One of the major strengths to the MSUM psychology program is that the required courses give students experience in research. In the Statistics and Behavioral Sciences course, we first learn how to do the calculations by hand then apply that knowledge to the SPSS program. In our Experimental Methods class we create our own research and present our outline to the class. My research tests which relationship is most important to a college student’s body satisfaction, either parent, peer, or significant other. I hypothesized that significant others would be the most significant for college aged people, based on the fact that students are looking for life partners at this point in time. I’ve also helped a school psychology graduate student with her