PSYCH 499A Spring 2024
Students enrolled in PSYCH 499A Spring 2024 should attend the thesis orientation meeting. The time, date and location will be posted as soon as they are determined.
Report the name of your thesis supervisor to Nick Fuller (nfuller@uwaterloo.ca) by Wednesday, May 15th, 2024.
Thesis Reviewer nominations must be submitted to Stephanie Denison (stephanie.denison@uwaterloo.ca) no later than 12:00 noon on May 24th, 2024 if you are concurrently enrolled in PSYCH 499 A/B and no later than 12:00 noon on July 30, 2024 if you are enrolled in only PSYCH 499A (and not concurrently with PSYCH 499B). Please cc. Nick Fuller (nfuller@uwaterloo.ca) when you send your Thesis Reviewer nominations to Stephanie Denison.
PSYCH 499A progress reports must be signed by the thesis supervisor and submitted to Stephanie Denison's mailbox no later than July 30, 2024.
See the Thesis Handbook for further details regarding PSYCH 499A.
PSYCH 499B Spring 2024
Students enrolled in PSYCH 499B Spring 2024, please contact Nick Fuller (nfuller@uwaterloo.ca) as soon as possible to schedule your oral presentation of the research proposal. Note, due to remote learning, you will be booking your own meeting with your supervisor and reader.
See the Thesis Handbook for further details regarding PSYCH 499B.
PSYCH 499C Spring 2024 (and In Progress from previous terms)
See the Thesis Handbook for further details regarding PSYCH 499C.
Deadlines and Important Dates:
- August 15, 2024 - deadline to submit the online Application to Graduate for October convocation. General information regarding the graduation ceremony will appear on the Convocation website.
- August 1, 2024 - deadline to electronically submit the honours thesis to Nick Fuller (nfuller@uwaterloo.ca).
- NOTE: If an extension is required, discuss the proposed target date for completion with your thesis advisor and report the target date that the two of you have agreed upon to Nick Fuller (nfuller@uwaterloo.ca)by July 15th. Also, pay close attention to the deadlines below.
- August 18, 2024 - unofficial grades for Spring 2024 begin to appear on QUEST.
- August 12, 2024 - deadline for instructors to submit Spring term grades. Grade revisions are possible after this date.
- September 12, 2024 - cumulative averages calculated for the Spring term (note that the major average is only calculated once per term).
- tba - advisors review academic standings and requests to graduate.
- tba - honours theses submitted for marking after this date will not be considered for a 2023 thesis award.
- TBD - deadline for convocation award nominations (Honours students only): (check back closer to the time for the actual date):
Each faculty nominates a student for the Governor General Medal (university level) and the Alumni Gold Medal (faculty level). Each department in the Faculty of Arts nominates the top student from each department for the Departmental Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement.
Nominees for awards cannot have any INC (incomplete), NMR (no mark recorded) or IP (in progress) grades.
Typically, only those who have final grades for all course work (including the honours thesis) by this deadline can be considered for these awards. Students whose overall and psychology averages fall in the 88-100% range are strongly encouraged to adhere to the thesis submission deadline noted above. - September 12, 2024 - official grades and academic standings for the Spring term appear on QUEST. For those who requested official transcripts from the Registrar's Office (for applications to various future programs, for example), they will be mailed soon after this date.
- tba (Home faculty Arts or Science) - last chance to get a student's name on the convocation program, and for the degree to be printed in time for the Fall convocation ceremony. That means that the student must complete all of the degree requirements (including the PSYCH 499A/B/C grades in) a few days sooner so that the Registrar's Office has sufficient time to obtain all of the necessary signatures (e.g., academic advisors, co-op advisors, etc.) required to confirm the graduation decision and to complete the coding on the student's record by the deadline.
- TBD (Home Faculty Arts or Science) - last day to approve a student's request to graduate in the October convocation (i.e., signatures from the advisors of all of the student's academic plans). Note the deadline above regarding the convocation program and the printing of the degree.
- Convocation ceremony dates/times - go to the Convocation website for official details on the Spring (June) and Fall (October) convocations.
If you have any questions above the above information, please contact Nick Fuller (nfuller@uwaterloo.ca).