Advising Information

Regular Advising Season will close on November 22nd.

Late Advising Season will open on December 2nd.

NOTICE – Please verify that there are seats available in the courses you select. If not, please indicate whether you will join a waitlist. Also, consider listing alternative courses in case you do not get a seat in your preferred course. If so, please indicate in the notes which courses you are considering as alternatives.

The drop-down menu(s) below will guide students through the steps of the advising process.

When to Take Certain Classes

The goal should be to finish the core curriculum as soon as possible, so you can incorporate courses for the minor and foreign language sequence as you work your way through the major.

Freshman Year

Concentrate on completing core curriculum courses.

  • Before you can take your first psychology class, PSYC 2300 Psychology and the Human Experience, you must first finish RHET 1311 Composition I.
  • Be sure to take MATH 1302 College Algebra (or MATH 1321) and earn a C or better. This is a prerequisite for PSYC 3435 Statistics & Methods I.

Sophomore Year

Once you complete RHET 1311 and MATH 1302 (or MATH 1321), take PSYC 2300. In your second semester, you are ready to take PSYC 3435 Statistics & Methods I and PSYC 3320 Applied Psychology. Start working on your foreign language sequence courses and choose a minor.

Junior Year

The following will ensure you are prepared for your senior year.

Plan to take:

  • PSYC 3435 Statistics & Methods I (If you have not already.)
  • PSYC 3341 Research Methods

One course from the following:

  • PSYC 3350 Social Psychology
  • PSYC 3356 Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 3360 Abnormal Psychology
  • PSYC 3330 Health Psychology

One course from the following:

  • PSYC 3370 Industrial Psychology
  • PSYC 3375 Consumer Psychology
  • PSYC 4325 Personnel Psychology
  • PSYC 4363 Organizational Psychology

One course from the following:

  • PSYC 3305 Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 3380 Cognitive Psychology
  • PSYC 4320 Physiological Psychology
  • PSYC 4300 Learning and Memory

Senior Year

Plan to take:

  • 3 upper-level course electives
  • PSYC 4392 Capstone

Step 1: How to Get Advised

Below is a guide for the advising process. It may be opened in a browser or downloaded.

Click on the image for step-by-step instructions on the advising process.

Step 2: Scheduling an Appointment

Schedule an advising appointment with a faculty member from the list below. If the preferred faculty member is not available, please choose another option on the list.

Please remember to check your @ualr email account for the confirmation email.

Dr. Robert Hines

Dr. David Mastin

Dr. Bruce Moore

Dr. Elisabeth Sherwin

If none of the advisors listed have appointments available, email Dr. Sherwin, Department Chair.

Step 3: Complete and Submit the Course Selection eForm

Please review the flow chart to ensure your Course Selection eForm is submitted by the day and time, or the appointment may be canceled.

Please use this link to find your courses: https://a.ualr.edu/classes/

Note: If the advising appointment is canceled, for any reason, the Course Selection eForm must be re-submitted. The form must be resubmitted even if the appointment is with the same advisor.

Course Selection eForm for Advising

IMPORTANT: Please submit this form *only after* scheduling your virtual advising appointment through the designated scheduler, Calendly. If you do not receive a confirmation copy of this form to your @ualr email, then it was not submitted properly and you must submit it again.
Select the advisor with whom you have *already* scheduled an appointment.
Name(Required)
T-number begins with T00 followed by six numbers.
Please note, if you do not use your @ualr email address we may not receive the form. Find your @ualr.edu email address in BOSS under the Personal Information > List Accounts and Change Passwords screen.
Please include area code.
Address(Required)
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Time of Appointment(Required)
:
I meet the following criteria:(Required)
When are you planning to graduate? (Please select one of the three options below)(Required)
Which Campus Are You Enrolled In?(Required)
If you are not sure please refer to this link: https://ualr.edu/psychology/which-campus-am-i-enrolled-in/
Required minimum hours for scholarship or financial aid(Required)
Students who receive financial aid (federal or other funding sources) may be required to enroll in a minimum number of hours. Students are responsible to know whether they are subject to a minimum number of hours and to comply with that requirement. Attempting, after a semester starts, to correct this lack of hours may not be possible. This may have funding, or other, implications.
Enter your proposed course schedule here.(Required)
To enter more than one course, click on the plus (+) to the right of the row.
5 Digit CRN
Class Dept eg. PSYC
Class No. eg. 2310
Section No. eg. 01, 991, 9U1
Class Title
Day & Time eg. MWF 9-9:50
Semester
 
Are you a double major?(Required)
If Yes, please note you must be advised by both departments before you can have your advising flag lifted.
Acknowledgement of Responsibility(Required)
By checking this box I acknowledge that I am submitting this form by no later than 8am, 48 hours before the date of my appointment. The form, which will be automatically emailed to me, is accurate: It employs my @ualr email, and all my personal and course selection details are accurate and complete. I understand that failure to provide accurate and complete details in a timely manner may result in the cancellation of my virtual advising appointment.
Please acknowledge the following statements by checking each box:(Required)
A degree in Psychology requires the following (please check each of the boxes):(Required)
By submitting this document I understand that:(Required)
(please acknowledge each of the statements)
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.