Your offer letter outlined the deposit fee that is payable after you accept your offer. This is payable directly within your Mosaic Student Center as of June 1 (3 months prior to your program start) and will be applied towards your tuition fees. You will use your MacID and password you would have initiated during the Accepted My Offer stage when signing into Mosaic.

Navigate to your financial section where you will see this amount owing. To make payment, follow instructions posted on the Payment Methods section of Fees and Payments.

For more information on tuition fees, please visit the Tuition & Finance webpage.

The School of Graduate Studies will matriculate all applicants late June/July to prepare for students to take the next step: Enrolment in their program courses. You will not be able to take this next step until this process has been complete. Students will receive enrollment notices.

There is no action required by students for this step.

Now that you have been matriculated, you will receive instructions in July advising you when enrollment opens, how to enrol, and how to pay for the fall term.  Your first payment is not required until mid September. General details about SGS payment deadlines and enrolment.

You are expected to enrol in Year 1 courses as posted within the Course Sequence chart. The Mosaic Course catalog and the how to enrol instructions will further help you in your enrolment process.

MHM students must enrol in the full academic year, no later than the on-time registration deadline as posted within the SGS Graduate Calendar Sessional dates. Failure to enrol by this date may risk your status in the program.

Your student ID card displays your student number, name, photo and is the “key” to a variety of McMaster services while on or off campus.

Students need to upload a passport-like photo which meets the photo requirements by the deadline. Cards will be then be distributed at the registration desk during the Fall Residency.

Visit McMaster Student ID Card for more details and the photo upload requirements.

*Note: Pickup will be at the Fall Residency registration desk for those that have uploaded photos by the deadline.

For those who have received a conditional offer, you are responsible for ensuring that all required documents are received at the MHM office by September 1, prior to your start in the program. Failure to satisfy this deadline may result in your offer of admission being rescinded.

Official Transcripts must:

• include the degree conferred date.
• have a current printed date (within the last 12 months).
• be accompanied by a certified English translation, should the original language not be English.
• be received by our program office directly from the issuing institution in a sealed envelope or a secure electronic document platform with a current print date.

Institution(s) must forward secure digital transcripts, or send a paper versions, to our program office:

The above is a generalized basic view of condition clearing guidelines, for a more thorough list of guidelines for various situation, please review the Graduate studies Conditions of Admission website.

If you have questions about your offer or clearing conditions, please contact the program office.

McMaster Graduate students are required to enrol and complete these two mandatory courses by the end of the first month of the first term.
Source: School of Graduate Studies Calendar, 2.6.5 Required Course and Training.

Refer to the SGS 101/201 How To page which outlines: enrolment, Avenue to Learn access of the course shells and the completion steps for both of these courses. Failure to complete these two courses by the deadline may result in the inability to graduate or register for subsequent terms, or access your Avenue course shells, etc. until these are completed with a successful ‘Complete’ Grade.

Upon completion of the courses, please be sure to take a screen shot of your final grade and upload this to the MHM Virtual Office Assignment folder. This screen shot should capture your name, the grade received and the course code/name.

What is Avenue to Learn?

Avenue to Learn (A2L or Avenue) is the primary learning, course delivery and assessment platform at McMaster. Each course within MHM has its own Avenue course shell that is accessible via this platform. MHM students will learn more about this platform during the mandatory HM600/Orientation course (More details provided later in your MHM Journey Checklist).

Throughout the program, important information, instructions, and updates will be shared with you within the program’s Avenue shell: the MHM Virtual Office.

Students may wish to take a moment to review this shell immediately or wait until they have completed the HM600/Orientation course (Discussed further in step 8). Should you decide to review it first, please remember that you will be walked through many aspects during the orientation course to help familiarize yourself. Students will also learn how to set email/push notifications up.

You will be given access to a mandatory online orientation module (HM600) within the Avenue to Learn platform. This course will prepare you for your Fall course and provide you with experience and a level of confidence in using the various platforms used by the courses.

In July you will be given access to the MHM Virtual office, where you will find the handbook posted. Please read and make note of important policies and resources listed in the MHM Student Handbook. Upon completion, please complete and return the required acknowledgment form as outlined on the form by the start of the Fall term.

The residency dates are found posted on our residency webpage and within the MHM Virtual Office. Here you will also find general information pertaining to the residencies.

Note: all visa students will require a study permit to attend the residency should it occur in-person.

Students must order your textbook(s) as soon as you receive the necessary details. The textbook lists are posted within the Program’s Avenue to Learn Virtual Office shell as well as within the course syllabi provided to you by the Course Coordinator.

The following books are useful throughout your entire degree and are not specific to any one MHM course. We encourage you to order them now.

a) ISBN: 978-1-4338-3216-1
Title: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). (2020).
Edition: 7^th Edition
Publisher: American Psychological Association.

b) ISBN: 978-0-393-53870-0
Title: “They Say/I Say: the moves that matter in Academic Writing.” (5th ed.). (2021).
Edition: 5^th Edition
Author: Graff, Gerald & Birkenstein, C.
Publisher: W. Norton & Company.

Ordering your Textbook(s): You are welcome to perform your own searches on sites such as Chapters, Amazon, Vital Source, direct from the publisher, or another mode to obtain the text(s).  All additional course materials will be available online via the Avenue to Learn (Avenue) course shell site.

Individuals who may require reasonable accommodation (an individualized adaptation or adjustment made to provide a person with a disability with equitable and non-discriminatory opportunities for participation) to any portion of the MHM Program are encouraged to contact Student Accessibility Services (SAS) as soon as possible.