Special Lecture Notes-

BACC Advising Appointments

1. Point Contingencies:

- BACC appointments are worth 20 participation points. If you don’t show you will lose those 20 points.

- Follow-up appointments are worth 10 additional OAP’s.

- Performance Contracts are worth 10 additional OAP’s. If there are several short-term goals involved towards achieving a larger goal in the Performance Contract then students can earn 10 OAP’s per completed smaller task.

- Failure to complete a follow-up appointment or your performance contract results in the loss of 5 OAP’s.

2. Please be sure to sign the Informed Consent document.

3. Bring to the appointment: “How to Achieve Your Goals” form, graduate school applications, vita or resumes, personal statements, or any other relevant documents that your working on that you want to discuss during the appointment. (If you lose your HTAYG form it can be downloaded from

4. Contact system managers at: or if you have questions or concerns.

5. Tools to help you achieve your goals:

- ABA and APA Website Job Aid

- Course Descriptions

- Faculty Job Aid

- Listing of Graduate Schools by Area

- How to Apply to GraduateSchool

- Resumes and Vitas Job Aid and Samples

- Personal Statement Samples

- GRE Materials

- Job and Research Opportunities

Coming soon:

-Transcript Request Job Aid

-Permission to Take Graduate Courses Job Aid

-Directory of Frequently Referenced Places

Lee Honor’s College Requirements and Psi Chi Honor’s Society

1. Lee Honor’s College

APPLY BEGIN CLASSES REQUIREMENTS

Applies… / Begins classes… / Requirements
Prior to orientation / Fall of freshman year / 2 clusters; or a combination of cluster and single courses to equal 5; or 5 single courses PLUS 2 upper level courses
During orientation / Fall of freshman year / 2 clusters; or a combination of cluster and single courses to equal 5; or 5 single courses PLUS 2 upper level courses
During first semester freshman year / Spring of freshman year / 2 clusters; or a combination of cluster and single courses to equal 5; or 5 single courses PLUS 2 upper level courses
During second semester freshman year / Fall of sophomore year / 1 cluster; or 3 single courses PLUS 2 upper level courses
During first semester of sophomore year / Spring of sophomore year / 1 cluster; or 2 single courses PLUS 2 upper level courses
During second semester of sophomore year / Fall of junior year / 3 upper level courses
During junior or senior year (Need to be enrolled for at least 3 more semesters at WMU from the time you apply regardless of expected graduation date) / Spring of junior year or later / 2 upper level courses

*** ALL students must also complete an honors thesis in addition to the requirements listed above.

2. Psi Chi Honor’s Society

Western Michigan University Psi Chi webpage:

Eligibility for Membership:
Membership in Psi Chi is open to those who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who are students or faculty members in an institution where a chapter is located. Both undergraduate and graduate students who have registered for major or minor standing in psychology or for a program psychological in nature may be eligible for membership if other requirements are fulfilled.

WMU Requirements:

  • Completion of 3 semesters of college courses
  • Completion of 9 credit hours of psychology courses
  • Ranking in the top 35% of their class in general scholarship, which is an overall GPA of 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale)
  • Have a minimum Psychology GPA of 3.0
  • Submitting a completed application packet, along with the $60 application fee.

GRE Preparation

Psychology 396. Advanced Principles of Behavior: GraduateSchool Preparation

Instructor: Callie Simms and Deanna Niemiec

Call Number: 45792, M 10:00 to 10:50 AM, Wood 2902

Call Number: 45794, T 4:00 to 4:50 PM, Dunbar 2210

Credits: 1 hr.

- Psychology 396. Graduate School Preparation provides a structure with roughly five hours per week of assignments over the Kaplan GRE Exam book and CD and over other otherwise easily procrastinateable tasks, like getting info on good grad schools, getting letters of recommendation, and even getting your applications submitted on time.

- Our published research shows that putting in 100 to 150 hours of this sort of structured GRE prep, raises the average combination Quant and Verbal GRE score by 100 points, enough to make the difference.

-For more info, feel free to contact Callie Simms at, Deanna Niemiec at , or you can get much more info at and click on the link titled: “How to improve your GRE score”.

Commonly Referenced Offices

College of Arts and Sciences

2318 Friedmann Hall

(269) 387-4366

Academic advising

Psychology Office

3700 Wood Hall

(269) 387-4500

Faculty Offices

Undergraduate Psychology Office

2124 Wood Hall

(269) 387-4475

Undergraduate advising, declaration of major, choosing classes, graduation audit

Office of the Registrar

3rd floor SiebertAdministrationBuilding

(269) 387-4300

To request a transcript

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

2nd floor Ellsworth Hall

(269) 387-5890

Study Abroad opportunities

LeeHonorsCollege

Across from Wood Hall and next door to Rood Hall

(269) 387-3230

Psi Chi

Mailbox in Psychology Dept.

3700 Wood Hall

BroncoExpressServiceCenter

Bernhard Center-main level

(269) 387-6000

Apply for or check on the status of a financial aid, see a financial aid counselor, get unofficial transcripts, ask basic registration questions, check account balances, make payments, pick up refund checks

Financial Aid

3306 FaunceStudentServicesBuilding “Birdcage”

(269) 387-6000

WMU Bookstore

Bernhard Center-lower level

(269) 387-3930

Waldo Library

Hours of Operation (recording): 269-387-5155
Central Reference Desk:269-387-5178
Information Desk:269-387-5059

Rood Hall

3374 Computer Lab

(269) 387-4558

LAS students can print for free, BCW classroom, special lectures location

BATS Lab

2536 Wood Hall

(269)387-4491

Dr. Malott’s office, BACC system managers, Graduate Student Instructors’ office