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Psychology Academic Advising Center

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Change of Major Information Student Resources

Welcome to the Psychology Academic Advising Center! We are an academic advising center located in Edwards Hall and Sirrinne Hall designed specifically for psychology majors. Our commitment is to help psychology undergraduate students meet their academic goals and explore various career and educational opportunities while here at Clemson.

To better enable us to assist you during advising, there are a few things we suggest that you:

  • Become knowledgeable about Clemson’s academic policies, procedures and requirements. Review the Student Responsibility statement under the “General Information” heading in your Undergraduate Announcements on student responsibility toward degree completion.
  • Regularly visit the departmental website to keep up-to-date on announcements and changes.
  • Make an appointment with your advisor during preregistration advising or whenever you are needing assistance. Your advisor is the only one who can clear you for registration!
  • Come prepared for your advising appointments by having the resources and materials needed and follow through on the actions discussed during those meetings.
  • Pay attention to the approaching deadlines on the academic calendar such as drop/add and withdraw dates.
  • Are aware of your academic standing and if you start to struggle, you seek help and utilize campus resources when needed. 

Your Advisors

The center is staffed with five professional advisors. The five advisors will directly advise all freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. The advising center will serve as a resource center for all psychology students providing information on services available on campus, graduate programs and career opportunities. We recommend that you make your advising appointments as soon as the advising schedule opens. Walk-ins are welcome, and we will do our best to accommodate you, but please keep in mind that students with scheduled appointments will have priority.

Stacey Marcus

STACEY MARCUS

Advises: Psychology
Office: 432 Edwards Hall 
Phone: 864-656-8628
Email:  staceym@clemson.edu

Schedule An Appointment

For assistance using CU Navigate please use the following resources for Scheduling and Cancelling an Appointment or Viewing Your Appointment Summary.

Find Your Primary Academic Advisor: iROAR > DegreeWorks > Academic Advisor 

Mary Emma Dayhuff

MARY EMMA DAYHUFF

Advises: Psychology
Office: 245 Sirrine Hall
Phone: 864-656-8610
Email:  mdayhuf@clemson.edu

Schedule An Appointment

For assistance using CU Navigate please use the following resources for Scheduling and Cancelling an Appointment or Viewing Your Appointment Summary.

Find Your Primary Academic Advisor: iROAR > DegreeWorks > Academic Advisor 

Julianne Hendricks

Julianne Hendricks

Advises: Psychology
Office: 247 Sirrine Hall
Phone: 864-656-2570
Email:  jjh3@clemson.edu

Schedule An Appointment

For assistance using CU Navigate please use the following resources for Scheduling and Cancelling an Appointment or Viewing Your Appointment Summary.

Find Your Primary Academic Advisor: iROAR > DegreeWorks > Academic Advisor 

Faculty Career Advisors

The following faculty members are available to meet with any psychology major seeking career advice, including exploration of career options and advice on applications for graduate and professional schools. Please feel free to reach out to these individuals via email to set up an appointment. 

Dr. Jo Jorgensen - Willing to talk about anything with any student (emphasis on providing advice on alternative routes to becoming a therapist)

Dr. Rich Pak - Most comfortable discussing issues related to graduate school (specifically within the domains of human factors and engineering psychology)

Dr. June Pilcher - Willing to discuss any of a variety of career options

Dr. Dawn Sarno - Willing to discuss both graduate school and other career paths, most comfortable discussing Human Factors and Cognitive Psychology 

Dr. Bob Sinclair - Willing to discuss graduate school and other career paths, most comfortable discussing non-clinical topics 

Additional suggestions relating to professional development for Psychology undergraduates:

  • consider joining a creative inquiry team in the Psychology Department to gain research experience and to develop a meaningful relationship with a faculty advisor
  • go to our departmental website at clemson.edu/psych to review the Psychology Undergraduate Handbook, which provides information about psychology faculty, the psychology curriculum, available opportunities, and post graduate work.
  • go to the website for the American Psychological Association at apa.org, which provides information on careers in psychology.
  • for more applied career paths, make an appointment with a career counselor at the Michelin Career Center (located in the Hendrix Student Center).
  • if interested in Health Professional Graduate Programs,make an appointment through CU Navigate with a Health Professions Advisor.
  • Clemson University maintains a pre-law advising office and offers counseling from a professional pre-law advisor. The office provides the resources and support to prepare you for a career in the law. Tim Garrison is the university’s pre-law advisor.

Psychology Change of Major

The Department of Psychology accepts change-of-major students in fall, spring, summer semesters. Current Clemson students interested in changing their major to Psychology must meet specific criteria to be eligible.

  • Students must have a 2.4 Clemson GPA
  • Students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at Clemson or in the Bridge Program.No other transfer credits will count for this process
  • Students must have completed the following courses:
    • PSYC 2010 (Introductory Psychology)
    • PSYC 2030 (Fundamentals of Psychological Science)
    • PSYC 3090 (Introductory Experimental Psychology)
    • PSYC 3100 (Advanced Experimental Psychology)

Becoming a Psychology major may impact the fees that you pay. Please refer to Clemson tuition and fee calculator as well as additional major course fees. 

If you are interested in learning more about Psychology and the process to change your major, please make an appointment for Explore Psychology in CU Navigate.

PSYC 2030, 3090, and 3100 need to be taken sequentially - that is, taken in the order in which they are presented.  There are a variety of other Psychology courses that non-majors can take while working through this sequence.  Non-majors will need to request an override for PSYC 2030, 3090, and 3100.

PSYC 2030 will be available to all Clemson students - non majors need to request an override. Due to capacity limitations, only current Psychology majors will be able to enroll in PSYC 3090 and PSYC 3100 during the initial registration period in both the Fall and Spring semesters. After the current majors have had an opportunity to enroll, there may be a small number of additional seats available to non-majors (although likely not many, given our large number of continuing majors). Here is the form to request an override. 

PSYC 3090 and PSYC 3100 can be completed in the summer.  We will be greatly increasing the number of available seats for these two courses in the summer of 2023, and registration for these summer classes will be open to both majors and non-majors at the same time.

If these two options are insufficient, a third possibility to complete these courses would be to take comparable courses at another institution. Note that if not already on the approved list of courses within TCEL, such transfer credits will need to be evaluated and approved prior to taking the class at the other institution.

Additional notes:

Students need to complete PSYC 3100 before they will be able to officially change into the Psychology major (and be able to sign up for 4000-level Psychology classes). Students who are currently taking PSYC 3100 will not have the same access to Psychology classes as Psychology majors until after they have completed PSYC 3100.

Change of major students will need to develop a multi-semester plan to complete the sequence of major-specific courses (which also includes the required 4000-level credits). We will not make exceptions to the course sequence for students who have already completed numerous other credits (including Psychology classes) and want to complete the psychology degree in a couple of semesters.

Psychology does not currently have constraints on our minor.  Students who start down the path towards a change of major to Psychology, but do not complete it (for whatever reason) should still be able to complete a Psychology minor.

Change of Major Meetings

  • Change of major meetings will take place virtually in January, May, and August after grades have been finalized.
  • You must meet the following criteria to be eligible to change your major:
    • Students must have a 2.4 Clemson GPA
    • Students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours at Clemson or in the Bridge Program.No other transfer credits will count for this process
    • Students must have completed the following courses:
      • PSYC 2010 (Introductory Psychology)
      • PSYC 2030 (Fundamentals of Psychological Science)
      • PSYC 3090 (Introductory Experimental Psychology)
      • PSYC 3100 (Advanced Experimental Psychology)
  • If you meet the above criteria, please fill out this form and you will be contacted about signing up for a meeting once an advisor has confirmed your eligibility.
  • Students who do not meet with us before the last day to add a class will not be able to change their major until the first day to register for courses.

Do not qualify to change yet?

  • Please use this document as it will aid you in choosing courses with your current advisor for the upcoming semester.
  • You will not have access to courses restricted to Psychology majors,
  • You may still take some Psychology courses. Please check iRoar for course restrictions (some courses are available to majors only, majors and minors, or all Clemson students).

For questions about changing into Psychology, please contact Stacey Marcus staceym@clemson.edu.

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