Arts Advising
Fall 2023 Important Information
- Academic support to boost your grades? Study Skills and Course Support have all the workshops, consultations, and resources for your most successful term yet.
- Need a check-in with a mental health professional? Jay Love is the Faculty of Arts' dedicated counsellor - drop in hours are in person on Thursdays and Fridays, 11:00am to 12:00pm and 1:30pm to 2:30pm on the 5th floor of the DAWB, 5-147
- Questions about tuition, student awards, financial aid, and payments? Connect with Service Laurier
- Who is my advisor?
- How do I declare or change my Major, Option, or Minor?
- How do I submit a petition?
- When are my exams?
- I need to request an exam deferral (submit your petition to the Faculty who houses the course)
More questions?
Mackenzie and Anne support students in their first year and General BA students. If you are a senior student (Year 2 or above) with a major, please connect with your designated Undergraduate Advisor (see contact list below).
Advising Support via Email
Connect with us at artsadvising@wlu.ca from your @mylaurier email account, with your full name and student ID. Include as much detail as you can! We monitor the inbox during regular business hours, and we will respond to all emails as soon as we are able.
Drop-in Virtual Advising on Zoom
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2-3 p.m
Drop-in sessions are first-come, first-serve and no registration is required. These are best for quick questions and clarifications - email us first! If the session is busy, your meeting will be limited to 5 minutes. You’ll need to sign into Zoom using your Laurier Zoom account. Conversations are held 1:1 with an advisor; each student is admitted from the Zoom lobby in the order they sign into the call.
Zoom meeting link:
https://wilfrid-laurier.zoom.us/j/99813632173?pwd=VXZwZ0x5ZzluL1BxQmk3OFlQbFNVQT09
Meeting ID: 998 1363 2173
Passcode: 923271
Arts Undergraduate Advisor Contacts for 2023-2024
If you are a senior year student with a major and have questions regarding progression, connect with your program's Arts Undergraduate Advisor.
- Anthropology: André Czegledy, anthropologyadvising@wlu.ca
- Archaeology, Hertitage Studies: Debra Foran, ahsadvising@wlu.ca
- Communication Studies, Cultural Studies: Sara Matthews, csaadv@wlu.ca
- English: Eleanor Ty, englishadvising@wlu.ca
- Film Studies: Jing Jing Chang, jchang@wlu.ca
- Global Studies: Ehaab D. Abdou, gsadvisor@wlu.ca
- History, Ancient Studies: Dana Weiner, historyadvising@wlu.ca
- International Education Studies: Taylor Marks and Alex Latta, iesadvisor@wlu.ca
- Languages and Literatures: Marc Olivier Reid, langandlitadvising@wlu.ca
- Medieval and Medievalism Studies: Chris Nighman, cnighman@wlu.ca
- Philosophy: Rebekah Johnston, philosophyadvising@wlu.ca
- Political Science and North American Studies: Chris Anderson, poadvising@wlu.ca
- Sussex Law: sussex@wlu.ca
- Religion and Culture: Kevin Burrell, RandCAdvising@wlu.ca
- Sociology: Morgan Holmes, socadvising@wlu.ca
- Strategies for Academic Success: sas@wlu.ca
- Women and Gender Studies: Andrea Brown, wgsadvising@wlu.ca
Note: Students with BA in Psychology, BA in Biology, BA in Geography or BA in Environmental Studies should contact Faculty of Science advising. Students with BA in Economics should contact Lazaridis School of Business and Economics advising.
An option is an enhanced minor that you can incorporate into your degree program. Options range from eight to 10 courses and can be added to many of your programs. For more information on each option, contact the corresponding person for more details:
- Applied Social Research: Morgan Holmes, socadvising@wlu.ca
- Community Engagement: Ehaab D. Abdou, gsadvisor@wlu.ca
- Digital Humanities: Dana Weiner, historyadvising@wlu.ca
- Film Production: Jing Jing Chang, jchang@wlu.ca
- French: Eleanor Ty, langandlitadvising@wlu.ca
- Geomatics: Steven Roberts, sroberts@wlu.ca
- Intercultural Understanding: André Czegledy, anthropologyadvising@wlu.ca
- Legal Studies: Loren King, lking@wlu.ca
- Management: bbaadvising@wlu.ca
- Medievalism Studies: Chris Nighman, cnighman@wlu.ca
- Muslim Studies: Kevin Burrell, RandCAdvising@wlu.ca
- Research Specialization: Refer to the specific program's undergraduate office for further information
- Social Entrepreneurship: Ehaab D. Abdou, gsadvisor@wlu.ca
- Sustainability: Miguel Sioui, msioui@wlu.ca
If your academic challenges are serious or complicated, you can make an appointment with the Associate Dean: Student Affairs & Learning, Dr. Jason Roy.
To book an appointment, email cginn@wlu.ca or cmahler@wlu.ca.
Faculty of Arts students who wish to have an academic regulation waived due to extenuating circumstances or on compassionate grounds, should submit using the Petition for Exception to Academic Regulations Faculty of Arts form.
Exam deferral requests for Faculty of Arts courses should be submitted using the Faculty of Arts Final Exam Deferral Request form.
For exam deferral requests, if granted, the deferral will be scheduled for the deferral period, unless the course is needed as a prerequisite for the next semester or to qualify for graduation. If this is the case a slip day will be arranged. A deferral fee may be charged to your student account for each deferral.
The Faculty of Arts Petitions and Regulations Committee will consider and decide all petitions within six weeks of the filing of the petitions, provided all the proper documentation and information is given. The Petitions Committee will not consider any petition until all documentation has been submitted. The Petitions Committee reserves the right to not consider petitions that are submitted without appropriate supporting documentation.
For more information on the petition and appeals process, please visit Academic and Petition Appeals.