1. Point Contingencies:
- BACC appointments are worth 20 participation points. If you don’t show you will lose those 20 points.
- Follow-up appointments are worth 10 additional OAP’s.
- Performance Contracts are worth 10 additional OAP’s. If there are several short-term goals involved towards achieving a larger goal in the Performance Contract then students can earn 10 OAP’s per completed smaller task.
- Failure to complete a follow-up appointment or your performance contract results in the loss of 5 OAP’s.
2.
Please be sure to sign the Informed Consent document.
3.
Bring to the appointment: “How to Achieve Your Goals” form, graduate school applications, vita or resumes, personal statements, or any other relevant documents that your working on that you want to discuss during the appointment. (If you lose your
HTAYG form it can be downloaded from http://dickmalott.com/students/undergradprogram/bacc/ .
4. Contact system managers at: BACC@dickmalott.com
or tamina.a.stuber@wmich.edu
if you have questions or concerns.
5. Tools to help you achieve your goals:
- ABA and APA Website Job Aid
- Course Descriptions
- Faculty Job Aid
- Listing of Graduate Schools by Area
- How to Apply to Graduate School
- Resumes and Vitas Job Aid and Samples
- Personal Statement Samples
- GRE Materials
- Job and Research Opportunities
Coming soon:
Transcript Request Job Aid
Permission to Take Graduate Courses Job Aid
Directory of Frequently Referenced Places

1. Lee Honor’s College
APPLY BEGIN CLASSES REQUIREMENTS
Applies… Begins classes…
Requirements
Prior to orientation
During orientation
Fall of freshman year
Fall of freshman year
2 clusters; or a combination of cluster and single courses to equal 5; or 5 single courses PLUS
2 upper level courses
2 clusters; or a combination of cluster and single courses to equal 5; or 5 single courses PLUS
2 upper level courses
During first semester freshman year
Spring of freshman year 2 clusters; or a combination of cluster and single courses to equal 5; or 5 single courses PLUS
2 upper level courses
During second semester freshman year
During first semester of sophomore year
During second semester of sophomore year
Fall of sophomore year 1 cluster; or 3 single courses PLUS 2 upper level courses
Spring of sophomore year 1 cluster; or 2 single courses PLUS 2 upper level courses
Fall of junior year 3 upper level courses
During junior or senior year Spring of junior year or
(Need to be enrolled for at least 3 more semesters at
WMU from the time you later apply regardless of expected graduation date)
2 upper level courses
*** ALL students must also complete an honors thesis in addition to the requirements listed above.

2. Psi Chi
Honor’s Society
Western Michigan University Psi Chi webpage: www.rso.wmich.edu/psichi/home.html
Eligibility for Membership:
Membership in Psi Chi is open to those who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who are students or faculty members in an institution where a chapter is located. Both undergraduate and graduate students who have registered for major or minor standing in psychology or for a program psychological in nature may be eligible for membership if other requirements are fulfilled.
WMU Requirements:
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 Completion of 3 semesters of college courses
 Completion of 9 credit hours of psychology courses
 Ranking in the top 35% of their class in general scholarship, which is an overall GPA of 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale)
Have a minimum Psychology GPA of 3.0
Submitting a completed application packet, along with the $60 application fee.
Psychology 396. Advanced Principles of Behavior: Graduate School Preparation
Instructor: Callie Simms and Deanna Niemiec
Call Number: 45792, M 10:00 to 10:50 AM, Wood 2902
Call Number: 45794, T 4:00 to 4:50 PM, Dunbar 2210
Credits: 1 hr.
- Psychology 396. Graduate School Preparation provides a structure with roughly five hours per week of assignments over the Kaplan GRE Exam book and CD and over other otherwise easily procrastinateable tasks, like getting info on good grad schools, getting letters of recommendation, and even getting your applications submitted on time.
- Our published research shows that putting in 100 to 150 hours of this sort of structured
GRE prep, raises the average combination Quant and Verbal GRE score by 100 points, enough to make the difference.
For more info, feel free to contact Callie Simms at c4simms@wmich.edu
,
Deanna Niemiec at deanna.niemiec@wmich.edu
, or you can get much more info at http://DickMalott.com
and click on the link titled: “How to improve your GRE score”.

College of Arts and Sciences
2318 Friedmann Hall
(269) 387-4366
Bronco Express Service Center
Bernhard Center-main level
(269) 387-6000
Academic advising
Psychology Office
3700 Wood Hall
(269) 387-4500
Faculty Offices
Undergraduate Psychology Office
2124 Wood Hall
(269) 387-4475
Undergraduate advising, declaration of major, choosing classes, graduation audit
Office of the Registrar
3 rd
floor Siebert Administration Building
(269) 387-4300
To request a transcript
Haenicke Institute for Global
Education
2 nd
floor Ellsworth Hall
(269) 387-5890
Study Abroad opportunities
Lee Honors College
Across from Wood Hall and next door to
Rood Hall
(269) 387-3230
Psi Chi
Mailbox in Psychology Dept.
3700 Wood Hall
Rso_pc@wmich.edu
Apply for or check on the status of a financial aid, see a financial aid counselor, get unofficial transcripts, ask basic registration questions, check account balances, make payments, pick up refund checks
Financial Aid
3306 Faunce Student Services Building
“Birdcage”
(269) 387-6000
WMU Bookstore
Bernhard Center-lower level
(269) 387-3930
Waldo Library
Hours of Operation (recording ): 269-
387-5155
Central Reference Desk: 269-387-5178
Information Desk: 269-387-5059
Rood Hall
3374 Computer Lab
(269) 387-4558
LAS students can print for free, BCW classroom, special lectures location
BATS Lab
2536 Wood Hall
(269) 387-4491
Dr. Malott’s office, BACC system managers, Graduate Student Instructors’ office