 | Faculty of Arts & Science
2011-2012 Calendar |
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| Faculty of Arts & Science
2011-2012 Calendar |
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Director: Anne-Marie Brousseau, Associate Dean Undergraduate Academic Programs
deb.shaw@utoronto.ca (416-978-0359)
The199Y1 and199H1 seminars are designed to provide entering Arts & Science degree students (St. George)with the opportunity to work closely with an instructor in a class of no more than twenty-four students. Each Seminar focuses on specific disciplinary or interdisciplinary issues, questions or controversies of particular interest to the instructor, and introduces the students to the excitement of discovery inherent in academic work at the University of Toronto. In addition, students are encouraged to develop their ability to think analytically and to express ideas and logical arguments clearly and coherently, both orally and in writing.
These interactive seminars are not designed as introductory surveys to a discipline or program. Rather, they are intended to stimulate the students’ curiosity and provide an opportunity to get to know a member of the professorial staff in a seminar environment during the first year of study. Thus, students are encouraged to experience material and methods that are outside the area in which they will eventually concentrate in order to benefit fully from the diversity of the Faculty of Arts & Science.
Each 199Y1 and199H1 seminar has a generic designator, which corresponds to the Breadth Category the course can fulfill: CCR199 (Creative and Cultural Representations), TBB199 (Thought, Belief, and Behaviour), SII199 (Society and Its Institutions), LTE199 (Living Things and Their Environment), PMU199 (The Physical and Mathematical Universes), or XBC199 (Y course that counts as half in each of two breadth categories).
The199Y1 and199H1 seminars count for degree credit in the same way as any other course, but do not count towards a subject POSt. First-Year Seminars can be used to satisfy the Breadth Requirement; for details, see the Degree Requirements section). NOTE: 198H1 may be used to allow enrolment in two199H1 seminars in the same session. Students may enrol in ONLY one 199Y1 OR two 199H1s.
Director: Anne-Marie Brousseau, Associate Dean Undergraduate Academic Programs
deb.shaw@utoronto.ca (416-978-0359)
The Research Opportunity Program (ROP) provides an opportunity for Arts & Science degree students (St. George) in their second year (i.e., after completing at least 4 but not more than 8.5 credits) to earn one course credit by participating in a faculty member’s research project. Each 299Y1 course has a program-specific designator, such as ANT, CLA, CSB, VIC, etc. Not all departments or programs will necessarily participate in the ROP each year.
Descriptions of ROP projects are available on the Faculty's web site and in the Program Office (room 1067, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street) mid February. Students wishing to participate should email online ROP Application forms to deb.shaw@utoronto.ca by the due date indicated on the website. Students can apply to a maximum of five ROPs in total, but can accept only one. Students are informed whether they have been accepted in early July for Fall/Winter courses (mid April for Summer courses). Successful applicants are registered by the Program office.
Students are expected to keep a journal recording meetings, progress, and what was learned about the project in particular and the nature of research in general.
Director: Ito Peng, Associate Dean Interdisciplinary and International Affairs
Coordinator: Mary-Priscilla Stevens, Director, International Programs and Partnerships
deb.shaw@utoronto.ca (416-978-0359)
The Independent Experiential Study Program (IES) provides an opportunity for Arts & Science degree students (St. George) in their third year (i.e., after completing at least 9 but not more than 14 credits) to participate in a practical or experiential activity under the supervision of a faculty member. The practical, experiential component can take the form of research/learning in archives, laboratories, libraries, or in a field camp, etc.—but not in a classroom at another university (that is covered by the Faculty’s summer abroad and exchange programs). The projects run within the May-August period, when both Faculty and students would be able to make the time commitments necessary. Regular tuition fees apply.
Each 398H0/399Y0 has a program-specific designator, such as ANT, CLA, CSB, VIC, etc., and would be eligible to count towards program completion if the program sponsor (Chair or Director) so chooses. A limited number of 398H0/399Y0 courses are available each year. In an effort to provide as many international opportunities as posssible for Arts and Science students, priority is given to students who have not participated in Faculty of Arts and Science off-campus funding opportunities (Internationalized Course Module (ICM) or another 399). Faculty supervisors propose the projects and choose the students who apply. Students must also attend a Safety Abroad Seminar.
Descriptions of the projects are available on the Faculty's web site and in the Program Office (room 1067, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street) mid to late February.
Applications are available online and must be emailed to the supervising instructor by mid March. Students are informed in mid April whether or not they have been accepted. Successful applicants are registered by the Program office.