Arts Academic Advising

Mackenzie and Jenna 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).

Returning Student Support

• Progressing to Year 2 of your program? Connect in with your designated Undergraduate Advisor 
• Check out MyDegree to review your degree progress and remaining requirements 
• Looking to declare or change your major, minor or option? Request a program change

Incoming Student Support

• Joining us in September?! Check out the Laurier 101 incoming student support program
• Course Registration Resources:  
  • View the recording of the Faculty of Arts course registration webinar 
  • Review your first-year program requirements in the Course Registration Guide  
  • Use the fillable Course Registration Quick Reference Guide to plan your Fall and Winter timetables  
  • Having trouble? Check out the Course Registration Support Playlist (YouTube)

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 can. 

Drop-in Academic Advising 

Drop-in sessions are first-come, first-serve and no registration is required. Come prepared with your top 1-2 questions and have your student ID number ready! Conversations are held 1:1 with an advisor. If the session is busy, your meeting will be limited to 5 minutes.  

Zoom:

• Tuesday July 30th, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Friday August 2nd, 10:30 a.m. to noon

Arts Undergraduate Advisor Contacts for 2024-2025 

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: Scott Gallimore, ahsadvising@wlu.ca
• Communication Studies, Cultural Studies: Sara Matthews, csaadv@wlu.ca 
• English: Eleanor Ty, englishadvising@wlu.ca 
• Film Studies: Jing Jing Chang, filmadvising@wlu.ca  
• Global Studies: Ehaab D. Abdou, gsadvisor@wlu.ca
• History, Ancient Studies, and Digital Humanities: Amy Milne-Smith, 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: Jorg Broschek, poadvising@wlu.ca 
• Sussex Law: sussex@wlu.ca 
• Religion and Culture: Kevin Burrell, RandCAdvising@wlu.ca 
• Sociology: Dana Sawchuk, socadvising@wlu.ca 
• Strategies for Academic Success: sas@wlu.ca
• Women and Gender Studies: Hillary Pimlott, 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.