Post on 30-Sep-2020
SchoolofPsychologyAdvisingSessionFor Spring2018
PhaseIRegistrationOct30-Dec15
DropInAdvising(Rm.131JSCOON):MonOct30,9:00-11:00am
SchoolofPsychologyWebsite!www.psych.gatech.edu
Email:ugadvising@psych.gatech.edu1
Introductions
Dr.JennySingletonProfessorandAssociateChair,DirectorofUndergraduateStudies
Dr.FrankDursoProfessorandChairSchoolofPsychology
Introductions
Shebbie MurrayRegistrationCoordinatorRm.134
Dr.ChrisStanzioneLecturer&UGCoursePlanning
ComingJan2018!!NewUndergradAdvisor!!
UpcomingEvents!PsychMajors
• FriNov3,5-7pm:TECRECforSchoolofPsychologyPartyforUndergradsandFaculty!!
• WedNov8,1:00-2:00pm,LunchwithColloquiumSpeaker,Dr.RickThomas,GTPsychology(Talk@3)
• WedDec6th,1:00-2:00pm,LunchwithColloquiumSpeaker,Dr.DavidBlustein,BostonCollege
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SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
TECH REC NIGHT! Friday Nov 3rd, 5-7 pm @ Tech Rec in the Student Center!! A Get-to-Know-You Event for: Psych Faculty/Staff Psych Undergrads (majors & minors) Psych Club members Free!! Food will be provided!! Bowling! Billiards! Fun Games!
IntroductionsDr.JennySingleton,AssociateChair
• Handouts– Today’sSlideswillbepostedonwebsite– Spring2018CoursesFlyer– Spring2018TimeSchedule– PsychologyCourseRequirementsforCatalog2016-2017
– Psychologycourse“flowchart”5
AdmissionsNews!!
• 19newfreshmenandincomingtransferstudents
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TheimportanceofusingDegreeworks tomonitor:
• GTrequirements(seeregistrar’swebpage)• Psyc requirements• GPA(musthave2.0tograduate);SeenewGPAweightingofSTEMclassesforHOPE/ZELL
• ALLpsychologycoursesmustbetakenforaGRADE(notpass/fail);onlyexceptionisfreeelectives
• Accruedcredithours(musthave122tograduate,keepinmind36hourrule)
• SometimesDegreeworks doesn’tapplyalternativecoursesautomatically(e.g.,Learning&MemoryinexchangeforEAB);contactDr.SingletonifyoudetectanyproblemsinDegreeworks
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OLDRequiredPsychologyCoreTypicallyofferedeverysemester(except4031)
• Psyc 1101:GeneralPsychology• Psyc 2015:ResearchMethods• Psyc 2020:Statistics• Psyc 2103:HumanDevelopment• Psyc 2210:SocialPsychology• Psyc 3011:CognitivePsychology• Psyc 3020:Biopsychology• Psyc 3031:Exp AnalysisofBehavior(4hrs,nolongeroffered)
– OrPsyc 4025:Learning&Memory(Fallonly,3hr)+1hr PSYCcredit
• Psyc 3041:Sensation&Perception• Psyc 4031:AppliedExp.PsychwithLab(SPRINGONLY,
requiresPsyc 3011/4011prereq)– orPsyc 4600SeniorThesisI+4601SeniorThesisII
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NEWRequiredPsychologyCore2016-2017Typicallyofferedeverysemester(except4025Falland4031Spring)
• Psyc 1101:GeneralPsychology(3hrs applytoSoc Sci Elec)• Psyc 2015:ResearchMethods(3hrs applytoSoc Sci Elec,1hr tofreeelective)• Psyc 2020:Statistics• CHOOSE2fromGroupA
– Psyc 4011:CognitivePsychology(**Prereq forPSYC4031)– Psyc 4020:Biopsychology– Psyc 4041:Sensation&Perception– Psyc 4025/4803:Learning&Memory(FALLONLY)
• (or3031:Exp AnalysisofBehavior,nolongeroffered)• CHOOSE2fromGroupB
– Psyc 2103:HumanDevelopment– Psyc 2210:SocialPsychology– Psyc 2230:AbnormalPsychology– Psyc 2240:PersonalityTheory
• Psyc 4031:AppliedExp.PsychwithLab(SPRINGONLY,requiresPsyc3011/4011prereq)– orPsyc 4601:SeniorThesisII
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RequiredPSYCElectives(12 15 hours,Corbetter)
• 4 5 PSYCcoursesor12 15 hours– eachcoursemustbeatleast3credits– CoursesnotusedfromGroupAorGroupBcanbeusedforPsyc
Elective• Combinedtotalof3hoursofPsyc 2699or4699maybe
countedasPsyc elective(besuretoSELECTGRADEOPTION,notpass/failforthese3hours)
• Only3hoursof2803or4803canbecountedforPsycelective
• Thefollowingcoursescannot beusedforPsychelective,butcanbeusedforfreeelective:– Psyc 3750,Psyc 3790,Psyc 4790,Psyc 4791,Psyc 4792
• IfyourtwoGroupAchoicesadduptolessthan8hours,thenyoumustmakeupthe2hoursbyaddingtoPsyc Elective(e.g,16or17hrs insteadof15)
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2103* HumDev2210 Soc Psy2230* Abn Psy2240 Pers Psy2005 MultiIdent2130 IntroEdPsy2220 I/OPsy2250 CrossCult2270 Engr Psy2280!! Psy Creativ2699 Research2760 HumLg2803 SpecTop
4020# BioPsy Bio 1520orNeur 2001
4025 Lrng&Mem Psy 2015&Psy 2020
4041 S&P major(4hrs)
major
4010 HumAbil Psy 2020
4050 Hist&Systm
4090* CogNeuro Psy 4011
4100* Beh Pharm Bio1520 &Chem 1310
4260 Psy Aging
4270 Psy Testing Psy 2020
4699 Research
4803* NeuroEthics
And15hrs PsychElectives~5hrs ~10hrs
3012* CogPsy fornonmajors3040* S&P fornonmajors
Choose2fromGroup B(green)Choose2fromGroup A(yellow)
PSYC1101or
AP%
PSYC2015ResMeth(4hrs)$%
PSYC2020Stats(4hrs)%
PSYC4011CogPsyformjr(4hrs)*
PSYC4031Capstone(4hrs)
*or4600+4601Sr ThesisPre-Reqs1101plus
REDItalic=MeetsGTSocialScienceElective$=requiredinCSthread
# =RequiredforNeuroscienceMajor*=electiveoptioninNeuroscienceMajor%=RequiredforNeuroscience:PsychologySpecialization
GTReq:21hrs of3000/4000levelcoursesinMajor,andadd’l 18hrs 3000/4000levelcoursesinoroutofMajorforatotalof39hours
Maxof3hrs 2699/4699CanapplytoPsychElective
CoursesnotselectedforGroupAOrGroupBareeligibleasPsychElective
Springonly
PsychologyMajorscompleteGTCoreRequirements+Bio1510andBio1520
Oct15,2017
Otherthingstokeepinmind…(3000/4000levelCoursesWorksheet)
• Studentsmusttake21totalhoursof3000/4000levelcoursesinthemajor
• Studentsmusttake39totalhoursof3000/4000levelcoursesOVERALL
• Studentscannottakeclassesoffcampus(transfercredit)withinthelast36hoursbeforegraduation
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Optional:ChangeCatalogYear
• CurrentPsychmajorshavetheoptiontochangecatalogyearstothe2016-2017requirements,orstaywithyouroriginalcatalogrequirements
• UseDegreeworks “Whatif”onlefttabtoexplorewhichoptionworksbestforyou
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Otherimportantinfo• Allpsyc coursesMUSTBETAKENFORALETTERGRADE(notpass/fail)…checkthiswhenyouareregistering.
• GTrule:ONLY9hourstotalcanbetakenaspass/fail(mostlyfreeelective).MostcorerequirementsareLetterGrade(someAreaEareallowedpass/fail)
• ReminderthatsomeGTfoundationalcourseshaveregistrationrestrictions(e.g.,CS1301isrestrictedtoFr/SoinPhaseIregistration)
• Math1501(4hrs)/1502(4hrs)numberingandcoursestructurehaschangedto– Math1551(2hrs)/1552(4hrs)/1553(2hrs)– Degreeworks willautomaticallyrecognizethis– 1501/1502isnolongeroffered!!
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CapstoneRequirement• AppliedExperimentalPsychologywithLab(4hours)PSYC4031– YoumusttakeCogPsych4011(not3012)asaprerequisite forPsyc 4031.4031isofferedinSPRINGtermsonly.
– YoumusthaveInstructorpermissiontotake4011concurrentlywith4031
– Youmustbeasenior
Or• ConductaSeniorThesis(PSYC4601:SeniorThesisII,4hours)underthesupervisionofafacultymember.TypicallytakenafterPSYC4600:SeniorThesisI.MUSTCOMPLETEFORM
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GTCoursesofInterest• Physics2211(Fall)and2212(Spring)forLifeSciences(RestrictedtoBiology,Psych,NEURmajors)– Spring:Physics2212SectionC(CRN29590)• MWF9am(+labC01orC02)• Pre-req MATH1552
• CS1301withonlinelecture(D.Joyner)– CRN29457
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NeuroscienceMajor
• www.cos.gatech.edu/neuroscience• NeurosciencemajorbuildsonmanyexistingGTcoursesalongwithseveralnewNEURcourses(NEUR2001,req Bio1510,PSYC1101)
• Neurosciencemajorscanchoosethe“PsychologyBreadth"
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New:PsychologyExitExam• AcademicEffectiveness(UniversityAccreditation):
– HowdowemeasurewhetheryoulearnedanythingaboutPsychologyaftermeetingalloftherequirementsofthemajor?
– Wearerequiredtoestablishandevaluatestudentlearningoutcomes(beyondgradesyoureceiveincourses);it’salsoagoodideaforustogetfeedback
– GENERALPSYCHOLOGY:GraduatingSeniorsONLY(LateNov/EarlyDec):• CompletetheETSMajorFieldTestforPsychology(notGRE:PsychologyorMCAT),about2hours,nopreparationrequired
– LEARNINGOUTCOMEFOCUS:RESEARCHMETHODS&INTERPRETINGPSYCHOLOGICALDATA(startingFall2017):• trackingstudentperformancebeyondPSYC2015andPSYC2020• FacultywilluseanEvaluationRubricforCapstoneandSr.Thesis• Embeddedquestionswithinfinalexamsof“GroupA”4000-levelcourseswillfocusonResearchMethodsandInterpretingPsychologicaldata
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UndergraduateResearch• LabresearchopportunitieslistedonSchool’swebsiteandbulletinboard• Contactindividualfacultymembertoseeifthereareopeningsfor
undergradresearchassistants;somewillwantamulti-semestercommitment
• IfFr/Soph registerforPSYC2699• IfJr/Sr registerforPSYC4699• LabAdvisorssetthegradingoptionforPass/FailorGrade,sobesuretocheck
• Upto3hours2699/4699cancountforPSYCelective,butyoucantakemorehoursandusethattowardfreeelectives.SETTHECREDITHOURSWHENYOUREGISTER!!
• MustgetFacultysignatureonBlueRegistrationPermittoenroll;turnformintoShebbie Murray,Rm.134
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Otherdetails….• StudyAbroad,InternationalPlan,Internships• B.S.Psych:BusinessOption• Doublemajors• Minors&CertificatesinPSYC– NewHealth&MedicalSciencesMinor@GT
• REMINDER:DropDeadlineisOct28th
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Support….• CenterforAcademicSuccess(success.gatech.edu)inCloughCommons–WalkInhoursMWF11-1,Tu/Th4-6pm– DealingwithAcademicStressWorkshopTuesNov.7,4:15-5:15pm
– Nowhiring1on1tutors• PeerCoaching&OutreachworkshopsfromGTCounselingCenter(counseling.gatech.edu)
• AcademicPetitionProcessforRetroactiveWithdrawal(courseorwholesemester);seeRegistrar’swebsite
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CounselingCenter:LifeSkillsWorkshopscounseling.gatech.edu
• Eachworkshoplastsforapproximatelyonehour.WecurrentlyhavefiveworkshopsforCounselingCenterClients:
• MindoverMood: Thisworkshopwillhelpparticipantsbetterunderstandtherelationshipbetweenthoughts,emotions,andbehaviors.Inaddition,participantswillbeabletoidentifycommonproblematicthoughtpatterns,aswellaslearnconceptsandskillstomodifythethoughtpatternsthatcausenegativemoodsandanxiety.
• ManagingStress: Thisworkshopwillhelpparticipantsdevelopabetterunderstandingofstressandthevariouswaysitinfluencesyourmind,body,andbehaviors.Inaddition,participantswilldiscussspecificstrategiesformanagingstress,aswellasidentifyandpracticemind-bodytechniquesthatarehelpfulindealingwithstressandanxiety.
• TimeManagement&Procrastination: Thisworkshopwillhelpparticipantstoidentifytheimportanceofeffectivetimemanagementskills,aswellascommonobstaclestogoodtimemanagement.Participantswilldevelopadeeperunderstandingofsomeofthecommonfactorscontributingtoprocrastination,aswellasidentifyspecificwaystomanagetheirtimemoreeffectively.
• IntroductiontoMindfulness: Mindfulnesscanbedefinedasmomenttomomentawarenessandaprocessbywhichonedevelopsnewkindsofcontrolandwisdominourlives,basedonourinnercapacitiesforrelaxation,payingattention,awareness,andinsight.Participantswillbeintroducedtoanddevelopagreaterunderstandingofmindfulnessandvariouswaysitcanbebeneficial.Inaddition,participantswillidentifyandpracticeformalandinformalmindfulnessstrategies.
• BetterSleep: Thisworkshopwillhelpparticipantsdevelopabetterunderstandingoftheimportanceofgoodsleep.Inaddition,participantswillbeabletoidentifybehaviorsthatinterferewithsleep,aswellasskillstoimproveone’ssleep. 22
GetInvolved!!• PSYCClub(opentoallPsyc majors &minors)– EveryotherTuesday6:00pm– TECREC(Nov35-7pm);FinalStretchDonuts
• PsiChi(PsychologyHonor’sSocietyforJr/Sr)– ContactDr.AudreyDuarte,sponsor
• Volunteeras“StudentAmbassadors”forSchoolofPsychology– CampusMajorsFair,CampusHealthFair– LunchwithvisitingHSstudentsinterestedinPsychology– Homecoming,FamilyWeekend– Newstudentorientations/AdvisingSessions
• BesureyouarereceivingEmailsfrompsych-ugrad23
Needmoreassistance?• Dr.JennySingleton,AssociateChair• OfficeLocation:Rm.131JSCoon• OfficePh:404-894-2681• Email:ugadvising@psych.gatech.edu• EmailquestionstoDr.Singleton• SignupforanAppointmentwithDr.Singleton(www.gatech.gradesfirst.com)
• Spring2018:NewAcademicAdvisoronboard!• AskShebbie MurrayinRoom134• CheckwithRegistrar’sofficeadvisors
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