PSY&CD Department Phone/Email 

Phone: (805) 756-2033
Email: psycd@calpoly.edu

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STAY CONNECTED. STAY INFORMED. STAY ENGAGED.

1. Read Tuesday Newsday every week!
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3. Get involved in the Poly Child Development Club, the Psychology Club and Psi Chi (the National Honors Society for Psychology). 

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• Off-Campus Opportunities 
• Office Hours and Advising Opportunities

PSY&CD SPOTLIGHT will return in Winter quarter!

Nominate someone for the weekly spotlight:

If you're interested being in the spotlight or nominating another student, faculty member, or staff member in our department, please fill out this google form.

PSY 470 - LATINX/E PSYCHOLOGY

A new course co-developed by Dr. Bettergarcia, Dr. López, and a group of Cal Poly students will be offered for the first time this Winter (MW 12:10-2)!

**This course can be used as a substitute for the courses on the "Mental and Physical Health" menu (PSY majors) or as a psychology support course (CD majors). And of course it works as an upper division elective.***

PSY 470. Latinx/e Psychology. The psychological, cultural, and ecological experiences and histories of various Latinx/e groups within the United States. This course utilizes a decolonization and liberation approach to examine intersectional psychological factors for Latinx/e communities including the role of racism and marginalization. A strengths-based framework will be used, including cultural community wealth, resilience, and joy. Development of personal self-awareness of multicultural issues and culturally relevant skills.  

CD/PSY 256 - SEATS AVAILABLE!

Developmental Psychology has been shifted to an online course in order to accommodate more students. The course will be asynchronous, meaning that you do not need to be online for class sessions at particular times. There are still many seats available.

CD/PSY 461 - ALL STUDENTS GRADUATING JUNE '25

If you are graduating in June, you will need to complete CD or PSY 461 in Winter. We are adding an extra section of PSY461 to accommodate all of the students on the waitlist for CD and PSY 461. If you cannot add yourself to one of these waitlists, please email Beatriz Peralta (bperal01@calpoly.edu).

CD424 - THIRD SECTION ADDED!

We will offer THREE sections of CD424 (Children's Development in Diverse Cultures) this Winter - these sections are online and asynchronous. If you are unable to add yourself to the waitlist, please email Beatriz Peralta (bperal01@calpoly.edu).

Next year, we will return to in-person sections with Dr. Lee (she is on sabbatical this year).

New Course

Physics of Music, that we will be offering for the first time in Winter 2025. This course will explore the connection between physics and music, with no previous knowledge of physics or music necessary and a focus on conceptual understanding. Topics include psychoacoustics, physical principles behind music, consonance and dissonance, beats and interference, and sound synthesis. The class will be hands-on and is Tu/Th 12:10-2.

PSY Major, CD Major, or CD Minor without enough Winter units?

Please make an appointment with department chair, Professor Langner (https://calendly.com/clangner).

****CALLING ALL SENIORS*****

If you are now a senior based on completed coursework, make sure that your intended graduation date is updated with the Cal Poly “changing your graduation term” form on the registrar website.

UNDERSTANDING PSY&CD INTERNSHIPS

There are TWO types of internships that are usually completed in junior or senior year...

Fieldwork: Students gain experience working within local social service and governmental agencies, schools, businesses, and other organizations.

Research: Qualified students interested in research experience may find opportunities to work within faculty research labs. These positions are limited. 

See our internships page for more detail.

FIELDWORK INTERNSHIP PROCESS

Fieldwork internships in Winter 2025 are only available to students with senior standing or expected graduation dates of Winter 2025, Spring 2025, and Fall 2025.

• All eligible students will be invited to the internship canvas by Week 5 of Winter Term.
• You can begin contacting sites you are interested in during Week 6. Please first email the faculty coordinator to determine whether the site is taking students next quarter. The faculty coordinator will also provide you with the contact information for the site. Faculty will not provide contact information before Week 6.
• Feel free to email Dr. Jessica Kaczorowski at jkaczoro@calpoly.edu with questions

INTERESTED IN A RESEARCH INTERNSHIP?

There are additional options beyond the 'research track' (applications due at beginning of Junior year). When faculty members are looking for research interns, we will post that info in the Tuesday Newsday. Another way to seek out research experience is to talk to your professors in office hours about your interest in research and whether they know of any projects or will keep you in mind for future projects. A few of our students have secured research internships with faculty in other departments at Cal Poly and in some cases it is possible to substitute internship units for the PSYCD internship requirements.

Link to apply: https://forms.gle/qvhVmCpMdrcqtvSj8

Tentative Course Offerings (TCO) for 2024-25

Please always check our TCO because it is where we first publish our updates. When planning what you'd like to take in future quarters you can take a look at the TCO to see when sections are likely to be offered and what their modality will be (in-person vs. online).

https://psycd.calpoly.edu/undergraduate/tentative-course-offerings

Learn more

• Website (includes info on 10 competition categories, tips for application materials & more)
• InfoReady (submit your application here)
• Email: studentresearch@calpoly.edu
• Instagram: @calpolystudentresearch (direct link to CSU SRC Instagram post)
• Meet with an Office of Student Research peer or staff advisor

The Puente Program

Puente translates from Spanish to bridge because we like to say that we create the bridge to success. The Puente Program is a state funded program generally found in Northern California high schools and community colleges as a college preparatory program. At Cal Poly we are a club that advances the lineage of puente beyond their high school graduation or associate's degree.

This year is the first year that puente has expanded onto college campuses in order to have former puente students from high schools or community colleges come onto campus and feel an immediate community that they can identify with. Along with being a social club for Puentistas, we also host several campus tours for Puentistas who are thinking about applying to cal poly. Puente is important because it primarily serves low income, first generation students in order to restore equity and help them cross over the bridge. Puente is a family and it is open to anyone who wants to succeed, but especially those who want to see others succeed!

https://now.calpoly.edu/organization/cppuente

cppuente@calpoly.edu

Campus Health Resources 

-Health services  [https://chw.calpoly.edu/health/health-services and https://chw.calpoly.edu/health/pharmacy]

-Mental health services [https://chw.calpoly.edu/counseling and https://slocounselingservice.calpoly.edu/]

-Food pantry (https://basicneeds.calpoly.edu/food-resources)

Kennedy Library Resources

On Campus Study Locations

Click here for a list of study locations on campus. This list includes real-time occupancy information for some of the temporary spaces.

Graduate Program - Applied Psychology at NYU

The Psychology and Social Intervention (PSI) doctoral program in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University (NYU) Steinhardt has ten faculty members who study a wide range of settings (e.g., families, schools, neighborhoods, policy contexts, programs) and interventions pertaining to child and youth development, inclusive education, mental health, intergroup relations, racial socialization, critical consciousness, social movements, suicide prevention, and poverty reduction. Current projects span local, national, and international contexts. We encourage you to visit our website to learn more about our current projects. 

We offer a wide variety of teaching, research, and practical opportunities for students throughout their doctoral training. We provide students with funding for all five years of the program, as well as multiple opportunities for scholarships, awards, and teaching or research assistantships.

We encourage students who are interested in careers in academia, policy, nonprofits, industry, and beyond. We are actively working to recruit students with a variety of lived experiences.

Research Opportunity!

The My Social Life Study (MSoL for short) at the University of California, Irvine is recruiting participants! 

We want to understand people’s everyday social lives-- their personalities, their relationships, and the good and bad events everyone goes through. Participants will enroll and do the following: 

Complete a survey via Zoom

Complete 5-minute daily check-ins for 30 days

The entire study will take place over the course of a month, and you can receive up to $75 at the completion of your participation. Please consider participating if you are from a Latino/a/x or White racial/ethnic background! Note:  You do not have to be a UCI student to participate! 

For more information, visit our website https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/crhlab/msol/ or email us at crhlab@uci.edu. If you are interested, please fill out this interest form https://forms.gle/1s5bs9GYUoVErN9C8 which also has further information about the study! Thank you for your particular interest, we look forward to your participation."

Sincerely,

The MSoL Study Team 

Hugo Sanchez Hernandez, Graduate Researcher 

Belinda Campos, Ph.D., Principal Investigator 

Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine

CAL Fresh: You may be eligible!

We are an on-campus organization known as CalFresh Outreach. We aim to raise awareness of student eligibility for CalFresh benefits, which can provide students with up to $291/month for groceries if they qualify. 

Because of expanded eligibility through “Local Programs that Increase Employability (LPIEs),” an estimated ~15,000 students at Cal Poly are now eligible, even based only on their major. Approved programs include:

• most undergraduate majors in CLA
• every undergraduate major in CENG
• every undergraduate major in CAFES
• every undergraduate major in COSAM
• every undergraduate major in CAED
• most undergraduate majors in OCOB
• many grad programs

Enrollment in one of these majors alone could make a student likely eligible for CalFresh benefits (they must also meet basic eligibility criteria). This short survey is a great resource to explore eligibility & share with students: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CALFRESHQUIZ.