulate, and maintain excellence in scholarship of the individual members in all fields, particularly in psychology, and to advance the science of psychology.

Mission Statement The mission of Psi Chi is to produce a well-educated, ethical, and socially responsible member committed to contributing to the science and profession of psychology and to society in general.

Subends for accomplishing above mission:

  • Advance science and the profession of psychology
  • Promote an educational experience consistent with the mission
  • Promote ethical and socially responsible members and leaders
  • Define and establish an organizational structure that promotes our mission
  • Recognize and foster the contributions that diversity makes to the science and practice of psychology

Brief History of Psi Chi

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. Psi Chi began primarily as an organization for those students in psychology who were working on research projects. The students in individual chapters would get together to discuss various topics of research. Since then, Psi Chi has grown to serve many other functions in the field of psychology, such as community service and educational projects.

Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their main interests and who meet the minimum qualifications. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS) . Psi Chi functions as a federation of chapters located at more than 700 senior colleges and universities in the USA. A National Council, composed of psychologists who are Psi Chi members and who are elected by the chapters, guides the affairs of the organization and sets policy with the approval of the chapters.

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