How to Register for Courses?
Registration Procedures
You no longer need department approval to register for any psychology course, with the exception of PSY 471 – Senior Seminar. To register for PSY 471 – Senior Seminar you must first meet with your psychology advisor, Ms. Robin Vansacik (rvans3@uis.edu), and she will give you the approval. For all other psychology courses click on the UIS Registration link to start the registration process.
If a course is full, be sure to put yourself on the wait list. This is the way that we determine if additional sections of a course need to be added.
If you receive an error message when you try to register, this may mean a variety of things like you have not passed a prerequisite for the course with a grade of C or better or you may have a hold on your account.
Please direct any questions that you may have to the Psychology Department office support specialist at psy@uis.edu or the Psychology Department academic advisor at rvans3@uis.edu.
Academic Advising and Course Registration FAQs
Do I have to make an appointment in order to meet with the department’s professional academic advisor?
It is strongly advised that you make an advance appointment with the your academic advisor, by phone or e-mail, so that the advisor can review your file and be better prepared to help you. Contact information for the department’s professional academic advisor is in the Contact Us section.
What if I would like to change faculty advisors? Can I choose a new faculty advisor?
Students who wish to be re-assigned to a particular faculty member must notify the Department’s Office Support Specialist.
Students who request a particular faculty member must obtain his or her approval before the request can be granted. Occasionally, the faculty advisor a student requests is already carrying a full load of advisees and can’t accommodate an additional student. Under such circumstances, students will be assigned to another available adviser within the department.
How can I register for an overload?
The departmental policy is to consider granting overloads for students who have an institutional GPA of 3.3 or higher. Meeting this GPA requirement does not mean that your request will automatically be approved at the departmental level, but it does mean that if you do not meet this requirement your request will be denied. You should meet with the Department’s professional academic advisor to discuss your overload. Summer overloads will not be granted, regardless of GPA.