HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR ADVISOR A list of faculty and the students they are assigned to advise is posted in the Psychology Department office on the 4th Floor of Forcina Hall. If your name is not listed, inform the department secretary and an advisor will be assigned to you.

Once you have your advisor, arrange an advising appointment by going to the faculty member's office and signing up for a meeting time. If you cannot meet during the posted times, leave a note including your phone number for your advisor. He or she will find a time for you. You must get your ASTRO form from your advisor.

ASTRO REGISTRATION All enrolled students will be able to register for classes using a touch tone telephone. You must first meet with your advisor to determine the appropriate courses and obtain your PIN number. Instructions for using ASTRO are included on your ASTRO Registration Form. If you have difficulty using ASTRO, call the HOTLINE 771-2827. If you have a HOLD FLAG on your record, you will not be able to register by phone until the flag has been removed.

MAKE THE BEST USE OF YOUR ADVISOR. COME TO SEE YOUR ADVISOR. BE PREPARED: - Bring your control sheet. - Bring the College Catalogue of the year you matriculated. - Bring the schedule of classes. - Bring your list of questions and issues that you need to discuss. - Bring your Academic Planner if you have one.

WHAT NOT TO DO - Say to someone "Will you just sign my form? I know what I need to take." A responsible advisor will not sign your form unless s/he has a conversation with you. - Say "I can't find my advisor." Check your advisor's office hours. Leave him or her a note if you cannot meet during the office hours. The advisor will get back to you to try to make alternate arrangements. - Register at the last minute. Courses you want may be full. Your advisor may not have office hours on the last day of registration.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

l. Capstone Courses Include:

- PSYC 477 Senior Honors Thesis II - PSYC 490 Senior Topics Seminar - PSYC 491 Senior Research Seminar - PSYC 492 Senior Field Study in Psychology - PSYC 499 Senior Independent Study

Prerequisites include:

- PSYC 301 Research Methods and Laboratory - Senior Standing (or Junior Standing, if space permits.) - Permission of the instructor (Consult "Courses of Special Interest" listed later in ADVICE for specifics about Capstone sections.) Be sure to talk with the instructor before selecting a Capstone section. Ask the professor questions about the course and be sure the class is not full. Capstone sections are small.

NOTE: GET PERMISSION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR FOR THE CAPSTONE YOU SELECT- NOW. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL REGISTRATION. THE CLASSES FILL UP QUICKLY. IF THE DEMAND FOR CAPSTONE SEATS EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF SPACES, ANOTHER SECTION WILL BE ADDED. LIKEWISE, IF TOO FEW STUDENTS SIGN UP FOR A CAPSTONE CLASS, IT MAY BE CANCELED AND THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER CAPSTONE WHICH HAS AVAILABLE SEATS.

2. A Business-Oriented I/O Track is offered. The Psychology Department offers a business- oriented track for those majors interested in careers which apply psychological principles and a liberal arts background in the business world. The criteria for admission to the track are the completion of 30 credits of college-level courses with a GPA of 2.5. Students who successfully complete the course requirements of the track and maintain an overall GPA of 2.5 will receive a letter from the department detailing their accomplishments within this program. Please see Dr. Jean Kirnan for an application and more information.

3. If you are a psychology major and you get a grade lower than C- in a psychology course, you must repeat the course. Major courses in which you earn a grade of D will not be counted toward graduation.

4. Enrollment in these courses is restricted to psychology majors or approved double majors only: PSYC 203 Statistics in Behavioral Science PSYC 301 Research Methods and Laboratory PSYC 490, 491, 492, and 499, Capstones in Psychology ANNOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED)

5. The department recommends that PSYC 301, Research Methods and Lab, be taken in Sophomore year, before other required courses.

6. Juniors who plan to apply to graduate school are encouraged to get involved in research, by doing an Independent Study, by taking a Research Seminar (PSYC 398), and/or by involving themselves in other research activities.

7. Requirements for PSYC 368, Teaching Experience in Psychology, include: permission of the instructor and an above average grade in the course in which the student will assist. You will be required to attend the class, as well as additional meeting times, as determined by the instructor. Credit hours for PSYC 368 are the same as the credit hours for the associated course. Specific courses are described later in ADVICE.

8. Students interested in Independent Study must complete an Independent Study Contract before registering. To register for Independent Study, you must go to walk-in registration with a completed Independent Study Contract in hand. If you have not completed a contract in time to register, you may complete registration during the ADD/DROP period or during the first week of classes. More information about Independent Study appears later in ADVICE.

9. CHANGE IN SEMESTER HOURS FOR PSYC 303 Please note the change of semester hours for PSYC 303, Statistics in Behavioral Science II; it was previously 4 semester hours; now it is 3 semester hours. This change will be in effect for the Fall 1997 semester.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CONTROL SHEETS

1. Control sheets are degree auditing forms used by Records and Registration to count your credits. The academic evaluator who prepares Psychology control sheets is Ms. Beverly Kalinowski.

2. Control sheets come in many different forms, depending on your major, the year you entered, and whether you are a transfer student or entered as a freshman. Clearly you need to be sure that you are following the right control sheet. Do not assume that your classmate's control sheet is accurate for you. If you have questions about your control sheet, see the Department Chairperson.

3. If you are a transfer student, if you changed your major after your junior year, or if you have been on exchange, Records and Registration will make a control sheet for you. If you entered as a freshman, you may get a control sheet from your Freshman Seminar Advisor. If you never got a control sheet and you are at least a sophomore, see the Department Chairperson.

4. SINCE THE CONTROL SHEET LISTS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS MORE CLEARLY THAN THE CATALOGUE DOES, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU KEEP IT UP TO DATE.

FACTS FOR FACULTY

1. Advisors receive undergraduate students' ASTRO registration forms before registration begins: a. The form provides the student's PIN number and date to register. b. Students may register on the given date and anytime through the registration period.

2. Advisors keep the yellow copy of the ASTRO sheet.

3. Students with Hold Flags cannot register until the student resolves her/his problem with the office which "flagged" her/him.

4. About Control Sheets: a. PSYA - Psychology (on the top right hand corner of the control sheet) b. Double Counting means that a course such as PSYC 202, Making Decisions and Evaluating Claims, may be used by a student to fulfill the psychology options and as a Social Science Process Course. However, the student receives only 3 credits for the course but gains more flexibility in selecting other courses to satisfy the degree requirements. There are additional courses which similarly serve students in psychology; for example, there is PSYC 250 and there is PSYC 317. "Double Counting" does not mean that the college counts the credits for one course twice; it means that the course satisfies more than one degree requirement.

c. Refer to the General Education Advisory Council Approved Course List which follows. It coincides with the control sheet to clearly define the course requirements in each category. For example, it specifies "process courses", "content courses", "fine or performing arts courses". d. Psychology Majors with Education as a Professional Major (PSYU and PSYW on the control sheet). 1). Student Teachers will be advised by Drs. Krauthamer, Ruddy, Gorczynski, Archer, if their advisors in the psychology department are unavailable. 2). Double Majors receive advisement with respect to Education Requirements from Education Advisors and advisement with respect to Psychology Requirements from their Psychology Advisors.

5. The Advisor's List for Psychology is posted.

6. Refer all registration "problems" to Dr. Krauthamer.

7. There is a change in the number of credits for PSYC 303, Statistics in Behavioral II. It was previously 4 semester hours; now it will be 3 semester hours. This change will be in effect for the Fall 1997 semester. Please note this when advising students.

SPECIAL ADVICE FOR PSYCHOLOGY PLUS EDUCATION STUDENTS:

Yes, your requirements are extraordinarily complex! Psychology advisors won't know the answers to all of your questions. We will give you advice about psychology major requirements, but go to your advisors in Education for answers to questions about general education, double counting and other requirements. Likewise, advisors in Education will not know about psychology courses. See both advisors every semester. Your registration form requires the signatures of both advisors.

In general, keep in mind that you should complete major requirements as soon as you can because your course selection options are limited when you go into the field for JPE and Student Teaching. Also keep in mind our prerequisite structure so you won't find yourself unprepared!

- PSYC 101, Intro I before PSYC 102, Intro II - PSYC 102, Intro II before PSYC 203, Statistics - PSYC 203, Statistics before PSYC 301, Research Methods & Lab - PSYC 301, Research Methods before Capstone courses

You cannot depend on finding these courses offered at night or in the summer. PSYC 203, PSYC 301, and Capstone cannot be taken at another college.

WHEN TO SEE THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT (Dr. Wang)

l. When you need permission to take more than 18 credits 2. When you are going on Exchange 3. When you want to get into or out of the major, or want to pursue a double major in psychology 4. When you want to get into a "closed" course 5. When you want to take a psychology course at another college and have it transferred to TCNJ 6. When you want to pursue Credit by Exam 7. When you do not have a control sheet or you have the wrong one 8. When you have a problem you cannot solve with the help of your advisor 9. When you are a non-matriculated student and need advice 10. When you have not been accepted into the Psychology Major and want advice about course selection in anticipation of a major change

NOTE: If you need an advisor, see Dr. Krauthamer. If you are on the wrong advisor's list, see Mrs. Aline Guzzo, secretary to the Chair.

COURSES OF SPECIAL INTEREST FOR FALL 1997

PSYC 227 - HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY DR. GORCZYNSKI

The area of humanistic psychology began in the 1960's and represents an attempt to provide approaches to understanding, as well as defining, the meaning of the human experience. However, the task was not merely a descriptive one of defining socially defined normalcy, but one of how to develop beyond it, to make ourselves the co-creators of our being and our fate. The task is really how to find personal meaning within the narrow limits of our perception of the universe, and how to develop that composite that might be called the evolving phenomenal self. The first step in this exploration is developing the ability to break through the personal trance each of us has developed that acts as a veil separating us from our true essence. Students will examine the means by which humans have attempted to expand their awareness, of what it is to be human, and how these investigations of the self have contributed to our sense of who and what we are.

This course will examine those aspects of human capacities and potentialities that have no systematic place in behavioristic theory or classic psychoanalytic theory. Coverage of topics in this course will require a certain flexibility on the part of the student, and this will at times require the suspension of judgmental attitudes. Those who are unable to suspend their judgmentalism will find themselves unable to proceed with the investigation of certain content areas. Students who have difficulty accepting or experiencing change, or who demonstrate a passive, externally-rewarded approach to learning are strongly discouraged from taking this course. However, those who do opt for the experience are welcomed, and it is hoped that students in the course will realize that their center of being is in the process of coming closer to its inevitable grace.

COURSES OF SPECIAL INTEREST FOR FALL 1997

PSYC 252 - PSYCHOLOGY OF THE MINORITY EXPERIENCE DR. C. KRAUTHAMER

When you take this course, you will review and apply so many of the major concepts in psychology and so much of the recent literature in psychology that you will be advantaged when you take the GRE's and apply to graduate school. Students who take this class present their research projects at the Society for Research on Identity Formation, at the Eastern Psychological Association, at the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society and at the National Collegiate Council. Further, after you complete this course, you will also be a prize for any employer because you will be able to apply psychology to familiar but difficult situations. This course is offered only in the fall semester.