The Faculty of Arts strongly recommends that returning students request course preferences during each term's Course Selection Period and adjust courses during the Drop/Add Period for each term to maximize their chances of obtaining access to limited enrolment courses. Course registration periods and the last date to add or drop a course can be found in the Calendar of Events and Academic Deadlines.
Students should consult their academic advisor regarding selection of courses.
Requisites
The definitions of prerequisite, antirequisite, and corequisite can be found in the Glossary of Terms.
Cross-Listed Courses
Cross-listed courses are considered to be equivalent in content. Students should be aware that all courses taken under a subject which was cross-listed with a course within the student's plan of the Undergraduate Calendar they are following (requirement term) are included in the plan average. See Academic Standing Definition for how averages are calculated.
Similarly, students enrolled in a course which is cross-listed should be aware that the course will automatically fulfil a Bachelor of Arts Breadth Requirement for either the subject in which they are registered or the cross-listed subject, but not both. For example, a student registered in PACS 203/HIST 232 may receive credit for either the Transdisciplinary Studies requirement or the Humanities requirement, but not for both.
Repeated Courses
- A failed course may be repeated only once unless further repetition is approved by the student's academic advisor.
- A passed course may not be repeated except under exceptional circumstances, and then only once and only under all the following conditions:
- if the student's academic advisor recommends the repetition;
- if, in the event that the course in question is not within the student's major, the academic unit offering the course also recommends the repetition; and
- if the Arts Examinations and Standings Committee approves the petition for repetition of the course in advance of registration for the repetition.
When a course is repeated, both grades are included in the calculation of a student's averages. Only one of the two attempts will count for credit towards the degree.
In rare cases when a student repeats a successfully completed course that has subsequently been cleared (given credit but grade does not count in average), the second instance will not receive credit and will normally not count in the student's averages.
Graduate Courses
Graduate courses may be counted towards an undergraduate degree in Arts. Students must obtain approval from the departmental undergraduate and graduate associate chairs to enrol in a graduate course. Normally, graduate courses counted towards an undergraduate degree cannot be used to satisfy graduate degree requirements.
The following regulations govern undergraduate students who take graduate courses:
- If the graduate course is not intended to be part of the undergraduate degree requirements, it will be designated as NACC (no credit given, not in average), so that the course may be later counted towards a graduate degree.
- Any student who wants a graduate course to count towards their undergraduate degree requirements must petition the Arts Examinations and Standings Committee. As part of the petition, the student should provide an explanation of why they are enrolling in the course.