Undergraduate

Declaring a Psychology major◊

• Meet with a psychology advisor (Tobin 501) during our regularly scheduled weekly times for major admissions (see times below).
• Beginning October 1, 2009, students wishing to become Psychology majors must be currently registered in a course that fulfills the R1 general education requirement or have completed their R1 general education requirement BEFORE they can sign into the major.  The R1 can be fulfilled by taking an appropriate course(s) or passing the R1 exemption test.†
• Please bring a copy of your degree progress report that shows that the R1 requirement is in progress or is completed to sign into the major.
• Please highlight all psychology courses on your degree progress report.
• When you meet with an advisor, you will complete the change of major form. You will then need to be signed out of your old major. Return the appropriate copies of the change of major to your old department, the psych department, and to the registrar (Whitmore 213).  If you are signing out of "undeclared," when you sign out, your change of major will be delivered to the registrar's office for you.

◊ Students who have enrolled at UMass as psychology majors should complete the R1 general education requirement as early as possible (by taking an appropriate course or passing the R1 exemption test†).  Completion of the R1 is a pre-requisite for enrolling in Psychology 240.

† To learn more about the R1 exemption test and dates when it is offered see: http://www.math.umass.edu/Undergrad/r1_exempt.html

Fall 2009 Admission to the Major Schedule
Please see Mindi Rock in Tobin Hall 501