Undergraduate student resources
Support and advising
- 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
- Inquiries about undergrad research courses and thesis: psychology.undergradresearch@concordia.ca
Amanda and Karen's virtual help for general questions
Mondays: 10:00 – 11:00 am
Tuesdays: 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Major students and Specialization students (without PSYC/NEUR 485)
Your academic advisor is Kim Archer. Please either attend a virtual drop-in session or book an appointment.
Drop-in advising via Zoom for quick questions (max 10 minutes):
- Wednesdays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- Fridays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Scheduled Appointments:
- Mondays [virtual in TEAMS]
- Tuesdays & Thursdays [in-person (PY 119.02) or virtual in TEAMS, as you prefer]
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.
For information on transfer of credits from another program, please see the section below on FAS request forms.
Current Psychology/Neuroscience students
Note that several of the forms below are PDFs. 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.
Download the checklist that applies to your program to keep track of your progress:
- BA Major in Psychology checklist
- BA Specialization in Psychology checklist
- BA Honours in Psychology checklist
- BSc Major in Psychology checklist
- BSc Specialization in Psychology checklist
- BSc Honours in Psychology checklist
- BSc Specialization in Neuroscience checklist
- BSc Honours In Neuroscience checklist
- BSc Specialization in Psychology (Behavioural Neuroscience option) checklist
- BSc Honours in Psychology (Behavioural Neuroscience option) checklist
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 submitting the appropriate form linked below. Please be sure to read all of the information on the form and note the current submission deadlines.
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).
The request form for taking PSYC 311 will be available to receive requests once the 2025-2026 schedule is live.
Documents for PSYC 387, 483, 485, 487 and 495
- Undergraduate student and faculty research agreement for honours, specialization, and directed research projects (PSYC 387-487, PSYC 485, PSYC 495, PSYC 496)
- Application to do a specialization project (PSYC 485)
- Application to do a directed reading/research project (PSYC 387/483/487)
- Registration form to do an Honours thesis (PSYC 495)
FAS (Faculty of Arts and Science) student request forms
Fill out the FAS Admission Transfer Credit form and submit the form, the syllabi for your courses relevant to your degree, and a copy of your unofficial transcript from the previous school, to psychology.forms@concordia.ca.
For BA students: submit any PSYC/NEUR, BIOL, MATH and the equivalent of 6 Concordia credits worth of courses from departments outside of the sciences for the general education requirement.
For BSc students: submit any PSYC/NEUR and other science department courses, as well as 6 credits worth of non-science courses for the general education requirement.
These FAS student requests must be submitted through E Forms via the student hub portal.
For additional information, requirements, and instructions, please see student requests on the FAS pages.
Professor’s note form for late withdrawal (DNE & DISC)
All other FAS student requests are processed through the Faculty of Arts and Science Student Request Form which must be submitted through psychology.forms@concordia.ca.
Make sure to include all backup documentation listed on the form to go with your request, including your unofficial transcript/student record.
For additional information, requirements, and instructions, please see student requests on the FAS pages.
Non-Psychology/Neuroscience students
Looking to enter a Psychology or Neuroscience program? Sign up for one of our information sessions.
There are two paths that students who are currently in a Concordia degree program can take to enter a Psychology or Neuroscience program: (1) change of concentration or (2) internal degree transfer.
(Note that if you are not in a Concordia degree program and you wish to be admitted to a Psychology or Neuroscience program, you must apply through the admissions process).
You will remain in the same degree type but change your concentration (eg, Change from BA History to BA Psychology, or BSc Biology to BSc Neuroscience.) Applications can only be submitted starting October 1st. Please consult the Psychology info sheet or the Neuroscience info sheet for admission requirements & info session dates.
- Change of concentration application to Psychology for students outside Psychology
- Change of concentration application to Neuroscience for students outside Neuroscience
The internal degree transfer applies to Concordia students who are enrolled in a degree program and wish to transfer degrees to enter a program in Psychology or Neuroscience (eg, change from a BSc program to a BA in Psychology; or BComm, BEd, BComp, BEng, or BFA program to a BSc in Neuroscience).
Please consult the information sheet for admission requirements and information session dates.
Note that the Department of Psychology is no longer accepting applications for a Minor in Psychology.
Non-Psychology/Neuroscience students taking individual PSYC/NEUR courses
The override procedure for students in other programs who wish to take a PSYC/NEUR course at the 300-level involves submission of an e-form at the start of each term. Please click on the drop-down tab just below for details on the procedure for the upcoming academic year.
Requests must be made through e-forms and will not be considered otherwise. Please do not come in person for an override.
If the details for the semester you are looking to register in are not up yet, check back here a few weeks before the term starts.
Please note that PSYC 311, 387, NEUR 356, and all PSYC/NEUR 400-level courses are unavailable to students outside of psychology and neuroscience, and there are no guarantees for a spot in any course.
The seats in our courses are first reserved for students in psychology and neuroscience. Students outside of these departments must request permission through our e-form override procedure if they are interested in taking one of our PSYC/NEUR 300-level courses. We only start taking these requests at the start of each semester.
You’ll need to know the section number of the class you wish to request permission for. We cannot help you if a class is full or waitlisted, but you can still submit the e-form request in case a seat becomes available.
There are no guarantees for a spot in the course, and we typically allow a maximum of one 300-level course per term, per student.
We will look at the e-form requests once per day as of the first day of classes. You will only be emailed if you are given permission to register.
It is your responsibility to ensure that there are no issues that would prevent you from registering in the course once you have the permission, such as account holds, time conflicts, credit limits, etc. We cannot help you get back into a course you dropped that is outside of our department.
It is also your responsibility to be aware of class start dates and the strict DNE deadline when deciding to register, especially after missing a few classes. The DNE deadline is the last day to add classes and last day to drop classes with tuition refund.
The e-forms below will open on the first day of classes and close on the DNE deadline for each term.
- The Summer 2025 e-form will open on Monday, May 12, and close on Tuesday, May 20.
The same e-form will re-open for the second summer semester on Wednesday, July 2, and close on Wednesday, July 9. - The Fall 2025 e-form will open on Tuesday, September 2, and close on Monday, September 15.
- The Winter 2026 e-form will open on Monday, January 12, and close on Monday, January 26.
Additional support
The Undergraduate Program Office for Psychology students is open from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Mondays to Fridays.
- Career advising in Psychology
- GPA calculator - Determine the effects of re-taking a course on your GPA (Excel spreadsheet)
- OPQ Requirements
- OPQ Undergraduate Requirements for Clinical Psychology
- Participate in a study (Possible to earn extra credits in participating courses)
- Access card and key requests
- Department of Psychology FAQs
- Common scenarios for course registration
- Why choose Concordia if you are planning to study Psychology