Arts Academic Advising

Booked in person and virtual advising appointments are typically available through our online booking calendar on the following days and times:

• Tuesday to Friday: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Monday to Thursday: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Appointments open for booking each Friday at 9:00 AM for the week ahead (until claimed). Please select the advisor and preferred modality to see availability. If you do not see any available appointments, it means that all appointments have been claimed for the week. Please check again the following Friday. 

Currently paused for the Spring 2026 term. 

For quick questions, drop-in advising sessions are typically held in person in the Dean of Arts Boardroom (DAWB 5-103)

Check out the Arts Program Guide to learn about our majors and their required first year courses.

Choose courses (no pre-requisites required!) in the Faculty of Arts for Fall 2026 and Winter 2027:

• FOA 100-level courses

• Review the Course Registration Guide for first year program requirements 
• Consult MyDegree and connect with your designated Arts Undergraduate Advisor if you are an upper year student with a major
• To request a prerequisite, major/program, year-level, capacity, or campus override for a course in the Faculty of Art, please see the Faculty of Arts Course Override Form
• Watch the Course Registration Support videos  (YouTube playlist)
• Understand the course modes of delivery (YouTube video)
• Note the important academic term dates 

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:

• Community Engagement: Ehaab Abdou, gsadvisor@wlu.ca

• Digital Humanities: Amy Milne-Smith, historyadvising@wlu.ca 

• Film Production: Jing Jing Chang, filmadvising@wlu.ca 

• French: Marc Olivier Reid, langandlitadvising@wlu.ca 

• Intercultural Understanding: André Czegledy, anthropologyadvising@wlu.ca 

• Legal Studies: Izabela Steflja, isteflja@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 and Innovation: Ehaab Abdou, gsadvisor@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 or a final exam deferred due to extenuating circumstances or on compassionate grounds, should submit a Petition for Exception to Academic Regulations 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.