What you need to know so you can do well as a PHIL … PPT... · • Health Services is an...
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Welcome to the PHIL Major program
1. How do I register for my courses? 2. How can I keep my GPA up? 3. What pitfalls should I make sure to avoid?
1. How to add/drop course go to your Portal to do this
1. The DNE [did not enter] deadline is Sept 15th2014 you can drop a course and not be charged, and no trace remains on your transcript
2. DISC deadline is Oct 26th 2014.
• You are charged for the course • The DISC notation remains on your transcript • Your GPA is not affected.
2. How to keep your GPA above 2.00
• You can DROP any course within the first 2 weeks without charge, and without notation on your transcript [this is called DNE did not enter] so check the deadline.
• If you are not sure you can handle the course TALK to your professor, or the Departmental Advisor, Dr Sheila Mason.
• You can still drop after one month. This is called a DISC, as in discontinue. Check the DISC date. You still pay for the course, and the ‘DISC’ notation remains on your transcript, but your GPA is not affected. • if you get sick, or are in a crisis during the term, TALK to your Professor, or to the Department Advisor, Dr Sheila Mason.
3. How to avoid the main pitfalls
• 2. Find the course reading and the assignments really difficult?
Get support on study skills. Go to Counselling, http://artsandscience.concordia.ca/studyinginartsandscience/current-students/other-
concordia-services/ check out Peer Tutoring with SoPhia Students of PhilosoPhy Association
3. How to avoid the main pitfalls
3a. Feeling sick? • Health Services is an on-campus
health care clinic. They have nurses, physicians, health promotion specialists and mental health professionals.
• concordia.ca/health
SGW campus GM-200
Loyola campus AD-131
3b. Struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, substance abuse or other mental health issues? Mental health professionals are available at Health Services and Counseling and Development. http://cdev.concordia.ca/
Top Things You Can do For Better Health • Don’t use tobacco • Eat healthfully • Be physically active • Get sufficient, quality sleep • Drink alcohol in moderation, if at all • Practice safer sex
IT’S A FACT Healthier
students do better!
3. How to avoid the main pitfalls
• 4. Not meeting new people? Contact SoPhia Students of PhilosoPhy Association
http://sophiaconcordia.wordpress.com/
3. How to avoid the main pitfalls
• 5. Looking for a spiritual place on campus? Contact the Multi-faith chaplaincy
Important URLs
Department of PHIL http://artsandscience1.concordia.ca/philosophy Undergraduate Calendar: degree requirements & all courses descriptions http://www.concordia.ca/academics/undergraduate/calendar/current.html Or: 1. Concordia Home Page, 2. Quick Links, 3. Undergraduate Calendar Important term dates: http://www.concordia.ca/events/academic-dates.html Or: 1. Concordia Home Page, 2. Quick Links, 3. Important Academic Dates Advising email addresses [email protected].
Important Rules • General Education Requirement: you must take 6 credits in a Social Science or a Science course [or
one course in each ]
• 24 Credit rule: you must take 24 credits out of your concentration [i.e. out of PHIL]. This includes the 6 Gen Ed credits
• Be sure to Drop a course that seems wrong at this time before the DNE deadline [Sept 15th2014] • Be sure to DISC a course before the DISC deadline [October 26th2014 • If you are SICK get a doctor to sign the Medical Form that you can download from your Portal. This
is the only form of doctor’s note that the University accepts
• If you need an extension after the term ends, i.e., an INC you must speak to your professor as soon as you know you have an insurmountable problem and provide a medical note, or other evidence the problem
• To request permission to Transfer Credits from another university use the Student Request Form from your Portal.
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General Education courses outside Humanities you must complete a total of 6 credits from either or both sets
Social Sciences: Applied Human Sciences Economics Education Geography Planning and Environment Political Science Religion School of Community and Public Affairs Sociology and Anthropology Simone de Beauvoir Institute
Sciences: Biology Chemistry/Biochemistry Exercise Science Mathematics & Statistics Physics Psychology Science College
Courses in the Humanities these courses cannot be used for the Gen Ed component of
the 24 credits you must take out of PHIL
• Classics • Modern Languages and Linguistics • Communication Studies • English • Etudes Françaises • History • Journalism • Liberal Arts College • Loyola International College • School of Canadian and Irish Studies • Theological Studies