Arts Academic Plans

Joint Honours degrees combine the requirements of Honours Majors in two different disciplines. A Joint Honours academic plan with Psychology may be taken in combination with most Arts disciplines in which an Honours academic plan is offered or with many Honours Majors in other Faculties. Please refer to Joint Honours in the Available Arts Academic Plans section as well as the Psychology Undergraduate Student Handbook for further details.

Please refer to the Applying for a Psychology Major section.

Continuation in this academic plan requires a cumulative overall average of 60%, a cumulative Psychology average of 75%, and the minimum Major average requirement for the second Major. Conditional standing may be granted for one academic term to students whose averages fall below these criteria.

Eligibility for graduation in the Joint Honours Psychology academic plan includes successful fulfillment of the following requirements:

1. Appropriate Program-level requirements for the Home Faculty, including at least 20 academic course units. If the Home Faculty is Arts, see Bachelor of Arts.
2. Psychology Plan-level requirements:
   • at least eight academic course units (16 courses) in Psychology with a minimum cumulative Psychology average of 75%. The Psychology course requirements are the same as those for Honours Psychology except that one of the nine academic course units (i.e., 2 of the 18 courses) in Psychology will be waived. The Psychology course requirements to be waived will be determined by the Psychology Undergraduate Office at the time of admission to the Major.
3. Plan-level requirements for the second Major.

See the respective sections for information regarding Honours Psychology (Departmental) Co-op as well as the Human Resources Management Specialization for Honours Psychology Majors. For those interested in Departmental Co-op, note that the first Major must be Psychology. 

Notes:

1. Please refer to the Psychology undergraduate website for course sequence information and class enrolment instructions.
2. Students who have not successfully completed an OAC Math course, 4U Math, Grade 12 Math in a province other than Ontario, or an approved equivalent will be required to take MATH 103 as a corequisite to PSYCH 291. For those required to take MATH 103, MATH 103 counts as an "unspecified elective" towards the degree requirements.
3. Regarding the "Social Science" courses for the Faculty of Arts Breadth requirements, Psychology Majors only require 1.0 academic course unit from this area in a discipline(s) other than Psychology.
4. Honours Thesis (PSYCH 499A/B/C):
   The honours thesis is recommended for Honours Psychology Majors who are a) considering graduate or professional programs that may require a completed honours thesis for admission, or b) who have a strong interest in, and commitment to, conducting original research. Please consult the Honours Thesis Handbook for further details regarding PSYCH 499.
   Students who are doing the honours thesis may not substitute PSYCH 465 (Applied Apprenticeship) or PSYCH 467 (Human Resources Apprenticeship) for one of the Third-Year Research Methods requirements.
5. Residency Requirements:
   Students enrolled in academic plans in Psychology must successfully complete at least half of the total number of academic course units required in Psychology for their academic plan from University of Waterloo with numerical grades. Please refer to the Residency Requirement section for the Faculty of Arts as well as the Psychology Undergraduate Student Handbook for further details regarding the residency requirements.
6. Double Counting Rules: No more than three of the PSYCH courses for the Psychology Major can be used to satisfy course requirements in another individual academic plan (e.g., Major, Minor, or Option). Under no circumstances can an individual PSYCH course satisfy course requirements in more than two academic plans.