Weekly Opportunities

• Appointment Info: Academic Advising
• Drop-in Peer Advising: Find the weekly schedule here!
• Contact us at: psychsso@berkeley.edu
• Follow us on social media! Instagram:@ucbpsychadvising

The Psychology Major Application is open Year Round! Check this webpage under the header 'Steps for Applying to the Psychology Major' for the updated link and eligibility requirements.   

Clinical and Counseling Summer Minor

The Application for Minor Declaration is open. The College of Letters & Science requires a minor to be declared prior to the first day of classes of a student's Expected Graduation Term (EGT). Applications must be submitted by the following deadline (the month of May being a special case):

Fall 2026 EGT: application due 08/19/2026 

Spring 2027 EGT: application due 01/12/2027

Summer 2027 EGT: application due 05/01/2027

Fall 2026 SSO Workshops!

Zoom Room Meeting ID: 931 6498 2322
We can’t wait to see you there!  Questions? Email us at psychsso@berkeley.edu

Look out for other workshops coming soon! 

Psychology Fall Welcome - Feedback Wanted 

Thanks to those who joined us at the Fall Welcome on 9/9. We are always looking to improve our events and your feedback can help our team make that happen. Consider providing your honest feedback through the form linked here. We appreciate your response! - Psych SSO Team 

As we enter this new academic year together, please revisit our Psych SSO vision, mission, and goals: 

Our Vision is to foster the development of self-aware, engaged, well-rounded members of a diverse Psychology Department, campus, and community.

Our Mission is to support students with personal, academic, and professional development by empowering self-directed learning and informed decision making through collaborative mentoring relationships.

Our Goal is for advisors and students to share the responsibility of shaping and actualizing a rewarding educational experience:

Advisors by providing resources and guidance
Students by taking charge of their personal, professional, and intellectual development. 

Drop-in advising support is available most weekdays for questions that don't require a full 15- or 25-minute appointment to answer. Please note that drop-in advising is not available during winter or summer break. 

(Look out for Peer Advisor recruitment on Handshake or our social media, this would typically be in early Summer or late Fall semester!) 

A peer advisor can help you with:

• Major exploration
• Course suggestions
• Major or minor requirements
• Research opportunities
• Study abroad
• Campus resources
• Getting a student perspective on all of the above!

1. Visit our "Academic Advising" page to see the Peer Advising Drop-in schedule. There will be a 'gCal' widget on the page, this may be harder to access via mobile devices. 
2. Be sure Peer Advising Drop-ins are currently offered or available at the time you're trying to access them, and then click the 'schedule block' on the calendar. This should give you access to the Zoom Room Link. 
3. Once you click the Zoom Room link, your device should try to open Zoom (app or webpage) and then you'll enter the waiting room.
   1. Peer Advisor will message you via chat to sign in on a Google Form (we ask for name, SID, so on), this helps us to track how many sessions we have each term! 
   2. If there is a wait, you will typically receive a notification via chat. During peak times (start of term, Phase I or II...) expect a wait time. 
4. When it's your turn, you will be let into the room. 
1. Our Peer Advisors will introduce themselves and then start the advising session. 
5. Get your questions answered by our awesome student Peer Advisors! 

• Peer Advisors cannot sign forms requiring a major advisor's signature. 
• Try to not join right before drop-in hours end (example joining at 3:58pm when hours end at 4:00pm). Please respect the time of your fellow students. 
• Our Peer Advisors may refer you to another resource or office on campus if it is not in our Department's scope. This is a great first stop if you are uncertain of who to go to for academic support. 

• It is critical that everyone accessing the building after hours or entering key-carded areas of the building be sure to tag (use key card) to access these spaces for themselves, when at Berkeley Way West. This especially applies after hours and at all times to any floors and interior spaces that require key card access.
• Those with key card access are not permitted to allow others into these secured spaces (tail-gating) for any reason and will lose after-hours access to BWW if they are found breaking this policy.
• BWW recently sustained extensive damage last year due to a breach of this policy. Your adherence to this policy will contribute to our community safety and security.