Sona System

The UCCS Psychology Department uses the Sona System to track participation in research. Students in General Psychology (PSY 1000) participate in a set number of research hours as a requirement for completing the course. Other courses in the Psychology Department offer extra credit for participation in experiments. There also may be opportunities for people to participate in an experiment for pay. Access to all of the different ways people can participate in experiments can be found at the UCCS Psychology Department experiment sign-up system.

The Sona Systems mobile app for Android is ready! This version is for Participants, and supports all the features of the normal website except signup for two-part studies.
Click on the button below to download the app for Android phones and tablets, or simply search for "Sona Systems" or "Sona Mobile" in the Google Play store.

Click to go to Google Play to download

From this page you can:

Log into SonaInformation for ParticipantsInformation for ResearchersInformation for Instructors

To participate in psychology research some studies may require participants to be at least 18 years of age. If a study requires a participant to obtain parental permission prior to participating, please contact the researcher directly for a consent form.

Please note: if you are a UCCS Student who is not at least 18 years of age, you may participate in psychology research without parental permission as long as the study is of "minimal risk", any study with greater than minimal risk requires parental permission.

Research extra credit is accepted in psychology courses based on an individual instructor's policy. To learn about the extra credit policy for a specific course, please ask the instructor who teaches the course.

Participants may carry over any unused extra credit from semester to semester by assigning any points they do not wish to put toward a course in the current semester to the "Extra Credit Bank". In order to assign points to the "Extra Credit Bank" each participant must add the "Extra Credit Bank" as one of their courses. Any points assigned to the "Extra Credit Bank" will carry forward from semester to semester until the points are assigned to a specific course.

It is the participant's responsibility to assign the extra credit they have earned to the course that they would like the points allocated. All extra credit must either be assigned to the "Extra Credit Bank" or the course of choice no later than the day before finals begin each semester. Any points not assigned to the "Extra Credit Bank" or to a course will be permanently deleted from the system at the end of each semester.

Participating in research is a privilege. If you sign up for a study you must show up or cancel the participation. If you fail to cancel your participation before the deadline you will be marked as a no-show. If you receive two no-shows, you will be barred from participating in further studies for the semester.