PSYC/NEUR courses for students in other programs

Students who are not in psychology or neuroscience must have the prerequisites to take a 300-level PSYC/NEUR course. There will be no override form for Summer, Fall, and Winter 2026-2027. This information is subject to change, so please check this web page from time to time for current information.

If you have the prerequisites, you can register for the waitlist right away if a spot is available on the waitlist. If there are seats available in the course, we will gradually open them to students outside of the department (giving priority to those on the waitlist) starting in April for Summer 2026 and starting in May for Fall 2026 and Winter 2027.

You will have to keep checking the system for an open spot on the waitlist or an open seat in the course. There should be a note on the class schedule builder that says when seats will be available to non-program students. This will be based on how many available seats there are which can only be determined once our program students start registering. Updates on release dates will be shared on this web page once they are available.

If you get a spot on the waitlist, you will get an automatic email from the system telling you that you will not be enrolled as the seats are reserved. You can ignore this email. Although waitlisting does not guarantee a spot in the course, do not take yourself off the waitlist if you hope to take the course.

Students who do not have PSYC 200/PSYC 205 must take this first as this is a prerequisite for all other courses in PSYC. The next prerequisite is PSYC 310. Please refer to the registration system or the undergraduate calendar for all PSYC/NEUR prerequisites.

For students that want to take a 300-level PSYC course that don’t have PSYC 310, the following courses can be used in place of PSYC 310: EXCI 310, EDUC 464, SOCI 310, AHSC 380. Please email psychology.neuroscience@concordia.ca to let us know.

If you are not a Concordia student and you only want to take one PSYC course, please only email us once you are an independent student to make the request.

If you have the biology prerequisite but the system will not allow you to register for NEUR 355, please send us an email.

When sending us an email, please make sure to include your student ID number and the course information including the section and semester.