The following table is to be used to convert percentage grades to letter grades:
| Percentage | Letter Grade | Grade Point |
| 90-100 | A+ | 9 |
| 80-89 | A | 8 |
| 75-79 | B+ | 7 |
| 70-74 | B | 6 |
| 65-69 | C+ | 5 |
| 60-64 | C | 4 |
| 55-59 | D+ | 3 |
| 50-54 | D | 2 |
| 40-49 | E | 1 |
| 0-39 | F |
Academic Advising Services at LA&PS provides students with the information and guidance they need to succeed in their academic careers. Advisors can help students make the right academic decisions by explaining policies and regulations as well as presenting different options available to them in their studies.
By speaking with an academic advisor, students can get answers to questions related to program selection, academic standing, petitions, grades and degree requirements. Students may be able to speak with an advisor on the spot, or they may need to book a future appointment. For questions related to a specific major, students should contact their major program office. Before you book an academic advising appointment, see these Frequently Asked Questions for the information you need.
Student Academic Advising Services
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If you are majoring in one of the following programs, please visit their office for advice about general degree requirements (e.g. academic penalties, program changes, and degree and general education requirements). For all other majors, contact Student Academic Advising Services.
Team Limpopo 2016 – To find out about AP/HUMA 4147 6.0, International Field Study Tour—Children’s Culture in Context, please attend a meeting Thursday, November 26th at 4:00pm in Vanier College 105. Deadline for applications is December 30th and interviews will be in early January.
Online application for the course.
Please see the brochure for more details: York U Summer Study abroad South Africa 2016 Children’s Culture in Context (PDF).
Please note that there are different advising checklists depending on whether you entered York and the Children's Studies Program before Fall 2014.
For Students Entering York or Changing Programs in Fall 2014 and after
CHST Advising Form for MAJORs (PDF)
CHST Advising Form for DOUBLE MAJORs (PDF)
CHST Advising Form for DOUBLE MAJORS Interdisciplinary (PDF)
CHST Advising Form for MAJOR / MINORs (PDF)
CHST Advising Form for MINORs (PDF)
CHST Advising Form for ECE Graduates with 30 Transfer Credits (PDF)
For Students Enrolled before Fall 2014
All Children's Studies majors and minors are invited to take advantage of group and individual advising to help them select appropriate courses for their programs and ensure they meet all requirements for graduation.
Students entering the Children's Studies Program receiving transfer credits from college or university programs can apply those credits towards “Free Choice Courses” and, in some instances, towards some “General Education” requirements. However, students will not be granted exemptions for the core courses in the Children's Studies Program because these reflect the distinctive philosophy of the Program.
Note: All Children's Studies Program majors and minors and students wishing to declare a major or minor in Children's Studies need to take AP/HUMA 1970 6.0A, The Worlds of Childhood. They should not take AP/HUMA 1971 9.0, Understanding Children and Youth, because there is a course credit exclusion between the two courses: 1970 is a program course for CHST majors and minors; 1971 is a Humanities General Education course for non-CHST majors and minors.
To enter, continue in, and graduate from the Children’s Studies Program, students need an Honours GPA (a weighted average of all York courses of at least a “C+” = 5.0). Students are required to get at least a “B” in each of the first three core courses in the Program (HUMA 1970, 2690, and 3695). Core courses need to be taken one at a time and in order. Provided that students have an Honours GPA, they are allowed to repeat a core course once to get the required minimum of a “B.”
Before making an advising appointment, students are encouraged to check their “Degree Progress Report“ and to use the appropriate checklist at the bottom of this page to review program and faculty requirements.
For advising availability and how to make an appointment, please see Advising Availability.
For advising checklists, please see Advising Checklists.
For advising handouts, please see Advising Handouts.
Cool news on the academic front. York University (in Toronto) has launched a new undergrad program and Children's Studies department dedicated to exploring "global childhood experiences in philosophical and social terms and their personal, societal and human consequences."
The program currently maintains a small full-time faculty, with a much larger number of associated faculty drawn from different York University departments. According to the press release and program description, students will learn about the various dimensions of children's culture -- "distinguishing between culture created by adults for children and the culture of children themselves" -- as well as practical skills needed for working with and researching children.
It sounds absolutely, positively awesome, and is the first of its kind in Canada. Here's an excerpt from the press release: The Children's Studies program is truly interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, incorporating expertise and courses from programs such as sociology and psychology. Courses include.
The World of Childhood, Listening to Children: Ethics and Methodology of Child-Centered Studies and Contemporary Children's Culture Internships/Practicums. You are required to participate in community-based programs involving local schools and are encouraged to take part in advocacy work. Graduates of this program can pursue a wide-range of careers including counsellors, social workers, lawyers, teachers, librarians and international development workers.
It also sounds like the program is hitting the ground running: the school has a massive archive of "child-related materials" called the Canadian Children's Culture Collection, which includes data from a number of previous studies conducted out of York University, as well as unique toy collections, including toys designed by kids themselves. Very cool indeed. No news about job opportunities, but I'll definitely be keeping an eye out.
Here's a link to the Children's Studies department website.
York's Children's Studies Program is a 120-credit, direct-entry, interdisciplinary Honours BA degree program, which also includes Double Major, Major/Minor, and Minor degree options. Based in the Department of Humanities and Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, the Program consists of core courses in Humanities and additional child-related courses throughout the University.
The Program explores the experiences of children and adult constructions of childhood throughout time and across cultures,adopting a child-centered and children’s rights approach that recognizes children as subjects in their own culture.
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Ever wish someone listened to you as a child? York's Children's Studies program focuses on the experiences, knowledge and concerns of children. You will learn ethnographic techniques specific to children and their cultures. You'll analyze children's voices in contemporary and historical contexts and gain an understanding of the human condition from the child's perspective. You'll also participate in community-based partnerships and be encouraged to take part in advocacy work.
Children's Studies explores global childhood experiences in philosophical and social terms and their personal, societal and human consequences. Attention is paid to the nature and significance of children's culture – distinguishing between culture created by adults for children and the culture of children themselves. You will learn how to engage children, discern children's voices in historical and cultural contexts and come to understand the human condition from their perspective.
The Children's Studies program is truly interdisciplinary, incorporating expertise and courses from programs such as sociology and psychology. Courses include:
Graduates of this program can pursue a wide-range of careers including
counsellors, social workers, lawyers, teachers, librarians and international development workers.
- You are required to participate in community-based programs involving local schools and are encouraged to take part in advocacy work.
- York is home to the Canadian Children's Culture Collection, a major archive of child-related materials including York-based studies and unique toy collections designed by children.
- Learn with professors that are actively involved in childhood research and are on the leading edge of storytelling and bullying research in Canada.
- Join a child/youth-centred club or association. Local chapters of the advocacy groups "Free the Children" and "Right to Play" are found on York's campus and play an important role in the program. The York student club Peace by PEACE works with children, empowering them to prevent, manage and resolve conflict peacefully.
- York hosts the La Marsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution. The Centre supports, conducts and disseminates the results of research on violence and conflict resolution. It also includes a Child/Youth Violence Research Group that supports research and community outreach. York also hosts the Alexander F. Chamberlain speaker series, which features lectures and seminars from leading scholars in the Children's Studies field.
- For more information, contact the Coordinator of the program, Professor Peter Cumming.
- Possible Career Paths:
- children's rights advocate
- teacher
- international development worker
- social worker
