Department of Psychology
Advising
Student Advising
All psychology students are assigned a faculty advisor from the Psychology Department upon declaring the major, and the faculty advisor person will serve as the student’s advisor for the entire period of the student’s matriculation at Morehouse. Occasionally, an advisor may be on sabbatical, or be, for some other reason, unable to advise you in a particular semester or for a particular year. On those occasions, a temporary advisor will be assigned to the student prior at the end of the semester prior to the change in advisors. Students should check with the Administrative Assistant of the Psychology Department to locate their advisors.
Advisor-Student Chats
Faculty advisors look forward to meeting their advisees every semester to hear about successes and challenges, and students should take the opportunity provided by your advisors’ office hours to seek them out, find out about their interests, and find out what they might have to teach you outside of class period. Your advisor expects to see you every semester, but it is your responsibility to find him or her and settle on a good time for a chat.
Registration Advising Periods
Advising periods are held for one week during the middle of each semester. Early in each semester, a Psychology Department Advising Meeting is held, which is mandatory for all Psychology majors. This meeting is an opportunity for the faculty of the Psychology Department to inform students about their own on-going research projects, upcoming scholarship and internship opportunities, changes in curriculum requirements, and other information that is important for Psychology majors to know. Pizza is often involved. Several weeks after the Psychology Department Advising meeting all faculty advisors are available for a one-week period for course advising and removal of holds. Each faculty member commits 10 hours during that week to advising their students and removing student holds. If advisees do not meet with the advisor during that week, holds will not be removed until the end of the semester. Prior to the one – week advising period, all faculty advisors will post sign-up sheets on their office or laboratory doors – advisees may sign up for convenient times. It is the responsibility of advisees to do so. These meetings typically last 15 to 20 minutes, and are not intended to be used for mentoring or exploring career or research options. These registration advising meetings are shorter from the “advisor/student chats” and serve a different purpose. Both interactions are important, and students should participate in both meetings, as well as the Psychology Department Advising Meeting each semester. Students will be informed by email of all meetings and the beginning of each registration advising week. Make sure the administrative assistant for the Psychology Department has your correct email address at the beginning of each semester.
