Newly Admitted Students
U0 (Foundation) Program Information
If you are coming to 澳客竞彩 directly from high school or entering with 0-23 credits of Advanced Standing, you are a Foundation student (U0), and you must complete the 30 credit Foundation Program.
As a Foundation student, you will choose courses from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Languages and/or Math and Sciences. You should always select from courses at the 100 or 200 level (e.g. ATOC 181 or HIST 206) in subject areas that are of interest to you. In addition, this Foundation U0 Program courses (Faculty of Arts) webpage outlines a wide variety of approved Foundation courses you may register for. Courses must be selected from the Approved Foundation Program Course List.
You must have your fall and winter course selections verified prior to the start of classes. To verify your course selection by email, send a message to studentaffairsofficer.dgph [at] mcgill.ca with the subject 鈥淔oundation Course Selection鈥�. Be sure to include your student ID number, full name and your filled in
Program Checklist. To verify them virtually or in-person, please send an email to studentaffairsofficer.dgph [at] mcgill.ca to make an appointment.
U1 Program Information
A complete list of courses, course descriptions and prerequisites can be found below.
Advising for New Students
Your advisor can help you explore academic pathways, navigate challenges, plan your classes and provide referrals to other campus and community resources if you need additional help.
Contacting your Advisor:
Enoch Leung -听studentaffairsofficer.dgph [at] mcgill.ca (ensure to include your 澳客竞彩 ID number and full name)
Virtual Appointment [MS Booking Form - pending]
In-Person Advising [MS Booking Form - pending]
For all appointments, please ensure your program checklist is ready to share!
Streams
Students choose among the following streams:
- Environment and Health
- Culture, Society and Health
- Diet, Lifestyle and Life Course
- Systems, Policy and Government
- Innovation and Leadership
*Each stream has an application process with deadlines.
Please email studentaffairsofficer.dgph [at] mcgill.ca to request that the streams be added to your student record. You should choose your stream during the beginning of your U0 Winter semester or the beginning of your U1 Fall semester. Please ensure you include your student number in the subject line of any requests and inquiries to the student advisor. Please find the Stream Selection Agreement to be completed and attached to the email.
Information for Advanced Standing Students
Students who attended University prior to coming to 澳客竞彩 may be eligible for transfer credit. For our core, required courses, transfer credits are ineligible. Please verify the credits already awarded to you by Admissions on your Minerva Unofficial Transcript. If you believe that you are entitled to additional credits, please review the Advanced Standing guidelines and speak with your advisor. Once you have completed your course equivalences, using the course equivalency database, please complete and send the Course Equivalency Template to your Advisor for review and approval (studentaffairsofficer.dgph [at] mcgill.ca). The course equivalency transfer credits that have been approved by your advisor will be added to your unofficial transcript on Minerva.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find help on how to use Minerva to register for courses?
Step by step instructions and a tutorial video can be found on this website. In addition, the Department of Global and Public Health office is available to help you with registration difficulties. Please contact the studentaffairsofficer.dgph [at] mcgill.ca (Student Affairs Officer).
When do I need to start registering for courses?
Registration for courses for newly admitted students begins in June and ends a couple of weeks after classes in the semester begin. A complete list of registration start and end dates can be found here.
What is the difference between a U0 and U1 student?
鈥淯0鈥� or 鈥淔oundation Program Student鈥� is the term used to define students who have been admitted without advanced standing. Generally, this refers to students who are admitted to 澳客竞彩 from outside Qu茅bec. Admitted students who have completed CEGEP are considered U1 students. Refer to the section titled U0 (Foundation Program) Information for further information.
If I am interested in taking French courses as electives or in my Foundation year, where do I go to take the French Placement Test?
Information about French courses and the French Placement Test can be found on the French Language Centre website.
Where can I access resources to support my academic success, and my physical and mental well-being?
The Student Wellness Hub is our students' place to go for their holistic health and wellness needs. It provides access to basic physical and mental health services, as well as health promotion and peer support programs, in convenient locations at both our Macdonald and downtown campuses. The Hub offers specialized programming related to stress, anxiety, depression, addictive behaviours and sleep issues, which can have a major impact on academic performance for broad segments of the student population. Our programming is geared towards helping students overcome these challenges and meet their academic objectives.
How do I know on which campus the courses I have registered for, are given?
Our courses in the streams may contain courses (e.g., ENVR) which can be given on both of our Montreal-based campuses. Please be vigilant about being aware of the building courses are delivered in and whether they are at our downtown or Macdonald campus.
When do I register for my Winter term courses?
You should register for your Winter term courses at the same time as you register for your Fall term courses. Otherwise, they may fill up. You can make changes in December and up until the add/drop deadline in January if needed or if you change your mind about your course selections.
How do I register for courses?
There is a detailed description of how to register for courses, including an excellent Tutorial Video on the 澳客竞彩 website.
I tried to register for a course but received a registration error. What do I do about this? Where can I go for assistance?
There are a number of different error messages you could receive if you have been unsuccessful registering for a course. These messages are listed and explained on the 澳客竞彩 Website, where you will also find tips and suggestions for solving common registration issues.
What if the courses fill up? Is it possible to be added to a waitlist?
Enrolment in most courses at 澳客竞彩 is limited. Students who are required to take a course will be able to register (if a GPHL course is full, contact %20studentaffairsofficer.dgph [at] mcgill.ca (Enoch Leung)), but students looking for electives or complementary courses may have trouble if they try to register for very popular courses late in the registration period. If it is a non-GPHL course for your program requirements that you are trying to register in and it is full, you will need to contact the department offering the course for assistance.
Many courses have waitlists, including the GPHL courses. If you receive an error message saying the course is full, you will need to add yourself to the waitlist for that course. Full instructions of how to use Minerva waitlists, including a tutorial video, can be found on the 澳客竞彩 Website.
I am a Faculty of Arts student and there's a "restricted" course in my Stream. Will I receive credit for it?
Faculty of Arts students should be aware that they can take a maximum of 30 university level required, complementary and elective credits outside the Faculties of Arts or Science for the entirety of the degree. Minerva will not warn you if you have registered for a restricted course. Once completed, the course will be "E-flagged" (course is excluded from credits and excluded from the GPA). You do not want this to happen, so please confirm with your advisor at Faculty of Arts OASIS (Office of Advising and Student Information Services).
I need to talk to an advisor in another department. Where do I find their name and contact information?
Faculty of Arts Advisors
Faculty of Science Advisors
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Advisors
What is the S/U option? And can I use it?
The Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) option is explained in the e-Calendar. All Faculty of Arts students may take advantage of the S/U option (according to the regulations), however students in the Faculty Program - Population and Global Health (B.A. degree) may wish to use this option to complete their program pre-/co-requisite science and numeracy requirements. If you have any questions about whether the S/U option makes sense for you to use, please contact the %20studentaffairsofficer.dgph [at] mcgill.ca (Program Advisor).
Why am I unable to register in BIOL 111 and/or MATH 139/140?
During several weeks in June, when new Science students are registering 鈥� the Foundation Program courses (intro science and math) are closed to everyone else. They will reopen again to Arts students later in the registration period.
Rest assured that registration has followed this model for the last couple of years, and it has not created a problem for incoming Faculty Program in Population and Global Health students.
I am not sure which Stream I want to follow, but I don't want to fall behind. What can I do?
You may choose to complete some electives as you determine which Stream you would choose to go into.
I am a new student, and many courses are already full. What can I do to get into the courses I need?
One factor behind the popularity of the courses in your program is the interdisciplinarity of the Population and Global Health programs. They comprise courses from units across different departments, and faculties, and both Montreal-based campuses of the university. This means that from time to time you will come across courses that have restricted registrations. Just as the Department of Global and Public Health will restrict non-Global and Public Health students from taking our courses (when they start to reach capacity), other units will do likewise.
Rest assured that if you add yourself to the waitlist(s) for the courses as soon as you are able (waitlists normally all open before the end of June), there is a good chance that you will secure a spot in the course before September).
Note that returning students (i.e. non-CEGEP students who did their U0 year at 澳客竞彩) are able to register before U1 students who are new to 澳客竞彩. Next May, you will be considered a returning student and will be able to register ahead of the incoming class.
In the Faculty Program in Population and Global Health (B. A. degree), must I complete the Foundation Program before the end of my U0 year?
Yes, as a Faculty of Arts student you are required to follow the U0 requirements as outlined in Faculty of Arts. Note that students who are starting in U1 (e.g., CEGEP, International Baccalaureate) should not have to complete the Foundation Program. Please consult with your OASIS advisor.
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