1. Special Lecture Notes-
BACC Advising Appointments
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: 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.
4. Contact system managers at: BACC@dickmalott.com or
melissa.a.ainslie@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
- Transcript Request Job Aid
- Permission to Take Graduate Courses Job Aid
- Directory of Frequently Referenced Places

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

3. 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:
• 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.
GRE Preparation
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”.

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