2007-2008 Calendar Message from the Dean Welcome to the 2007-2008 academic year. This Calendar is your guide to the wide range of academic choices available to you as a student in the Faculty of Arts & Science. With more than 2,000 courses in some 300 programs, the number and variety of options is unparalleled in Canada. While such choice is exciting, it can also be a little intimidating trying to decide which courses to take. There are many people who work in Arts & Science whose job it is to answer your questions and assist you in getting the most out of your university experience. Your college registrar’s office is your first stop for assistance, including advice about course selection, degree requirements and so on. I encourage you to take advantage of these services, whether you are at the beginning, middle or end of your university career. The Faculty of Arts & Science is firmly committed to a top quality experience for our students. We value your feedback on all aspects of your student life. Let us know how you feel your courses and professors measure up by completing the Arts & Science Students’ Union course evaluations. Pass along suggestions to your college registrar’s office about ways in which services could be improved or drop a note in the Faculty of Arts & Science Registrar’s office suggestion box. Take part in campus surveys measuring student satisfaction. Give us your feedback and ideas about this Calendar and our services in general by emailing ask@artsci. utoronto.ca. Or you might even decide to join fellow students on my Faculty Council —Arts & Science's main decision-making body. Through your engagement, we can ensure Arts & Science students get the educational experience they deserve. With best wishes for a great academic year, Pekka K. Sinervo, FRSC Dean & Vice-Provost, First Entry Programs, University of Toronto Important Notices While Departmental counsellors and the Registrars of the Copyright in Instructional Settings Colleges are always available to give advice and guidance, it must If a student wishes to tape-record, photograph, video-record or be clearly understood that THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY otherwise reproduce lecture presentations, course notes or other RESTS WITH THE STUDENT for completeness and correctness similar materials provided by instructors, he or she must obtain of course selection, for compliance with prerequisite, co-requisite the instructor’s written consent beforehand. Otherwise all such requirements, etc., for completion of Program details, for proper reproduction is an infringement of copyright and is absolutely observance of the Distribution Requirement and for observance prohibited. In the case of private use by students with disabilities, of regulations, deadlines, etc. Students are responsible for seeking the instructor’s consent will not be unreasonably withheld. guidance from a responsible officer if they are in any doubt; misunderstanding, or advice received from another student will not Person I.D. (Student Number) be accepted as cause for dispensation from any regulation, deadline, Each student at the University is assigned a unique identification program or degree requirement. number. The number is confidential. The University, through the Degrees Offered on the St. George Campus Policy on Access to Student Academic Records, strictly controls access to Person I.D. numbers. The University assumes and expects Effective for students registering in a degree program in the Faculty that students will protect the confidentiality of their Person I.D.’s. for the first time in the 2001 summer session or later, the St. George Campus of the Faculty of Arts and Science has discontinued Fees and Other Charges the 15-course (three-year) B.A. and B.Sc. degrees; ONLY 20-course The University reserves the right to alter the fees and other (four-year) Honours B.A., B.Sc. and B.Com degrees will be available. charges described in the calendar. Students registered in a degree program in the Faculty before the 2001 summer session may still choose a 15-course (three-year) Notice of Collection concerning Freedom of degree. Information and Protection of Privacy Changes in Programs of Study and/or Courses The University of Toronto respects students’ privacy. Personal The programs of study that our calendar lists and describes are information that you provide to the University is collected pursuant available for the year(s) to which the calendar applies. They may not to section 2(14) of the University of Toronto Act, 1971. It is necessarily be available in later years. If the University or the Faculty collected for the purpose of administering admissions, registration, must change the content of programs of study or withdraw them, academic programs, university-related student activities, activities all reasonable possible advance notice and alternative instruction of student societies, financial assistance and awards, graduation will be given. The University will not, however, be liable for any loss, and university advancement, and for the purpose of statistical damages, or other expenses that such changes might cause. reporting to government agencies. At all times it will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of For each program of study offered by the University through Privacy Act. If you have questions, please refer to www.utoronto. the Faculty, the courses necessary to complete the minimum ca/privacy or contact the University Freedom of Information and requirements of the program will be made available annually. We Protection of Privacy Coordinator at 416-946-7303, McMurrich must, however, reserve the right otherwise to change the content Building, Room 201, 12 Queen’s Park Crescent West, Toronto, ON, of courses, instructors and instructional assignments, enrolment M5S 1A8. limitations, pre-requisites and co-requisites, grading policies, requirements for promotion and timetables without prior notice. Registration Details of the procedures by which students of the Faculty of Regulations and Policies Arts and Science register and enrol in courses for which they are The University has several policies that are approved by the eligible, and pay or make arrangements to pay fees, are found in the Governing Council and which apply to all students. Each student Registration Handbook and Timetable, which students receive from must become familiar with the policies. The University will assume their college. (Any student allowed to register one day after the end that he or she has done so. The rules and regulations of the of the first week of classes is charged a late fee. Faculty are displayed here. Applicable University policies are either fully displayed here or listed here. In applying to the Faculty, the Passed Courses May Not Be Repeated student assumes certain responsibilities to the University and the Students may not repeat any course in which they have already Faculty and, if admitted and registered, shall be subject to all rules, obtained a mark of 50% or higher. The only exceptions occur regulations and policies cited in the calendar, as amended from time when students require a course with a specific grade for entry to to time. a limited-enrolment Program. Students may repeat such a course only once as an “extra” course, which will have no effect on status Enrolment Limitations or Grade-Point Average. There are no supplemental examinations The University makes every reasonable effort to plan and control or provisions to “upgrade” a mark. All courses taken, except those enrolment to ensure that all of our students are qualified to officially cancelled, remain on the record. complete the programs to which they are admitted, and to strike a practicable balance between enrolment and available instructional Degree Courses and “Extra” Courses: Chronological resources. Sometimes such a balance cannot be struck and the Principle number of qualified students exceeds the instructional resources Courses are credited towards a degree chronologically. For that we can reasonably make available while at the same time example, if a student has already passed six 100-series courses maintaining the quality of instruction. In such cases, we must and then enrols in further 100-series courses, the more recent reserve the right to limit enrolment in the programs, courses, or courses are counted as “Extra” courses. An exception occurs when sections listed in the calendar, and to withdraw courses or sections a student who has completed 5.5 100-series courses enrols in a full for which enrolment or resources are insufficient notice and course at the 100-level in a subsequent session; the most recently alternative instruction will be given. The University will not be liable taken half-course becomes “extra.” for any loss, damages, or other expenses that such limitations or withdrawals might cause. 2 Contents Where to Look to Find What You TRANSCRIPTS Need…. Ordered from the Transcript Office, Sidney Smith, room 1006, or on ROSI at www.rosi.utoronto.ca. (Use a credit card to order.) A quick guide to information on the main topics of interest to Information on ASW. Arts & Science students. ADVISING (Calendar = this publication ; RHT = Registration Handbook & Timetable ; ASW = Arts & Science Faculty Registrar’s website: Your reliable first stop is your College Registrar’s Office. They www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/undergraduate) can help you sort things out and get the support you need. Departmental and program advisors advise on matters related COURSES: to specific courses, programs, or instructional matters. You may Descriptions listed alphabetically by sponsoring unit in the also access specialized University Student Services directly. See: Calendar. www.studentservices.utoronto.ca/services.asp or Intuit: Your guide to student life @ U of T. Scheduling information and enrolment instructions in the RHT. COURSE EVALUATIONS PROGRAMS The ASSU Anti-Calendar appears on the ASSU website: General definitions and rules, Calendar pp. 25-26. Alphabetical www.assu.ca. listing of all Subject POSts (programs of study), Calendar pp.