February 14, 2017
First-Year Student eNewsletter

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Important Dates & Deadlines 

February 20
Family Day (Classes will not be held)

February 21 - 24
Mid-term Reading Week - We'll  miss you

March 1
Majors Night (learn more at Career Services website)

March 3
Last date to drop Winter Term and multi-term classes


Certificate in Law online courses available this Summer Term
 
The Faculty of Law will be offering four online undergraduate law courses in the summer (May-July) semester this year, in the context of their new Certificate in Law.

Law 201: Introduction to Canadian Law
Law 202: Aboriginal Law
Law 203: Workplace Law
Law 204: Corporate Law

Course descriptions and detailed information about the Certificate can be found on the Law website. (Please note that the Certificate is pending Ministry approval, but you can sign up for these courses now, and apply their credits toward the Certificate later should you meet the Certificate's application requirements, and it gets approved).

Remember that Arts and Science students may count up to 6.0 units in courses from other Faculties and Schools (including BMED, COMM, LAW, NURS) toward your degree requirements. 


Majors Night    
 
Choosing a program is one of the largest decisions students make in university. It's important to make an informed choice - but it doesn't have to stress you out. Majors Night was created to help you ask questions and learn about each Arts and Science program.   

March 1, 2017 (Grant Hall) from 4 - 7 pm

Choosing a Plan     
 
Students who have completed 24 units or more must participate in the Program/Plan selection process in May.  This involves choosing the area of study (Plan) that you wish to pursue.  This year, Plan Selection runs from May 15 - May 26.

To request your Program/Plan, you will need to log into your Student Centre in SOLUS.  Program/Plan Selection is NOT first-come first-served and you may access the page as often as you wish.  Please keep in mind, though, that each time you are accepted into a Plan, a record of that change will be recorded on your student record and transcript.


Summer Registration is Open.  Get ahead this Summer

When searching for online classes offered in the summer, remember to change the Course Career from Undergraduate to Distance Studies as shown below:


 

RESERVED SEATS: All online courses will have a few spaces reserved for Distance Studies students. These students were admitted to Queen's under the Distance Career category and are only allowed to enrol in online courses. Because of this, we reserve some spaces for them in our online courses.

If you get an error message stating that seats are reserved for students in other programs, this is what it means. All reserved seats will be released on the first day of class.


Practice Your Language Skills and Earn Credit in Europe this Summer     
 

The Ontario Rhône-Alpes (ORA) Summer Language Program (SLP) in France and the Ontario Baden-Württemberg (OBW)'s Internationale Bodensee Hochschule (IBH) in Germany.

The former is a short-term study abroad option for full-time degree students interested in exploring French culture and improving their French language skills. The latter is a four-week summer program at the University of Konstanz in the Baden-Württemberg region of Germany. In this program, students from around the world congregate to learn and discuss the cultures of German-speaking countries that surround Lake Constance. Successful applicants in either program receive a scholarship to help cover expenses.

The internal Queen's application deadline for interested ORA SLP candidates is Friday, February 17, 2017 at 4:30pm. All applications and supporting documents are due in the International Programs Office (IPO) by this time and date. The internal application deadline for the OBW IBH program will be announced on the IPO website in February. Full program details, links, and application procedures can be found here: http://www.queensu.ca/ipo/outgoing-students/oui-summer-programs.
 
 

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