SCHEDULED MEETINGS FOR DECLARATION OF A MAJOR IN PSYCHOLOGY, OR A MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY OR GERONTOLOGY:

ALL HELD IN ROOM S‑305 on the dates and times posted below. Bring with you:

1) ballpoint pen

2) declaration form (if doing this in conjunction with another department), or we will provide it

3) * NEIU Evaluation of Transfer Credits form (if any psych courses are on it). If you do not have the transfer courses list, come to a later meeting; your credits cannot be processed without it.

4) NEIU unofficial transcript (only if any psych or psych transfer courses are on it)

5) a folder or notebook to hold your old and new paperwork

Meetings start at the posted times, and will not be re-started for latecomers.

The agenda will consist of:

1) Distribution of forms and misc. paper handouts and instructional/information sheets.

The bulk of later information you will be responsible to download from the Psychology Student Info Blackboard site.

2) approx 15-20 minutes of general information and instructions

3) question and answer period

4) individual conferences with each student, by order of arrival in the room, wherein your department major/minor chart will be created, transfer courses evaluated, and assignment to a department faculty advisor.

* If you have an exceptional case, of unusual or extraordinary transfer courses, or other unique requests, you may be requested to submit course descriptions and/or transcripts, in writing, to the department for review by the dept. curriculum committee. A sheet of guideline tips for appeals is available for download from the Psychology Student Info Blackboard site.

SCHEDULE OF DECLARATION WORKSHOPS – Spring 2008 term:

On days in which classes are in session (excluding holidays, spring break, semester breaks, and finals):

Mondays at 3:30, and Tuesdays at 1:40

All in room S-305

In addition, one evening of the month at 5:40 p.m. The evening sessions will be held only if anyone reserves a place by sending a confirming E-mail to : j-lattie@neiu.edu by the Friday before, containing full name and student ID number. These are confirming sign-ups, they will not be responded to. Day meetings are walk-in. Email signups are ONLY for the evening meetings; they will not be acknowledged – you have simply signed up a promise to attend. If no one signs up, I won’t stay for the evening. If you cannot attend the evening meeting for which you signed up, you must send a subsequent message to cancel 24 hours in advance (or I will remember you!)

The evening meetings for the Spring 2087 term are, second Mon of each month:

Mon, Jan 14; Mon, Feb 11; Mon, Mar 10; and Mon, Apr 14.