Okay.. so in the undergraduate calendar that we were mailed, the Department of Psychology is listed under the Faculty of Social Sciences, and all the courses that come after it SEEM to be under the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Then you go to the Master Timetable, and the Faculty offering all of the Psych courses is the Faculty of Science. I wanted to know whether psych courses count as "social science" courses required for professional programs... or whether I need to take something like Classics.

So is Psych in Social Science or Science?

I believe McMaster teaches Psychology Courses as Science courses.
An example of this would be how Psych 1X03 is an Introduction to Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour.
I've been told (at my Academic Advising session) that anybody wanting to take Psych 1XX3 should be warned that it is heavily biology based.

I don't know. I think they're slowly phasing it out of social science. Even if you go to the Psych website at McMaster through social science, it redirects you to the faculty of science. Now they have a new program called social psychology in social science, so maybe it's replacing it - who knows.

It /is/ very strange... But they should make it clear so we can plan out our courses properly...

Basically, if you're in social science and you want to take psych as electives, then you need Grade 12 Bio or Biology 1P03. If you want to major in it, I highly suggest checking the undergraduate calender because all the prereqs aren't even in socsci. Luckily, socsci allows a lot of room in first year for electives so it's easy to switch over.

Sorry to go offtopic for a sec but you were mailed an undergraduate calender?

It depends entirely on what degree you are going for.

Mac offers a new degree in Social Psychology which is under Social Sciences, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Psych, Neuroscience, and Behaviour.

So pretty much you can do social science psych or science psych.

Here are all the psych possibilities. You can see some lead to a B.A and some lead to a B.Sc

http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /CALEN...nt/pg1666.html

Originally Posted by niteskie

Sorry to go offtopic for a sec but you were mailed an undergraduate calender?

You can look at it online, or get one from Titles - not for free though I don't think. I wasn't mailed one though, no.

Most of the psych courses are considered under the science faculty. I saw a few (upper year) psych courses under social sciences.

As far as I know, a professional school considers a course to be under the same faculty as decided by the school.

If you need to take some social science / humanity courses for a professional school, and you don't want any courses with essay writing, you could think about taking one of the Economics (1B03 and 1BB3) courses. According to the master schedule, the economics courses are under the social science faculty.

Originally Posted by niteskie

Sorry to go offtopic for a sec but you were mailed an undergraduate calender?

Yes. Didn't you get one?

No I didn't.

I think all the first years were supposed to be mailed [email protected][email protected] I guess you can always look at it online....

Also, if it concerns you, some graduate schools still accept psychology as a social science course. They listed social science as a requirement and as examples they had psychology.

If you are going to graduate school though, you should definitively check with each one you are applying to. I know it's a real hassle, but you just have to e-mail them.