Important Information and Upcoming Deadlines

First-Year News

Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

Important Dates

March 27

Lunch with the Dean

March 30

Last date to apply for admission to the upper-year program at the BISC (May-June session)

April 5

Last day of Winter term Classes

April 6-11

Winter term pre-examination study period

April 11-27

Examination period for Winter and Multi-term classes

April 19

Good Friday (examinations will not be held)

Are you interested in having lunch with the Dean?

Dr. Barbara Crow, the Dean of Arts and Science, extends her invite to first-year students to have lunch with her. She hopes to hear about your experiences to date and how you plan to make the most of your time in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen's. Lunch will be provided.

If you are interested in having lunch with the Dean, please register below. Spots are very limited.

Where: University Club,

The Urquhart Lounge

168 Stuart Street

When: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 12:00-1:30pm

Summer Courses

Thinking about taking an online course this summer to get ahead or catch up ? Summer course enrolment is now underway! Keep in mind that courses can fill up quickly so if you’re planning to take a summer course, we suggest enrolling on SOLUS as soon as possible.

When searching for an online summer class on SOLUS, make sure to change the term to “2019 Summer” and the Course Career from Undergraduate to “Undergraduate Online”.

Before enrolling on SOLUS, we recommend reviewing course information (such as prerequisites and exclusions) on our online course pages .

Check out some of our cool online courses like:

ANAT 100 - Anatomy of the Human Body

CLST 205 – Ancient Humour

ENIN 207 - Envisioning Disruptive Technologies (NEW)

HLTH 101 - Social Determinants of Health

HIST 214 - Food in Global History

MUSC 104 - Introduction to Music Fundamentals (NEW)

SPAN 111: Beginning Spanish

See a full list of our online courses here .

Further, the Fine Arts program is launching a new fine art course specifically for non-fine arts students. If you are interested you can register on SOLUS now, however please note this course is being offered on campus.

ARTF 101/3.0

New! ARTF 101 (Fundamentals of Drawing and Painting) is a newly-offered class to all students, except BFAH students this, Summer 2019 (May to June) taking place on main campus. Check SOLUS for details as there is a materials fee.

Upper-Year Entry to Concurrent Education

Intermediate-Senior (Grade 7-12) - Science-Chemistry/Science-Physics

Arts and Science students who will be declaring a degree plan in, for example, Astronomy, Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Life Science or Physics may be interested to know they can apply to transfer to Concurrent Education.

The upper-year entry is for the Intermediate-Senior (teaching grades 7-12) division. The first teaching subject must be Science–Chemistry or Science-Physics . The second teaching subject must be chosen from the list below; 24 units are required in the second teaching subject.

Second Teaching Subjects:

Dramatic Arts

English

First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies

French as a Second Language

Geography

History

Mathematics

Music – Vocal or Instrumental

Science – Biology

Science – Chemistry

Science – Physics

Visual Arts

Steps to apply are as follows:

Review the Concurrent Education degree requirements
Complete the A&S Program / Plan Selection between 13 – 24 May, 2019
Complete the Application form before the deadline: 24 May 2019

-select Bachelor of Education as admit type

The Faculty of Education will determine the number of spaces available in Science-Chemistry and Science-Physics by June. Applicants will be ranked based on CGPA comprising a full 1st year course load (eg, 30 units). Applicants will be informed of decision at beginning of June prior to Fall/Winter term course selection in July. If eligible for an offer to the program, an academic advisor is available to assist with course selection for teaching subject requirements.

Questions?

Contact Education Student Services

Your Academic Success Survey

The ‘Your Academic Success (YAS)’ survey is part of a longitudinal cohort study being conducted by the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen’s University that aims to look at how undergraduate students are thriving academically. The findings of the study will help inform the design and delivery of key academic support services.

The survey will be open until March 18, 2019 , takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, and all answers are confidential. Students who fill out the survey can choose to enter a draw to win one of 30 $30 Campus Bookstore gift cards .

To fill out the ‘Your Academic Success (YAS)’ survey and enter to win a $30 Campus Bookstore gift card, click here .

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