OCAD University

Course Calendar

Search Courses

Print-friendly Page

SPECIAL NOTICES

Visual Culture Course Code Changes

Priority Registration

Requests for Permission to Enter Full Courses


Visual Culture Course Code Changes

In the 2011/12 academic year, the large group of courses coded VISC (Visual Culture) were separated into four sub-groups:

VISA – Art history and theory
VISD – Design history and theory
VISM – Media history and theory, including film and new media
VISC – Cross-disciplinary visual culture and theory courses

This should make it easier for students to find courses of interest to them. Courses taken with any of the above codes will fulfill the VISC requirements for graduation. Please check with your program guide and/or the Student Advisor in Liberal Arts & Sciences if you have any questions.


Priority Registration

A number of Liberal Arts & Sciences courses fulfill mandatory requirements for specific programs in the Faculty of Art or Faculty of Design. For fall/winter registrations, this means that courses offered in winter will have priority registration only during the summer registration period. Be sure to check your program requirements well in advance of the registration period.

Priority Enrolment:

Most courses have priority registration for students in a specific Faculty and/or Major. Priority enrolment will end according to the dates below, after which any remaining spaces in courses (except Thesis) will be open to students in other Faculties and Majors.

Year 4 courses – priority enrolment will be lifted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Year 3 courses – priority enrolment will be lifted on Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Year 2 courses – priority enrolment will be lifted on Monday, July 30, 2012

Requests for Permission to Enter Full Courses

The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences office does not use override forms. The only way you can get into a course that is full is to receive permission from the instructor directly.

Instructors are not obligated to take extra students into a course; it is their decision. They also cannot waive general prerequisites like needing 1.0 credits at the 200 level to take a 300 or 400 level course.

Try registering online first. If the message says: “There are no sections available” then the course is full. You must also ensure you have all the course prerequisites. If you feel you have a good enough reason to be granted permission to take the course, you must follow these 3 steps:

Step 1:

Contact the instructor by email and go to the first class.

  • To contact a faculty member:

          First initial Last name @faculty.ocadu.ca (all together)

          (e.g. Bill Leeming = bleeming@faculty.ocadu.ca)

  • Be sure to give the instructor your name, student number, and email address.

Instructors' names are listed on the Course Schedule. If no instructor is listed, you will have to wait until they are confirmed and check the schedule regularly on your own.

Step 2:

If the instructor gives you permission into the course, they must send an email to Craig Porter, at cporter@ocadu.ca or Leiko Shimizu, at lshimizu@ocadu.ca with your name, student #, email address & course code. 

Requests from instructors must be received by the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences office 24 hours before online registration closes in each semester.  No late requests will be considered.  

We will then RESERVE a space for you on the registration system and contact you by email.

If you are not contacted, please come and see someone in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences office (100 McCaul Street, Room 315).

Step 3:

IMPORTANT: Once you have been contacted, you must go online and register for the course yourself.

If you fail to do this, you will not be registered in the course.


PLEASE NOTE:
You are responsible for registering for all your courses online. Just because you are attending a course, does not mean you are registered in it. Please ensure your name is on the updated class list.

Please be sure to check the Dates & Deadlines for registration deadlines.

Last Modified:6/20/2012 3:34:34 PM