Department of Psychology
PAS building, room 3020
Tel 519-888-4567 Ext. 42813
Fax (519) 746-8631
Email psych@uwaterloo.ca
All graduate Psychology students must submit a progress report each year.*
Graduate students in all areas other than Clinical must complete Part A of the Student Annual Progress Report form and submit it to their supervisor by Monday, June 13, 2022. Please see the attached Student Annual Progress Report Instructions for additional information. Note: Because pdf's are often difficult to use, these documents have been saved as .docx files using Microsoft Word.
*Clinical students follow a different set of procedures for their annual reports (End of Year Letters). The Director of Clinical Training will inform Clinical students what the deadline is for completing and submitting these forms (typically early April). Please see the Clinical SharePoint site for relevant forms. Likewise, DCS MASc students completing their one-year program do not have to complete an annual progress report unless they are continuing into another graduate Psychology program.
When completing a fillable form, you must save your changes as an Adobe Acrobat Document (*.pdf) or lose the information you completed. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to complete the fillable form. The use of Mac Preview software is strongly discouraged to avoid compatibility issues. All UWaterloo campus work stations have access to Adobe Acrobat Reader. Likewise, Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed on all UWaterloo-owned laptops and machines purchased with research grants. Adobe Acrobat Reader is also a free download that can be installed on home machines and laptops.
Graduate students play a central role in the Department of Psychology—both in research and in teaching—and the Department is committed to providing all graduate students with an intellectually stimulating, flexible, inclusive, and supportive environment in which to pursue their work.
The Graduate Research and Supervision Guide (Department of Psychology) communicates what is expected of both the supervisor and student, and what can be done if issues arise in the supervisor-student relationship.
An expanded, university-wide Guide for Graduate Research and Supervision is available on the Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs website.
Students seeking approval for internship or practica must complete the relevant procedures / forms outlined by the UWaterloo Safety Office. As well, students must adhere to public health requirements at the site of their placement.
Current students completing a Psychology MA or MASc program who wish to continue into a Psychology Doctoral program must submit a PhD program application. Please refer to the graduate online application system website (new as of October 2021) for application procedures.
The University Senate has defined Program Time Limits (Graduate Studies Academic Calendar) in which students must complete the degree requirements for their graduate programs. The time limits are as follows:
Program level | Time limits |
---|---|
Master's | 6.0 terms |
PhD from an Honours Bachelor's | 18.0 terms |
PhD from a Master's | 12.0 terms |
PhD from an MA (Clinical Psychology) | 15.0 terms |
If students reach the time limit for their programs, they may request to continue their studies beyond these limits by submitting a Request for program extension form to their academic department. The Psychology Graduate Administrative Co-ordinator will contact students who are required to submit a request for a program extension, although students are responsible for monitoring their program progression. For information about program extensions, please refer to the university's Program extension website.
There are fairly strict guidelines governing the remuneration of research participants. Please see the following link for details:
Remuneration to Research Participants
In addition to the practices and guidelines established by the Department of Psychology, policies and procedures relevant to graduate student activities are set out by Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, the Office of Academic Integrity, the Office of Research, and the UW Secretariat. See the following links for further information:
Department of Psychology
PAS building, room 3020
Tel 519-888-4567 Ext. 42813
Fax (519) 746-8631
Email psych@uwaterloo.ca
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.