Undergraduate Advising

Advising Office

Undergraduate Advisors: Dr. Lynne Kemen & Jean Ryan, M.A.
The Undergraduate Advising Office is in the Psychology Department Office, Room 611 Hunter North

Advising Hours

Attn: Advising hours may change from week to week, so please refer to the following schedules for the coming week's schedule.

If you have a question that you think has a straightforward answer, write to us at psychadv@hunter.cuny.edu

• Students who do not have the necessary prerequesites will not be permitted to register. The department does regular audits, and you will be dropped from any courses for which you do not have the appropriate prerequesites. This may jeopardize your financial aid or full-time status. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that these requirements have been met.
• Please bring your transcripts from all schools;
• Graduation audits and U.S. transfer credit evaluation (provide catalog course description) by InBox only

Resources: Notifications and Forms
When to See an Advisor
Distribution Requirements
Exemptions

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Resources: Notifications and Forms

• Bulletin Boards
  
  There are a number of Advising Bulletin Boards in the corridor outside of Room 611HN. These display a Calendar of Advising events and information about registration, advising hours, jobs, psychology in the news, and other topics of interest to majors. Be sure to check the third bulletin board on your left as you leave the Psychology Office. The Advising Calendar on this bulletin board lists all meetings sponsored by the Advising Office. Check the bulletins boards regularly for up-dated information.

• Programs
  
  Each term, the Undergraduate Advising Office presents several programs for psychology majors and open to other students. Programs are designed to help students' educational progress and planning for post-college employment and study; for example, "Welcome for the New Majors", "Introduction to Graduate Study", "What Can I do with a B.A. in Psychology?" Programs are announced on the Bulletin Boards and through our automatic email announcement service, psych-l.

• Advising Resource Library

1. Books / Folders
2. Binders
3. Tapes

• Web Advising Resource List
• Forms: Registrar's Office
• Forms: Psychology Department
• All new psychology majors will automatically be added to the Psychology Department Blackboard community, so that they will receive notification of announcements, job and volunteer opportunities, special workshops, etc.
• Automatic E-Mail Announcement Service (psych-l)
  
  You can receive automatically in your inbox information about programs, advising schedules, special opportunities, and more. Just follow these steps:

1. Start a new email
2. In the To line, write: majordomo@hunter.cuny.edu
3. In the Subject line, write subscribe psych-l
4. Send
5. You'll get an almost-instant confirmation message. Any problems? Write the Undergraduate Advising Office at psychadv@hunter.cuny.edu, and we'll coach you through it.

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When to See an Advisor

Distribution Requirements

PSYCH 100 and one additional 100-level course are required for, but not included in, the major. These two 100-level psychology courses may be used towards fulfilling the social science distribution requirement (Category VI).

Laboratory-Science Sequences

The first semester of any of the following laboratory-science sequences is a prerequisite for Experimental Psychology (PSYCH 249 and PSYCH 250). Both semesters of the laboratory-science sequence are required for the Psychology major. You must take both semesters of a single sequence.

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Exemptions

PSYCH 100 - Introduction to Psychology

1. A student may be exempt from PSYCH 100 by having received a score of 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement (AP) Test taken in conjunction with a high school course in psychology.
2. A student may be exempt from PSYCH 100 by passing the CLEP examination (College Level Education Program).

PSYCH 210 - Child Psychology

Exemption from Child Psychology (PSYCH 210) can be earned by a passing grade on the CLEP examination in Developmental Psychology. CLEP examinations are given at various testing centers. Interested students should contact the Office of Student Services for further details and application forms. A passing grade in either provides 3 credits.

MATH PREREQ FOR PSYCH 248 - Psychological Statistics

Exemption from the mathematics prerequisite for Psychological Statistics (PSYCH 248) can be earned by a passing score on the Calculus Readiness Test. See the Dolciani Mathematics Learning Center, 3rd floor HN, for information and test administration schedule.

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