Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Psychology - Honours

Admission to Honours

General admission criteria for the Faculty of Arts can be found in section A.5 Undergraduate Degree Admission Requirements of this Calendar. Annual application deadlines are found in A.3 Deadline Dates for Undergraduate Applications for Admission and Supporting Documents.

The Faculty of Arts procedures for Admission to Honours established in section 3.3.2 Honours Degrees are applicable and provide the overall framework. Students wishing to apply to an Honours program must submit a change of program request through their Student Centre by the deadline (D. Change of Faculty or Program). For the purpose of admission to Honours, a student's grade point average is calculated over the most recent course work to a maximum of 60 units inclusive of courses from other institutions as well as the University of Calgary.

In addition, for admission to the Honours program in Psychology, the following is also required:

1. Due to high demand, the qualifying grade point average for eligibility for admission to Psychology Honours is typically set higher than the minimum 3.30 level for the Faculty of Arts. When this is the case, the qualifying average for the following year is announced on the Department website by October 1.

2. 72 units completed by the change of program deadline.

3. Minimum of 3 units from Psychology 400, 415, 435, 478, 504, or 505.

4. A supplementary application (that includes confirmation of a supervisor/preliminary Honours thesis proposal). Please see the website for more details (and deadlines) arts.ucalgary.ca/psychology/current-students/undergraduate/honours-program.