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Some notes from past postings:
1. Leaving York:
A. Talk to your instructors and visit your Department
to make sure that you're not doing something stupid.
B. Go to the Bennett Centre to make sure
that you can get back in.
C. Make sure that you have dropped all
courses so that you don't have failures on your record.
Students wishing to transfer from York must
first contact the universities to which they wish to go. No
one at York will be able to initiate the process which depends
entirely on the target institution. You may wish to make an
appointment at the other institutions and with your instructors
here at York to discuss the wisdom of such a move. The
initiative, the paper work and applications are all yours.
2. Those who have questions for or about
Film should consult with Stephanie
Dixon and/or Brenda Longfellow.
3. Changing Majors:
A. Visit the Department to which you wish
to change and make an appointment about changing your major.
B. Follow the instructions and fill out
the forms.
C. There are no deadlines but the sooner that
you start the procedure the better. There are no penalties,
but you may have to add courses and time in order to satisfy the
new major.
4. Creative writing has been very
difficult to locate. Here's a list of name, only one of which
seems to able to be reached: cw.htm
5.
Dates for dropping courses have been extended. For courses
in Fall Term this extends to 10 March. When you drop a course, you will erase
everything that you did (or did not) do in that course. If
you drop the course today, you will have no further obligations.
Courtesy demands that you inform your instructor with a brief
explanation. "You're a lousy teacher" is not allowed!
http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/importantdates/fw08.htm
6.
Once again, students who are thinking about
withdrawing from York, currently have no claim for refunding of
fees. Classes were suspended not cancelled. There may be
a case to be made from special circumstances. This will have to
be made to Student Services in the Bennett Centre. Such petitions
may be more generously dealt with than in normal times. We all
agree that the strike was miserable and a hardship for everyone,
especially students and those on strike, but law and precedent,
thus far, seem not to allow for compensation.
7. Post Strike
information from York:
http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=11964
8. Difficulties with your assignments in Fall
Term (and Winter Term, too) should be firstly negotiated
very politely with your instructors. Only when this fails should
you approach departmental advisors or chairs. You should be
able to describe clearly reasons for your difficulty at every
stage of your discussion with your instructors or departments.
9. Those wishing to discuss their
academic/professional futures should contact me
pswarney@yorku.ca. Be
sure to mention your majors and where you are now in your academic
career. We may be able to sponsor a general session in March
where you can ask both general and specific questions about next
and following years at York and in your future. Most of you
will have questions that are shared by many others, or which will
help you focus more clearly about where you are headed.
If you are interested in such a session, please send a note to
wcmaster@yorku.ca with
"Future" in the subject line.
10. Applications to Graduate Studies and
professional schools depend entirely on your performance as a
student. The strike is irrelevant. What counts is the
quality of letters sent by your instructors and the quality of
your grades. Those considering applying to Graduate Studies
and other professional schools should start planning their
applications for next year -deadlines have passed for next
September. Look carefully at what is required by the places to
which you may apply. Do they require the Graduate Record
Examination or similar tests? Do you know where to find the
Kaplan courses or courses like them which can help you prepare for
these examinations?
11.
The bookstore will relax its refund policy
due to the extenuating circumstances. We normally allow a maximum
of 14 days to return books, but will extend it for fall/winter
books that are no longer being required. Unfortunately, students
need to present books in re-salable, mint condition. Some books
are simply not returnable, such as those with 'broken' or opened
Access codes, and so on. We normally need a receipt but if it is
misplaced, we will refund books that appear to have been purchased
at the York bookstore. It would be helpful to have in hand
information from your instructors with specifics about any books being dropped.
For information posted from 1 to 9 February►►
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