Welcome to the Department of Psychology and PSA Information Session for Newly Admitted PSY Program S

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Welcome to the Department of Psychology and PSA
Information Session for Newly Admitted PSY
Program Students
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JUST WHERE IS THE DEPT. OF PSYCHOLOGY?

• Main Office
• Sidney Smith Hall 4020
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Undergraduate Advisor
• Tamara Ferguson
• Sidney Smith Hall 4014
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail undergrad_at_psych.utoronto.ca
• Web Site www.psych.utoronto.ca/undergra/undergra
  d.html

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What do you see the Undergraduate Advisor for?

• For information regarding
• Program admissions
• Program requirements
• Courses and course-related issues
• Scholarships
• Limited info on graduate school
• Please do not take advice from other Psychology
  students. Always check with me if you have any
  questions or if there is any confusion or
  discrepancies!

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What do you NOT see the Undergraduate Advisor for?

• Career Counselling (this is what the Career
  Centre is for)
• Degree requirements and petitions (please see
  your College Registrars Office)
• Other programs and their requirements (please see
  those program offices)
• Graduate school requirements and advice (we have
  some very limited information and tips/advice
  available)

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ADVISING HOURS

• Mondays to Thursdays
• 900 a.m. to 1200 p.m. AND 100 to 400 p.m.
• Fridays
• By Appointment Only
• (Advising hours change in July and August)
• Times subject to change without notice

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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR 2005-06
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MINOR PROGRAM

• 4.0 courses including
• PSY 100Y - Intro
• PSY 201H - Statistics (or equivalent)
• At least two half-courses at the 200-level taken
  from PSY 210H, PSY 220H, PSY 230H/240H, PSY
  260H, PSY 270H, PSY 280H, PSY 290H
• At least two half-courses at the 300-level taken
  from any of Groups A, B, or C
• An additional PSY/JLP/JZP half-course at any
  level (200-, 300-, or 400-level)

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MAJOR PROGRAM

• 7.0 courses including
• PSY 100Y - Intro
• PSY 201H - Statistics (or equivalent)
• All of PSY 210H, PSY 220H, PSY 230H or 240H, PSY
  260H, PSY 270H, PSY 280H, PSY 290H
• Two 300-level half-courses taken from two of
  Groups A, B, and C
• Two additional 300- or 400-level half-courses
  from PSY/JLP/JZP

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SPECIALIST PROGRAM

• 9.5 courses including
• PSY 100Y - Intro
• PSY 201H and PSY 202H - Statistics (or
  equivalent)
• All of PSY 210H, PSY 220H, PSY 230H or 240H, PSY
  260H, PSY 270H, PSY 280H, PSY 290H
• Three 300-level half-courses taken from at least
  two of Groups A, B, and C
• One of PSY 319H/329H/339/369H/379H/389H/399H
  (lab)
• Two 400-level seminar half-courses
• Two additional 300- or 400-level half-courses
  from PSY/JLP/JZP

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RESEARCH SPECIALIST PROGRAM

• 9.5 courses including
• PSY 100Y - Intro
• PSY 201H and PSY 202H - Statistics (or
  equivalent)
• All of PSY 210H, PSY 220H, PSY 230H or 240H, PSY
  260H, PSY 270H, PSY 280H, PSY 290H
• Two 300-level half courses from at least two of
  groups A, B, and C and one additional 300-level
  half-course (from any group) or 400-level seminar
• One of PSY 319H/329H/339/369H/379H/389H/399H
  (lab)
• PSY 309H
• PSY 400Y, PSY 409H

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GROUPS

• Group A (Development, Social, Personality,
  Abnormal courses)
• Group B (Learning, Biological/Physiological/Neuro-
  type courses)
• Group C (Cognition and Perception)

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Please remember to

• Always confirm with the Arts Science Calendar
  of the year you enrolled into your Psychology
  program (ie., 2005-2006) throughout your academic
  career that you are meeting program requirements.
  Every year I deny graduation to several students
  because they didnt pay attention.
• I am available for consultation on program
  requirements during office hours, by e-mail, or
  by phone, so please take advantage of this and
  come in to see me BEFORE you enrol into your
  courses for your final yearyou just might be
  surprised at what you need or what you dont need!

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NEW PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR 2006-07

• Next year, our program requirements will be
  changing. However, this will NOT affect you.
  You are to go by the YEAR YOU ENROLLED INTO THE
  PROGRAM (i.e. 2004-05 or 2005-06, etc.). The
  only people who will be affected by the new
  curriculum changes are the students who apply for
  the program next summer after completing PSY 100Y.

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Note on Prerequisites

• You are being forewarned that the department does
  not tolerate students enrolling in courses
  without the published prerequisites and removes
  all students who do (regardless of your
  year-level). Please check very carefully in the
  Psychology section of the Arts Science Calendar
  to verify prerequisites for each of our courses.
  Take note of the pre as our courses do not have
  co-requisites or post-requisites. If there is
  any confusion, contact me and I will dispel any
  uncertainty or myths for you.

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Statistics

• You MUST complete PSY 201H (Statistics I) or its
  equivalent BEFORE you take any 300-level course.
  You WILL be removed from any and all 300-level
  course you are enrolled in if you have not yet
  completed a statistics course. In addition, PSY
  202H (Statistics II) MUST be completed BEFORE you
  take any 300-level lab or 400-level seminar.
  Again stats courses are not CO-requisites and are
  not to be taken at the same time as the course
  that require them as PRE-requisites.
• Please also note that where a stated prerequisite
  is PSY 201H for a 300-level course, its
  exclusion/equivalent is also acceptable.

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A Few Tips From the PSA

• Completion of psych program requirements does NOT
  need to be done in numerical order, i.e. students
  can and should plan to sign up for 300 level
  courses (which are more specialized to their
  interest) as soon as they have the 200-level
  prerequisite(s), instead of doing what most
  people do and wait to finish all of the
  200-series first.
• If a 200-level course is full, again, try taking
  a 300 course - in contrary to popular beliefs,
  courses are not coded by some significant
  numerical order, which means 300/400-level
  courses are not necessarily "harder" than those
  of 200-level. They just cover more specialized
  material, which in many ways can be a lot more
  fun if you are interested in a particular topic
  in psychology.
• Students should explore their options in taking
  more independent research courses, e.g.
  PSY303/304, especially if they have are
  interested in a research topic/idea if not to at
  least gain great lab experience in working with
  professors who are frontline researchers.

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QUESTIONS???