Student Organizations
Undergraduate Psychology Association
The Undergraduate Psychology Association (UPA) is an organization that includes psychology majors, minors, and other students who are interested in psychology. The association sponsors academic, career-oriented, and social events to help supplement students’ academic programs.
Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 to promote excellence in scholarship and further the science of psychology. There are over 1,000 chapters of Psi Chi at senior colleges and universities in the USA and Canada; BU’s chapter was founded on April 10, 1953. The National Psi Chi Office is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is run by elected psychologists who are also Psi Chi members. Psi Chi provides academic recognition to its members and offers an atmosphere compatible with creative development.