Academic Programs

Student Responsibility

Each student is responsible for ensuring that their academic choices meet the requirements for graduation. All requirements are outlined in the SFU Calendar. Advisors are available to provide guidance. However, the student has ultimate responsibility for compliance with and completion of the program and degree requirements and for observing regulations and deadlines.

The SFU Calendar is the official governing document containing regulations regarding your academic career at SFU. The calendar that is in effect when you take your first course at SFU governs your degree requirements. The calendar that is in effect when you declare a psychology plan governs the plan requirements. It is advisable that you obtain and keep a copy of the relevant calendars.

Please note that newly admitted students, including transfer students, are not automatically declared into the academic programs below. For access to upper division psychology coursework, students must declare before the enrollment periods.

Psychology declaration deadlines:
March 1 (Summer), July 1 (Fall), and November 1 (Spring)

Honours

The two-semester honours program will provide you with the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member on original research. You will gain valuable research training by planning, conducting, and presenting research, and guidance about applying to graduate school. In the honours seminar, you will be exposed to a wide range of research being conducted by fellow cohort members. This experience will connect you to likeminded students and prepare you for graduate programs

Majors

Joint Majors

Minors

BSc Behavioural Neuroscience

To review information on the BNS Major and Honours programs, click the link below:

Behavioural Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary program incorporating expertise from Psychology, Biomedical Physiology, and Kinesiology. You will develop skills in research, project management, teamwork, and problem solving by taking coursework in a range of topics, including sensation and perception, animal learning and cognition, hormones and behaviour, and motivated behaviours. The program also covers brain dysfunction and associated clinical symptoms. This program will provide you with a strong foundation in basic and applied neuroscience, preparing you for further study at the graduate level, and for careers in neuroscience and other biomedical fields.

Please note that newly admitted students, including transfer students, are not automatically declared into this program. Students should complete a program approval form, attach an up-to-date advising transcript, and submit it electronically by email to the BPK Advisor.

Declaration deadlines: February 1 (Summer), June 1 (Fall), and October 1 (Spring)