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!
2. Follow the PSYCD Department on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
3. Get involved in the Poly Child Development Club, the Psychology Club, Psi Chi (the National Honors Society for Psychology), and or the Cognitive Neuroscience club (see below). 

PSY & CD Spotlight

Interested in being featured in our Tuesday Newsday? We are currently receiving submissions for our weekly PSY & CD Spotlight and we are excited to spotlight our students, faculty, and staff! Submissions can be entered HERE. 

Share Highlights with the PSY & CD Department

As we wrap up the academic year, we invite you to share your favorite moments and highlights! Submit your pictures and along with a brief description using the link below. Highlights include, but are not limited to, class activities, research, awards, internships, and more.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2wING578lUSVNx03nMoq528PcnH20xZMvsUxfJ1kuUJUNk5CWUk1UVBYSVdIVzdRNEIwSDZNUDJMVC4u

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• Department News
• Course Offering Updates and Registration Information
• Campus Events and Resources
• Off-Campus Opportunities 
• Jobs and Grad Program Opportunities
• Have Questions? Get Advising and Office Hours Info 

PSY & CD Weekly Spotlight: Emma Borrelli

Congratulations to all Department and Senior Project Symposium Award Winners! 

A huge THANK YOU to Professors Duell, Hernandez, Rodriguez, and Vaisarova for organizing such a great senior project symposium! And thank you to the Poly Child Development Club for the pizza :)

Graduation Celebration Ticket Sale Extended! Still a few seats available!

Inviting all graduating PSY & CD students and faculty members! Please join us in celebrating our graduating psychology and child development students! 

Tickets are limited and reserved for PSY & CD graduates and faculty members only. If the ticket price is a constraint, please email psycd@calpoly.edu.

Graduation Stoles

Congratulations Class of '26! If you choose, you may purchase a PSY/CD graduation stole from the department office on Mondays-Fridays during business hours.

Recruiting Additional Research Participants for the Attention Restoration Project! 

Dr. Lucy Bencharit, in collaboration with Dr. Schwab and Dr. Shen in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) are the Principle Investigators (PIs) for the Attention Restoration Research Study. They are actively recruiting research participants to complete a survey and receive a $5 Amazon Gift Card. Scan the QR code to sign-up today or click on the link HERE. 

Volunteer Recruitment for BEACoN Research

Grief to Growth Student Guides

Click on the title above to access a pdf on the Grief to Growth Student Guides. 

SLO Counseling Services

Paid Internship Opportunity for PSY & CD Seniors in Fall 2026

APPLY NOW - College Corps 2026-2027 Ed Award Application

Are you interested in working with children or engaging in meaningful DEI related work for your internship (4453/4454)? PSYCD & College Corp have a new PAID partnership for FALL 2026!

We are excited to announce that PSYCD has partnered with College Corp for a select set of internships in Fall 2026! We are partnering with local elementary schools and the City of SLO's DEI department to provide high quality internship experience for students

Through College Corp's Education Award, students will complete 360 hours of internship at one of the partnered sites (this would satisfy your 4453/4454 internship requirements), complete a 1-unit class sponsored by College Corp focused on service learning, and receive mentorship to support your professional development. Students who complete their internship through this program will also be paid $3000 upon hour completion as part of the Education Award! This will be a phenomenal learning experience! 

Apply here: College Corps 2026-2027 Ed Award Application  – Fill out formLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.

Learn more here: Education Award Flyer 2026-27.pdf Download Education Award Flyer 2026-27.pdf. 

Feel free to reach out to Dr. K (jkaczoro@calpoly.edu) with questions.

COURSE UPDATES AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Waitlists

When adding courses you will often see that a course is not technically full but there are reserved seats. In most cases for PSY&CD courses, reserved seats are held for transfer student registration or first year student registration. Often there are a few of these seats that are not used and they become available during open enrollment. The best strategy is to get on the waitlist and wait for open enrollment. Most professors in our department wait until the first week of classes to figure out if they can add a student, and if needed distribute permission numbers.

Seats Available in PSY/CD 356 for Summer 2026

Attention PSY & CD students: there are seats available for the following PSY/CD Summer courses: PSY252, PSY324, PSY344, CD/PSY356, PSY357, PSY360, PSY440. 

See the course catalog for course descriptions: 

https://catalog.calpoly.edu/previouscatalogs/2022-2026/

Fall 2026 Registration

• There are seats available in PSY3370 (Introduction to Clinical and Counseling Psychology).
• We added a section of PSY470: "Qualitative Research Methods". This course can be substituted for PSY3333 (Quantitative Research Methods) [you will receive information on the course sub during the first week of classes]
• If we can add a section of Biopsychology (PSY2240), we will do so but please also be aware that we expect additional seats to become available during open enrollment.
• If we can add a section of Quantitative Methods (PSY3333), we will do so but please also be aware that we expect additional seats to become available during open enrollment.
• We are attempting to expand the size of CD/PSY2229 so that we can add everyone on the waitlist and more (Professor Omli's section) - if we can find a large enough room available we will do so.
• Please WATCH THIS SPOT on the Tuesday Newsday for updates!

SEATS AVAILABLE in BMED 450: Safety in Complex Systems 

Medical error and preventable harm are widely regarded as among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Thousands of peer-reviewed articles have been published on the challenges facing patients and the healthcare practitioners that care for them. To understand patient safety, this course will begin with the “science of safety” and then review vital lessons from other “high risk” industries (including nuclear, commercial aviation, chemical manufacturing, the military, maritime, etc...).

Questions about Semester Conversion and GE courses?

Check out the major-specific information that CLA advisors have created: https://cla.calpoly.edu/navigating-semester-conversion

Department specific semester conversion info can be found here.

*Please check your email from Fall for the recording of the first informational sessions for majors - watching that video before attending the workshop will help you get the most out of the session

What are "Supervision" Courses and how do I add them?

Some of our upper division courses are supervised in small groups or individually and can only be added by permission number:

• Fieldwork Internships (453/4453, 454/4454)
• Research Internships (448/4448, 449/4449)
• The second part of senior project (CD/PSY462, soon to be 4462 on semesters)
• Independent Study (400/4000, 401/4401)

For fieldwork internships, you must go through our fieldwork placement process the term before you enroll in internship (via a department canvas page).

For senior project, you must be enrolled in senior project symposium the quarter before 462 (on semesters: you must fill out a department survey the term before 4462). In both cases, you will be assigned a faculty supervisor and given enrollment information at the *end* of the term prior (i.e., *after* you have registered for other courses).

Research internships and independent study are arranged via agreement with a specific faculty member who has agreed to supervise the student project or internship. 

FSN 315 Nutrition in Aging

Tentative Course Offerings (TCO)

The PSY&CD Tentative Course Offerings page has been updated for Academic Year 26-27 (including Summer 2026). Plan ahead: https://psycd.calpoly.edu/undergraduate/tentative-course-offerings

College-wide, you can check out Summer courses here: https://cla.calpoly.edu/summer-cla-tentative-course-offerings

****FIELDWORK INTERNSHIP UPDATE****

Students who are eligible to do internship in FALL semester will find updates here.

• plan to graduate in Fall 2026 or Spring 2027
   
• have completed one of the following Professional Skills courses
  • COMS 3316 or 316: Intercultural Communication
  • COMS 3320 or 320: Intergroup Communication
  • PSY 3304 or 304: Intergroup Dialogues
  • PSY 3323 or 323: The Helping Relationship
  • PSY 3350 or 350: Teamwork

FIELDWORK INTERNSHIP PROCESS

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.

****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 at the registrar website.

Pulitzer prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen

Spanish Immersion Program: Psychology Track

Grocery Store Shuttle

ASI Student Government is proud to share that we are collaborating with Campus Health and Wellbeing to bring a Grocery store shuttle to campus! The shuttle will run every Friday and Sunday from 10AM - 4PM during weeks 1-8 of winter and spring quarters. Shuttles depart from the Performing Arts Center, the University Union, and the Poly Canyon Village Vista Caballo B stop, traveling to Trader Joe's and Target. This service is free for all students with a valid Polycard. More information will be available soon! 

CLA Group Career Counseling

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

-Pharmacy 

-Mental health services through Health Center

-Mental health services via our department's clinic

-Food pantry

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.

Summer Workshop Opportunity

Volunteer with Lumina Alliance

Lumina Alliance is one of the SLO County resources for those who have experienced sexual assault or intimate partner violence. They are seeking prospective students to volunteer with the organization during the spring. This experience offers direct community work, in-depth training that strengthens professional skills, development in communication and critical thinking, and the opportunity to make a tangible difference. Volunteers will complete a 65 hour state certification training to equip them with specialized knowledge and skills to do the job effectively and ethically. For more information on how to volunteer this spring, visit their website HERE. 

JOBS AND GRAD PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES

Join the Camp Ramapo Team this Summer!

UCSB Teacher Education Program

UC Santa Barbara’s Teacher Education Program (TEP) is a 12-month teaching credential and master’s degree program. It is uniquely structured to focus on developing constructive relationships, immersing candidates in a full year of supported student teaching, and integrating coursework with field works to put theory into practice.  

Learn more about UCSB TEP by checking out our website, attending one of our upcoming information meetings, or signing up for our newsletter. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions at tepapp@education.ucsb.edu.  

Biomedical Sciences Master of Science Program

Childcare Jobs

Looking for paid experiences working with children? Be sure to join the Poly Child Development Club Jobs Facebook group! 

The PSY&CD department does not advertise family care opportunities in the Tuesday Newsday; see the "Poly Child Development Club Jobs Page" at https://www.facebook.com/groups/371465039705611/. You will have to request to be added to the group and then, once approved, you will be able to post.

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.