Information Meeting for U1 students

entering McGill from CEGEPJune, 2011

Welcome! Department of

PsychologyFaculty of Arts

Undergraduate Advising Office

Department of Psychology Room N7/9 - Stewart Biology Building

Sarah Khayutin, M.A.Chief Academic Advisor

Monday to Friday(514) 398-6122 (no messages)

sarah.khayutin@mcgill.ca

Julia Marussi*Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Monday to Friday(514) 398-6121 (messages)

julia.marussi@mcgill.ca

• Program advising &other academic Qs• Career & graduate

study advising• “HELP!”

* Very valuable resource!

• General inquiries (i.e. about programs,courses, applications,exam reviews, etc.)

Office Hours

Sarah Khayutin - Chief Academic AdvisorAugust & first 2 weeks of semester: Drop-in only

Rest of time: Combination of drop-in and appointmentsHours listed on door of N7/9 and on website:

http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/perpg/fac/caadv/caadv.htm Before making a special trip for drop-in advising, it is a good idea to consult site for possible changes.

Julia Marussi – Undergraduate Program Coordinator Monday to Friday

9:00am – 12:30pm2:00pm – 5:00pm- Drop-in only

www.psych.mcgill.ca

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Link will give most up-to-date

office hours

This slideshow will

be posted here!

To help you figure out what courses to take.

Allows you to look up program

info on your own. (Self-help

can sure beat waiting in line!)

Other Advising Resources:

Arts OASIS: Office of Advising & Student Info Services

Dawson Hall, Room 110 (Main Campus)

Your Arts Faculty Advisor: Check your Minerva transcriptGeneral academic info, degree requirements, academic standing, program selection,

credit load, procedures for withdrawal, deadlines, etc.

Associate Dean, Director (Arts): André Costopoulos

HELP designed for newly admitted Arts students!

Tel.: (514) 398-1029 or new link to chat online for assistance Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (from June 1 to August 31, 2011)

Website: http://www.mcgill.ca/oasis/

Arts OASISTel.: (514) 398-4210

Website: http://www.mcgill.ca/oasis/

First-Year Office Suite 2100, Brown Student Services Building

Info about campus resources and servicesFor students and parents

http://www.mcgill.ca/firstyear/

(514) 398-6913firstyear@mcgill.ca

Workshops (i.e.

study skills)

Other Helpful Resources:

Ressources

pour les

étudiant(e)s

francophones

Student Life at McGill

(i.e. athletics, student

associations)

Monthly

newsletter

E-Mail• Lucky you, you now have a McGill email address!

– It is: firstname.lastname@mail.mcgill.ca The McGill address and inbox are given automatically

upon confirmation on Minerva of acceptance to McGill. Notification of this is sent to the email address the student provided upon application.

• Use only this address in all communication with University departments & offices. University employees will send emails only to your McGill address.

• For information on email access set-up, logins and passwords, MINERVA, etc., see http://www.mcgill.ca/it/

Getting a B.A. at McGill:Faculty of Arts Requirements

Getting a B.A. at McGill: Overview

• A B .A. requires 90 credits (assumes you have 30 credits of advanced standing from CEGEP)

• How do you structure those credits?– Multi-track system:

• This enables you to acquire a breadth of knowledge in at least two (and, optionally, three) core disciplines.

• There are several ways (multiple tracks) you are allowed to structure these 90 credits…

– Major concentration: typically centered on one discipline/department

– Minor concentration: coherent sequence of courses in a second discipline. Less comprehensive than a major; requires fewer credits.

Getting a B.A. at McGill: Possible Multi-Track

CombinationsOption C:

Major ConcentrationMinor Concentration 1Minor Concentration 2Electives

Cr36181818

Honours Program (Psych)Minor ConcentrationElectives

601812

Option A: Major ConcentrationMinor ConcentrationElectives

Cr361836

Option B: Major Concentration 1Major Concentration 2Electives

Cr363618

Joint Honours Component 1 36Joint Honours Component 2 36Electives 18

• Major Concentration (PSYC) 36 credits• Minor Concentration (non-PSYC) 18 credits• Elective Courses 36 credits

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TOTAL: 90 credits

Getting a B.A. at McGillOption A, with PSYC major

conc. & 1 minor conc.

“Educational Psychology” is considered PSYC

Getting a B.A. at McGillOption B, with PSYC major

conc. & 2nd major conc.

• Major Concentration 1 (PSYC) 36 credits• Major Concentration 2 (non-PSYC) 36 credits• Elective Courses 18 credits

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TOTAL: 90 credits

• Major Concentration (PSYC) 36 credits• Minor Concentration 1 18 credits• Minor Concentration 2 (non-PSYC) 18 credits• Elective Courses 18 credits

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TOTAL: 90 credits

Getting a B.A. at McGillOption C, PSYC major conc.

& 2 minor conc.

• Major Concentration (PSYC) 36 credits• Minor Conc (Behavioural Science) 18 credits• Minor Concentration 2 (non-PSYC) 18 credits• Elective Courses 18 credits

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TOTAL: 90 credits

Getting a B.A. at McGillOption C, with Specialization

Combination

Why would someone do

this?

Getting a B.A. at McGill: Psychology Department

Requirements

Checklists!Take them, print them, use them, bring them!

Available online (http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/ugrad/ugradm.htm)

as well as in the Psychology Undergrad Advising Office

(N7/9 Stewart Biology Building)

What are the Prerequisites?

Arts students only

– If you need to take any of the prerequisites at McGill, they will be categorized as elective credit.

• Introductory Psychology - PSYC 100– If you have a CEGEP (or university-level)

equivalent, you do not need to take PSYC 100• Examples of equivalent courses (CEGEP titles)

» “Introductory Psychology”» “Experimental Psychology”» “General Psychology”

• Biology - BIOL 111 or BIOL 112 or BIOL 115• Examples of equivalent courses (CEGEP titles)

» “Human Biology 1” (or 2)» “General Biology 1” (or 2)

Major Concentration in PsychologyB.A. or B.A. & Sc. (B.A. & Sc.: Psych is your Science component)

• U1 Required Courses (15 credits)– PSYC 204: Introductory Statistics– PSYC 211: Intro to Behavioral Neuroscience– PSYC 212: Perception– PSYC 213: Cognition– PSYC 215: Social Psychology

• U1 or U2 Required Course (3 credits)– PSYC 305: Statistics for Experimental Design

• Complementary Courses (18 credits)– 3 credits Psychology from List A – 3 credits Psychology from List B – 6 credits in Psychology at 300 level or above– 6 credits in Psychology at 400 level or above

Behavioral Neuroscience

Cognitive

Quantitative Methods

Social

Health

Developmental

Total = 36

credits

StatisticsPSYC majors must complete 2 stats courses:

PSYC 204 & PSYC 305

You are exempted from PSYC 204 if, in CEGEP, you completed with grades of 75%

or higher in both courses:

Quantitative Methods

AND one of

Statistics for Social ScienceAdvanced Quantitative Methods

Introductory StatisticsSocial Statistics

Statistics

Note 2: B.A. students who receive this exemption, will replace PSYC 204 with 3

credits at the 300 level or higher in PSYC, ANTH,

LING, or SOCI.B.A. & Sc. students will replace it with 3 credits at the 300 level or higher in

PSYC.

Note 1: If you do have both, then you may not

take PSYC 204 for credit.

If you receive exemption & if you plan to apply for Honours then you should take PSYC

305 in U1

Minor Concentration in Behavioral Science (offered only to Arts Psychology majors)

• Complementary Courses (18 credits)– 3 credits Psychology from List A

(Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive, & Quantitative Methods)

– 3 credits Psychology from List B (Social, Health, & Developmental Psych)

– 3 credits in Psychology at 400 level or above

– 9 credits in Psychology or Related Areas at the 300 level or above in any of these disciplines:

Total = 18

credits

Why would someone do

this?

Psychology, Anthropology, Linguistics,

or Sociology

Getting a B.A. at McGill:Other Useful Things to

Know

Elective Courses: How to Choose?

• Interest!

• Diversity

• 200 levels in Related Areas (pre-reqs)

• Francophones: There are a few courses offered in French; also courses in English as a second language

• Electives in Faculties other than Arts or Science: B.A. and B.A. & Sc. students can take a MAX of 12 credits in Faculties other than Arts or Science (e.g.: Management, Education)– See Section 28.6.5.3 (for B.A.) and Section 29.5.6.2 (for B.A. & Sc.)

of 2011-2012 Online Undergraduate Calendar for more details

Note: MINERVA is a computer program that was not designed to perform any gate-keeping functions. In other words, MINERVA will

let you do things that conflict with Faculty and/or Departmental regulations and requirements. So: MINERVA will not indicate to you whether you have reached your maximum. You have to

keep track of this yourself. I am here to help, if needed.

Course Load• Normally, 5 courses (15 credits) per semester

• Full-time status means 4 or 5 courses (12 – 15 credits) per semester

• Quebec loans: Minimum of 4 courses (12 credits) per semester– Other government loans: Check with Financial Aid Officer

• McGill Scholarships: Minimum of 27 graded credits per academic year (i.e., Fall & Winter semesters) to be eligible for scholarship and to keep one.

• Psychology Honours program: Minimum of 27 graded credits in the academic year (i.e., Fall & Winter) before you apply.

• You are advised to take 4 courses in your first semester if you: • work over 10 hours per week• are studying in English for the first time• have been out of school for a few years• have family or other commitments that require a

significant amount of your time.

Now, What Do I Register For??

Everyone who intends to do a Psych Major concentration should register for the following required courses in U1:

PSYC 211 (Intro to Behavioral Neuroscience)

PSYC 212 (Perception)

PSYC 213 (Cognition)

PSYC 215 (Social Psychology)

PSYC 204 (Introductory Stats) (unless equivalent already completed)

Recommended in U1 is:

PSYC 305 (Experimental Stats)

The number of prerequisites remaining will impact:

-when you take your stats courses

-the number of electives you take

See next slide for examples

Now, What Do I Register For??

Sample 1 - If no prerequisites completed yet:

Sample 2 – If have completed prereqs, but no stats:

WINTER 2012:PSYC 204: Intro to StatisticsPSYC 211: Intro to Beh. NeurosciPSYC 213: Cognition XXXX ???: Elective or Minor XXXX ???: Elective or Minor

FALL 2011:PSYC 212: PerceptionPSYC 215: Social PsychologyBIOL 115: Essential BiologyPSYC 100: Introductory PsychXXXX ???: Elective or Minor course

WINTER 2012:PSYC 211: Intro to Beh. NeurosciPSYC 213: Cognition PSYC 305: Stats for Experim. DesignXXXX ???: Elective or Minor courseXXXX ???: Elective or Minor course

FALL 2011:PSYC 212: PerceptionPSYC 215: Social PsychologyPSYC 204: Intro to StatisticsXXXX ???: Elective or Minor course XXXX ???: Elective or Minor course

If you have some of the prerequisite or statistics courses done, your schedule would involve a combination of the principles governing those above

*PSYC 305 in

U2

Dates & Deadlines to Know About

• Confirm these dates and others on the following website: http://www.mcgill.ca/importantdates/

• Fall 2011:– First day of class: Thurs, Sept 1– Course Change (& S/U option): Tues, Sept 13– Withdrawal, with fee refund: Tues, Sept 20– Withdrawal, no fee refund: Tues, Oct 18– Last Day of Class: Tues, Dec 6– Exam period: Dec 8 to 22

Dates & Deadlines to Know About

• Winter 2012:– First day of class: Mon, Jan 9– Course Change (& S/U option): Tues,

Jan 24– Withdrawal from multi-term courses Tues, Jan 24

that started in F10 (with refund for W11)

– Withdrawal, with fee refund: Tues, Jan 31– Withdrawal, winter course, no refund Tues, Feb 21– Winter Break Feb 20–Feb 24– Last Day of Class: Mon, April 16– Exam period: April 17-30

Plan of Action:• Online: Declare your major as Psychology (MINERVA)

• Register for the PSYC courses you plan to take for Fall & Winter as soon as possible. After Wednesday, August 24th, you will encounter difficulty registering for them because we will open up remaining spots to non-Psych students.

• Give to advisor (today, or before start of term):1. Completed “Prerequisites to Psychology” sheet (only if you

have done Intro Psych, Biology, &/or Stats equivalents** Please include unofficial CEGEP transcript, with relevant courses highlighted

2. Completed Minerva form (fill in term/subject/course)

How to register?

Minerva

• Minerva shot

Don’t be shy to come visit the advising office. Sarah (and Julia) are there for

your questions.