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Department of Psychology

Department of Psychology

Undergraduate student resources

General student resources

Support and advising

Key department contacts

General inquiries: psychology.py.reception@concordia.ca
Registration and elective groups: psychology.undergraduate@concordia.ca
Information on applications or form submissions: psychology.forms@concordia.ca
Advising and guidance: psychology.advising@concordia.ca

Complete department administration

Amanda and Karen's virtual help for general questions

Mondays: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Tuesdays: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Join Zoom meeting

Honours students and Specialization students (with PSYC 485)

Please email Jayson San Miguel for advising help.

Major students and Specialization students (without PSYC 485)

Your academic advisor is Kim Archer. Please either attend a Zoom drop-in sessions or make an appointment. 

Drop-in advising via Zoom for quick questions

  • Tuesdays 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • Wednesdays 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  • Fridays 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Book a 20-minute advising appointment

Newly admitted students

Attendance of a New Student Orientation 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. Once your admission is confirmed, you will receive an email with instructions to register for orientation and the Faculty of Arts and Science Touchstone as well.

Kindly monitor your email for communications sent by the department. All communications will be sent to your preferred email address – the address where you receive emails from the university, as it appears in your Student Hub.

Program adjustments

Current Psychology/Neuroscience students

Students currently enrolled in a Psychology or Neuroscience program who wish to change their program concentration (Major, Specialization, Honours) while maintaining their degree type (BA, BSc) can do so by following the outlined process.

To switch program concentration, please submit the form that applies to your situation:

As of the 2024-2025 academic year, current Psychology students 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 taking PSYC 311

Documents for PSYC 387, 483, 485 and 487

Non-Psychology/Neuroscience students

Looking to enter the Psychology or Neuroscience program? There are two paths that students who are currently in a Concordia degree program can take to enter a Psychology or Neuroscience program, a change of concentration or an internal degree transfer.

Looking to take a PSYC/NEUR course? As students in psychology and neuroscience have priority, there are no guarantees for a spot in our PSYC or NEUR courses. In addition, PSYC 311, PSYC 387 and all 400-level courses are not available to students outside of psychology. 

You will remain in the same degree type but change your concentration (e.g., Changing from a BA in History to BA inPsychology, or a BSc Biology to a BSc Neuroscience.) Please consult the information sheet for admission requirements and information session dates.

  • Please consult the information sheet for admission requirements and information session dates.
  • If you are not in a Concordia degree program and you wish to be admitted to a Psychology program: You must apply through the admissions process.
  • The Department of Psychology is no longer accepting applications for a Minor in Psychology.
  • If you are interested in switching to one of our programs, sign up for one of our information sessions.

The override procedure for 300-level PSYC/NEUR courses is handled via Zoom and an online form. Please do not come in person for an override.

Via Zoom: If the course you wish to take has open seats, you can come to one of the zoom sessions to request permission to override your course.

  • 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.

Zoom session schedule

  • Tuesday, January 7: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST
  • Wednesday, January 8: 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Thursday, January 9: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST

Access the Zoom session

The online form will open as of Thursday, January 9 at 1:00 pm EST. Students outside of psychology and neuroscience must fill out the online 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.

  • 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

Additional support

The Undergraduate Program Office for Psychology students is open from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays.

Accessing the PDFs

Several of the forms below are PDF files. You can fill out a PDF form by downloading the file and following these instructions. This will work with any version of Adobe Acrobat, including the free Acrobat Reader, but not a web browser or preview application.

Psychology professional associations

 
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