PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR AND PSYCHOLOGY MINOR
- Access to Psychology academic plans
- Charts for comparing Psychology academic plans
- Degree requirement assessment for the Psychology Major/Minor
- Check lists for the Psychology Major/Minor
- Further information
- Contacts
(The information provided on this website is supplementary to the information provided in the Undergraduate Calendar)
ACCESS TO PSYCHOLOGY ACADEMIC PLANS
As of March 2007, only those who are available to take courses on-campus at the Univ of Waterloo during the daytime (e.g., Psych 291 Fall, Psych 292 Winter, etc.) will be considered for admission to the Psychology Major. Those who plan to take courses online, by distance education, and/or evening study only will not be admitted to the Psychology Major.
CHARTS FOR COMPARING PSYCHOLOGY ACADEMIC PLANS
(useful for prospective Psych Majors)
- Compare Degree Requirements for Psychology Academic Plans
- Compare the Length of Time to Complete Psychology Academic Plans
DEGREE REQUIREMENT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR/MINOR
Print the appropriate check list (next section) and fill in the courses that:
- you have successfully completed so far (in pen)
- you are currently taking (in pencil) (if applicable)
- you are planning to take next term (in pencil) (if applicable)
so that you can see what you have left to do and can plan when to take the remaining requirements. You should do this routinely each term because it is your responsibility to ascertain that all requirements for graduation have been met.
If you are trying to decide between 2 Psychology academic plans, fill out both check lists so you can make comparisons and revisions to your course plan as necessary. If you are hoping to switch from General Psych to Honours Psych, see FAQ 23 for further details.
CHECK LISTS FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR/MINOR
(Note: the Honours checklists include course sequence information for planning purposes)
Select the check list that is appropriate according to your home Faculty and academic plan.
Home Faculty of Arts
(these students earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree)
- Three Year General Psychology
- Four Year General Psychology
- Online/Distance Education General Psych Majors (Admission to this plan not available after March 2007)
- Honours Psychology (Regular or Co-op)
- Joint Honours Psychology
- Honours Psychology and Arts & Business (Regular or Co-op)
- Joint Honours Psychology & Arts and Business (Regular or Co-op)
- 10 course Psychology Minor (effective Spring 2012 or earlier)
(Must be enrolled in an Honours Major or Four Year General Major plan Spring 2012 or earlier.)
- 8 course Psychology Minor (NEW effective Fall 2012)
(Must be pursuing a degree in the Faculty of Arts Fall 2012 or later)
Home Faculty Applied Health Science, Engineering, or Environment
- Joint Honours Psychology
- 10 course Psychology Minor (effective Spring 2012 or earlier)
(Note restrictions for enrolment)
- 8 course Psychology Minor (NEW effective Fall 2012)
(Note restrictions for enrolment)
Home Faculty Mathematics
- Joint Honours Psychology
- 10 course Psychology Minor (effective Spring 2012 or earlier)
(Note restrictions for enrolment)
- 8 course Psychology Minor (NEW effective Fall 2012)
(Note restrictions for enrolment)
Home Faculty of Science
These students earn a Bachelor of Science degree = BSc)- Honours Psychology (Regular or Co-op)
- Joint Honours Science (No Major) and Psychology (Regular Stream of study Only)
- Joint Honours Science Major (e.g., Biology) and Psychology
(i.e., second Major Psych; the Coop stream is only available with the Home Faculty Science Major)
- 10 course Psychology Minor (effective Spring 2012 or earlier)
(Note restrictions for enrolment)
- 8 course Psychology Minor (NEW effective Fall 2012)
(Note restrictions for enrolment)
CURRENT ONLINE PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS
The following lists are relevant for those who only enrol in online or evening courses (i.e., courses with start times of 3 p.m. or later) throughout their uWaterloo studies.
Effective March 2007, the Psych Dept will no longer be admitting students to the Psychology Major who will be completing degrees online, by distance eduacation, and/or evening study only. EXCEPTION: Those who were previously uWaterloo online/distance education Psychology Majors and discontinued their studies, may apply for readmission to Three Year General Psychology.
Notes to current and returning Three Year General Psychology Majors:
- For those wanting admission to Four Year General Psychology: We typically do not transfer Three Year General Psychology Majors to Four Year General Psych until they have completed third year (15.0 units in total with a cumulative Psychology average of at least 70%) and their proposal for completing the remaining Psychology courses for the degree (not enough offered by uWaterloo) has been approved by the Psychology Advisor.
Taking courses at other universities
- For those hoping to transfer to on-campus studies eventually for Honours Psychology, refer to FAQ 13 and 14.
- Online Psych course offering updates:
- last/final online offering of Psych 356 (Personality Theory) will be Winter 2012
- last/final online offering of Psych 354 (Interpersonal Relations) will be Spring 2011. This course will be replaced by Psych 354R (Interpersonal Relations) Fall 2012.
- availability of Psych 211 online (Developmental Psych) beyond Spring 2012 is unknown.
FURTHER INFORMATION
See the left sidebar for links to the Psychology course offering information for the coming year, answers to FAQ, the Psychology Undergraduate Student Handbook, planning for the future, etc.
Psychology course availability for the coming year
CONTACTS
Please direct questions regarding degree requirements for Psychology Academic Plans to the Psychology Undergraduate Advisor.
Last updated: April 26, 2012
