How to book an appointment
1. Current cogsci students
For students who have declared the cogsci major or minor (or U0 B.A. & Sc. students intending to declare cogsci)
- In-person and zoom advising appointments
- Appointments available throughout the year
- In-person advising (20 min): Wednesday-Friday (NEW LOCATION: Adams building, room 23)
- Zoom advising (20 min): Monday-Tuesday
- Book an appointment*
*Appointments can only be booked 7 days in advance. If no appointments are available in the next 7 days it will appear to show no appointments for the entire month, but more will become available tomorrow. This changes to a 2 day booking window during peak advising periods.
2. McGill students who are NOT currently in the B.A. & Sc. degree
For students from other degrees that are interested in declaring cogsci (major or minor)
- Before booking an appointment please review the following:
- Consult the inter-faculty transfer (IFT) requirements for the BA & Sc degree. Most of your questions will be answered there, or should be directed to the IFT contact before seeing the Cognitive Science advisor.
- Major program checklist and program requirements
- Minor program checklist and program requirements
- Appointments are done via Zoom (20 minutes)
- Availability will vary throughout the year
- To book an appointment*: choose the Prospective/New Student Zoom service
*Appointments can only be booked 7 days in advance. If no appointments are available in the next 7 days it will appear to show no appointments for the entire month, but more will become available tomorrow.
3. Newly admitted students
Students that have recently been accepted to McGill and will be enrolling this Fall semester
- Pre-registration group advising sessions will be offered just before registration begins, usually in June.
- Individual advising will be available throughout the summer, see #1 above for current students to book an appointment.
- Fall New Student Orientation; a group orientation session will be offered end of August each year.
For details visit: Cognitive science orientation.
4. Non-McGill students
For non-McGill students interested in applying to McGill, or for current applicants still waiting for an offer of admission
- Before requesting an appointment, please consult the undergraduate admissions requirements to ensure that you are eligible for the BA & Sc degree program.
- All questions related to admission and applying to McGill should be directed to Admissions and cannot be answered by the Cognitive Science advisor.
- If your questions are about the cognitive science specifically, and not related to admissions, please send an email to advisor.science [at] mcgill.ca (advisor[dot]science[at]mcgill[dot]ca) to book an appointment. Include a list of questions you have about the Cognitive Science program. You'll be given a link to a Bookings page to schedule an appointment or you will receive a reply via email.