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Student Organizations

  • At the Black Student Psychology Association (BSPA), we are dedicated to fostering a supportive and inclusive community for Black undergraduate students with a passion for psychology. Our organization is committed to providing academic, professional, and social support to help our members thrive during their undergraduate journey at Kennesaw State University.

    Membership

    Membership in BSPA is open to anyone interested in psychology, declared psychology majors, and declared psychology minors. By joining BSPA, members gain access to a range of privileges, including:

    • Career resources to help navigate future opportunities in psychology.
    • Volunteer opportunities to engage in meaningful community service.
    • Networking opportunities to connect with peers and professionals in the field.

    Connect With Us

    Stay updated on BSPA events, resources, and opportunities by following us on social media:

    Instagram: @ksu_bspa

    OwlLife: BSPA on OwlLife

    Faculty Advisors

    Dr. Kalisha Smith

    Dr. Anisah Bagasra

    For additional information or inquiries, feel free to reach out to us at, bspa-ksu@outlook.com.

  • The Psychology Club is a general interest club that engages in community service activities, hosts speakers in a variety of psychology-related areas, and provides opportunities for informal socializing. Membership is open to everyone. An online membership application can be found here.

    The KSU Psychology Club sponsors a variety of activities designed to enhance the learning process, serve the local community, and provide a resource network to those interested in the discipline of psychology. The club invites a wide variety of speakers who provide valuable information on career and community service opportunities.

    The club provides an annual Psychology Club Scholarship in the amount of $750 to members in good standing who are psychology majors (for more information on the scholarship visit our Facebook page, KSU Psychology Club).

    The Psychology Club makes an active effort to provide members with community service opportunities and each year donates proceeds from fundraisers to local charitable organizations.

    The Psychology Club also sponsors a trip to the annual Southeastern Psychological Association annual research conference (past locations include New Orleans, Memphis, Hilton Head to name a few).

    For additional information about the KSU Psychology Club, follow us on social media: Instagram - @ksupsychologyclub, Twitter - @PsychologyKSU or Facebook. Alternatively, contact the Psychology Club faculty advisors, Dr. Tim Martin and Dr. Nicole Martin or visit our website.

  • Psi Chi is the national honor society in psychology. Psi Chi is affiliated with the American Psychological Association and is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. Its purpose is to encourage, stimulate and maintain scholarship in psychology and to promote scientific advancement in the field. The KSU chapter of Psi Chi is active in sponsoring speakers and programs of interest to psychology majors and the general Kennesaw community. Psi Chi also organizes trips to regional professional meetings in psychology.

    Membership is available to students who have completed at least 9 semester hours of psychology (or have completed 6 semester hours and are currently enrolled in 3 additional hours of psychology), have declared a psychology major and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2 (including all courses taken at other colleges) with no less that a 3.4 grade point average in their psychology courses.

    For additional information about the KSU chapter of Psi Chi, contact the Psi Chi faculty advisor, Dr. Dan Niederjohn.

    External Links

    Faculty Advisor

    Dr. Dan Niederjohn

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Statement on Academic Honesty

Kennesaw State University’s Code of Conduct:

Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the Department of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity (SCAI) website and in each year's student handbook. The Student Code of Conduct addresses the University's policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating; unauthorized access to University materials; misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work; malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library materials; malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services; and misuse of student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established SCAI misconduct procedures.

Plagiarism and Cheating

According to the Student Code of Conduct:

1) Cheating. Receiving, attempting to receive, knowingly giving or attempting to give unauthorized assistance in the preparation of any course work (including, but not limited to, examinations, laboratory reports, essays, themes, term papers) is considered cheating, as is engaging in any behavior that a professor prohibits as academic misconduct in the syllabus or class discussion. Unless specifically authorized, using and/or having access to electronic devices during an examination, quiz, test or other assessment is automatically considered cheating, regardless of the student’s reason for using/accessing the device. Additionally, unauthorized collaboration and sharing of materials in an electronic group chat is cheating, and said participation shall be determined by an evaluation of all facts available regarding participation.

2) Plagiarism. Including direct quotations from other sources into work required to be submitted for credit without indicating them as such by quotation marks, block quotes or other appropriate formatting. Incorporating the work of someone (e.g. ideas, theories, data, figures, graphs, programs, electronic based information, illustrations, etc.) into a paper or project without due acknowledgement;

3) Self-Plagiarism. Submitting any work for credit which was not authored specifically and originally for the assignment in question without the prior permission of the professor receiving that assignment. Most commonly, this means submitting the same, or substantially the same, paper or other assignment for credit in more than one class.

Specifically within the Department of Psychological Science

Although the Department of Psychological Science supports multidisciplinary and focused scholarly interests, we do not ordinarily allow students to turn in (or modify) a paper from a previous course or use the same paper for multiple courses. Students should meet with their course instructor(s) to clarify individual policies regarding this matter as well as to ensure violations do not occur. Also, refer to the current edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association for specific guidelines on APA format regarding citations and references.

Student-Friendly "How Not to Plagiarize" Web sites

Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (APA, 2002)