Current student resources

Welcome to Psychology at Concordia!

Attendance at an New Students Orientation (NSO) session is mandatory and must be completed before you can enroll for classes. You will be eligible to participate in the session as soon as you confirm your admission and pay the admission confirmation deposit.

Below is a list of the NSO dates for students admitted for Winter 2025. To enroll in one of the sessions kindly follow the instructions on the welcome to the Department of Psychology email that you will receive once your admission is confirmed. Be sure to register for the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) Touchstone as well, as per the information in the welcome email.

September 30
October 17
November 14
November 25
December 5
December 16

• Psychology.PY.Reception@concordia.ca for general inquiries
• Psychology.Undergraduate@concordia.ca for registration and elective groups
• Psychology.Forms@concordia.ca for any application or form submission
• Psychology.Advising@concordia.ca for advising and guidance

Honours students and Specialization students with PSYC 485
Please email Dr. Jayson San Miguel at psychology.undergradresearch@concordia.ca for advising help.

Major students and Specialization students without PSYC 485
Your academic advisor is Ms. Kim Archer. Please either attend one of her Zoom drop-in sessions or make an appointment. Here is Ms. Archer’s advising schedule for the Fall term.

Academic Advising:
One-on-One Drop-in advising via Zoom for quick questions:

• Tuesdays 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
• Wednesdays 10:30 am – 12:00 pm & 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Fridays 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Full advising appointment (20 minutes)

There are two paths that students who are currently in a Concordia degree program can take to enter a Psychology or Neuroscience program.

1) The Change of Concentration process – you will remain in the same degree type but change your concentration (e.g., BA History to BA Psychology; BSc Biology to BSc Neuroscience.) Please consult the Psychology info sheet or the Neuroscience info sheet for admission requirements & info session dates.

• Change of concentration application to Psychology
• Change of concentration application to Neuroscience

2) The Internal Degree Transfer process – please consult the info sheet for admission requirements & info session dates.

Note 1: If you are not in a Concordia degree program and you wish to enter one, then you must apply through either the Psychology admission process or the Neuroscience admission process.

Note 2: The Department of Psychology is not accepting applications for the Minor in Psychology program for the foreseeable future.

Note 3: Are you interested in switching to one of our programs? Sign up for one of our INFO SESSIONS!

Please read the below info carefully if you’re looking to register in a 300-level PSYC/NEUR course:

This semester we’ll be doing our override procedure a little differently. We will start off with the usual zoom sessions as per the info and schedule below. After zoom, there will be an e-form to fill out. For both the zoom and e-form, you will need to know the section number of the course you wish to take. Please do not come in person for an override.

As always, please note that there are no guarantees for a spot in our courses as students in psychology and neuroscience have priority. We typically allow a maximum of 1 PSYC/NEUR course per student, per semester. Note that PSYC 311, 387, and all 400-level courses are not available to students outside of Psychology.

ZOOM
Following the schedule below, only if the course you wish to take has open seats, you can come to one of the zoom sessions to request permission. We cannot help you if a class is waitlisted or closed.

We will see one student at a time on a first-come first-served basis. There will be a waiting room, and it is normal that you wait a while due to how many students typically attend these sessions. We will get to you if you are waiting before we close the waiting room.

Be sure to have the specific course info and your student ID number ready otherwise we will move on to the next student and come back to you.

Tuesday, January 7: 11 am – 12 pm EST
Wednesday, January 8: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EST
Thursday, January 9: 11 am – 12 pm EST

The link for all zoom sessions is https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/4283661190

E-FORM
The e-form linked below will open as of Thursday, January 9 at 1:00 pm EST. Students outside of psychology and neuroscience must fill out the e-form to request permission to register in our courses. You would fill out the form once per course that you want in ranked order with your first choice being your first form entry. Please be sure to fill out your email and student ID correctly as they are needed to give permission and contact you.

Starting Monday January 13, at least once per day, we will look at the requests for courses that have enough space and grant permission where possible. We will keep checking daily until the DNE deadline. You will be contacted by email only if you are given permission to register for a course.

We strongly suggest registering into other courses as backup and that you do not count on an override in case the course you want is not available. You can make changes to your schedule if and when permission is granted since we will not register for you.

If a class is closed, you can still fill in the form in case it opens, but keep in mind that we cannot let in more students into a closed or waitlisted course.

It is your responsibility to ensure that there are no issues that would prevent you from registering in the course, such as account holds, time conflicts, credit limits, etc. If you drop a course but then cannot register in ours, we cannot help you get back into the one you dropped.

The link for the e-form is https://forms.office.com/r/mQ6xmzPdjN

If you are already a student in a Psychology or Neuroscience program and you wish to switch your program concentration (Major, Specialization, Honours) without changing your degree type (BA, BSc), then please submit the E-Form that applies to your situation:

• Change of concentration application to BA or BSc Major or Specialization in Psychology
• Change of concentration application to BA or BSc Honours in Psychology
• Change of concentration application to BSc Specialization in Neuroscience
• Change of concentration application to BSc Honours in Neuroscience
• Dropping Minor in Psychology
• Dropping Major in Psychology

As of the 2024-2025 academic year, you need to complete an MS Forms Request to be considered for PSYC courses that require departmental permission (except the advance experience courses).

• Request form for PSYC 311
• For PSYC 387/483/485/487, see below under "Forms related to undergraduate research"

• Undergraduate student and faculty research agreement for honours, specialization, and directed research projects (PSYC 387-487, PSYC 485, PSYC 495, PSYC 496)
• Application to do a specialization project (PSYC 485)
• Application to do a directed reading/research project (PSYC 387/483/487)

Please note: All forms must be submitted to Psychology.Forms@concordia.ca.

• Professor note form
• New students: transfer credit student request form
• If you would like to request permission for the following items, you can do so through your student portal.
  • Course repeat
  • Course substitution
  • Credit overload (requires at least 24 credits on record with a CGPA of at least a 3.00)
  • Late course registration
  • Late course withdrawal
• Learn how to submit the portal requests here.
• Other requests are processed through the Faculty of Arts & Science (FAS) student request form which must be submitted to Psychology.Forms@concordia.ca.
• For additional information and instructions, please see Student Requests on the FAS pages.

• Career advising in Psychology
• GPA calculator - Determine the effects of re-taking a course on your GPA (Excel spreadsheet)
• OPQ Requirements
• OPQ Undergraduate Requirements for Clinical Psychology
• Psychology Participant Pool – Earn extra credits in participating courses
• Access card and key requests
• CU Department of Psychology FAQs
• WHAT TO REGISTER FOR – common scenarios
• Why choose Concordia if you are planning to study Psychology

• Ordre des Psychologues du Québec (OPQ)
• Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
• American Psychological Association (APA)