Welcome to our Departmental Advising page! This page will provide you information about advising for our Psychology & Neuroscience majors.
Course Overrides
To request an override, please fill out the Psychology Override Request Form. For questions, email Dr. Theodore Tomeny [theodore.s.tomeny@ua.edu] or call (205) 348-7028 (email preferred).
Curriculum Planning and Career/Post-Grad Advising
Find Your Advisor
If you have questions about advising or the Psychology and/or Neuroscience curriculums, you should first review the Undergraduate Studies & FAQs pages. If you still have questions, see below for faculty advisor contact information.
NOTE: Do NOT email multiple people with the same question. Please give your faculty advisor 24-48 business hours to respond to your inquiry before reaching out to someone else.
All freshman, first-year students, and transfer students must be advised by a BCAS advisor. You can make an appointment with the BCAS Student Services Center.
Sophomore, junior, and senior students can contact a departmental faculty advisor according to the first letter(s) of your last name as outlined by the list below:
- Last Names Beginning A-E: Dr. Lisa Beck
- Last Names Beginning F-L: Dr. Jennifer Crowder
- Last Names Beginning M-R: Dr. Gayle Faught
- Last Names Beginning S-Z: Dr. Allison Scrivner
You may elect to meet with your assigned faculty advisor (see above) outside of course registration clinic dates to plan for multiple semesters. This is most strongly recommended for sophomores, though juniors and seniors are welcome.
Book appointments here: https://psychadvising.youcanbook.me
Note: These appointment times fill up very quickly. Advisors make new appointments available throughout the semester, so continue checking back.
Career / post-grad advising is when you discuss your career options and post-graduate plans with a faculty member. In these appointments, you can talk about where you want to go after graduation and explore opportunities available to you during your undergraduate education to help you move toward those goals. We recommend reaching out to schedule a meeting with a faculty member who has interests related to your own or who you have already begun to develop a working relationship with through courses, research, or service organizations.
Note: Students should NOT reach out to faculty members about course registration or curriculum questions (e.g., dropping/adding a course, changing major/minors, etc.).
Course Registration Advising
Freshmen Students
All freshmen attend advising with the Barefield College of Arts & Sciences advising staff. See BCAS academic advising for more information.
Summer and Fall 2026 Course Registration Clinics
Psychology and Neuroscience majors attend course registration advising via Zoom to get your PINs cleared.
Note: Sophomores, juniors, and seniors have different clinic schedules. Please see the calendars below.
- Refer to your Degree Works and attend clinics with a list of planned courses. Please use the “Plans” feature on your Degree Works to outline your plan for the following semester.
- If you have questions, consult the Psychology Undergraduate page and the Psychology FAQs page. There are two advising checklists as well as the seminar descriptions (PY 391 & 491) available on the Resources for Undergrads page.
- Find out when you can register based on earned hours.
Drop-In Clinic Schedule
Priority & Senior Advising Clinic
March 2nd – 5th
- Mondays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays, 11:30 – 2:15 pm
Junior & Senior Advising Clinic
March 9th – April 9th*
- Mondays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays, 11:30 – 2:15 pm
Sophomore Advising Clinic
March 9th – April 9th*
- Monday (morning clinic), 9-11am
- Monday (afternoon clinic), 3-5pm
- Thursday, 9:30-11:30am
*No clinics March 16th, 17th & 19th