Hey guys. I want to transfer to Mac next year for psychology so I was looking to get some info. Is Mac known at all for psych? How is the workload and the difficulty for the courses...in particular, I hear the chem and physics courses can be very challenging. Also, I heard mac is more focused on the science aspect of psychology and not really on the clinical or social aspect...can anyone confirm or deny this?

In terms of transferring, does anyone have any personal experiences with this? What's it like and are transfer students guaranteed rez? Would you recomment a 2nd year student whos tranferring to live in rez with all first years? Also, I heard our first year marks from our uni won't count in the gpa if I transfer, is this true?

Any info on the psych program, what it's like to transfer, residence and even anything about mcmaster that you would like to add would be great!

Thanks.

Hey there,

To my knowledge, psychology is a very popular program at Mac! Even if people aren't in a psych program, many people take psych classes as electives (especially bio and life sci students).

Psych is one of those "dual-faculty" departments -- it's under the faculties of science and social science at the same time, so you can do a B.A. or B.Sc. in psych. As a result, I would think roughly half the courses are more science based, while the rest are more social science. Here is a link to some course descriptions, along with some course outlines that you may want to browse through if you like: http://www.science.mcmaster. ca/psy...undergrad.html

As for residence, I'm pretty sure transfer students are not guaranteed residence, but according to http://housing.mcmaster.ca/Residence...tudents.htm l , they will offer these students spots if they have room. I wouldn't worry that you will be a 2nd year student living amongst 1st years; 20% of students in rez are upper years, although many, if not most, are housed in Keyes (suite style), Bates (apartment style), or Les Prince (rooms with personal washrooms).

Hope that helps a bit!

also to consider the first year phycology courses are all online so that could be a good or a bad thing.
and I think it likely depends where you are transferring from and what courses they are as to whether you can use them.

here's the phych page:http://www.science.mcmaster. ca/psychology/
for answering questions I recommend:
http://www.science.mcmaster. ca/con...contactus.html

try the administrator or student inquiry

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E-mail [email protected] for general mac help, they'll respond pretty quickly

As for program requirements, grades, transferring, etc. you'd want to contact your faculty office.

That info is:
Phone: 905-525-9140 x 23000
Fax: 905-529-6225
Email: [email protected]

And also want to contact the Undergraduate Advisor for Psych:
Ms. Ann Hollingshead
[email protected]
x 23005

While everyone will have different experiences, mine was unfavourable. I went into the McMaster Psychology program because I heard Mac was really good for psych. I spent two years in it and hated it. It's heavily science oriented. There is a social psychology aspect as well. However, the clinical aspect is definitely not the strongest. To get the degree, you don't need a chem or physics but you do need a math. I'm honestly not trying to discourage you at all. I highly recommend that you speak to Ann Hollingshead. She is incredibly nice and helpful. She will be able to guide you towards a better path than I ever could. I wish you the best of luck as you figure it all out and welcome to McMaster!!!!

Definatly talk to Ann Hollingshead, she knows everything about the program and is very nice. She will let you know all your options, good luck! p.s. i'm in 3rd year psych and really enjoy it!

I am thinking of visiting Mac this week just to get a feel for the campus and all. Would it be possible to speak to a counsellor in person, or more specifically, Ms. Hollingshead?

Call her and find out! If you call the main Mac number 905-525-9140 and patch into an operator just ask to talk to her.

To my knowledge, psychology is a very popular program at Mac! Even if people aren't in a psych program, many people take psych classes as electives (especially bio and life sci students).

Er, it's mandatory to take at least one for life sci... And considering how many life sci students there are....

Originally Posted by Muse

Er, it's mandatory to take at least one for life sci... And considering how many life sci students there are....

I was referring mostly to the upper year psych classes. For life sci (or any program for that matter), even if you are required to take one psych class, you don't have to continue to take the upper year classes, but I find many choose to take these upper year courses because they find it interesting.