Arts and Science advising
2024-2025

Welcome new students!

All newly admitted students to the Faculty of Arts and Science must participate in the FAS Touchstone advising session. At this joint SAS/Department advising session, you will receive general advising and degree information and specific program information.

Your program may also have a list of suggested first-year courses, known as a course sequence. To consult your program's recommended course sequence, see Next steps or check your department's web page. If your program does not have a recommended course sequence, learn which courses you need to earn your degree by consulting the undergraduate calendar or your academic requirements report.

• Course prerequisites
  The registration system will not permit you to register for a course that has a prerequisite if you have not completed that prerequisite. If a course has “permission of the Department” as a prerequisite, you must obtain authorization from the department offering that course to register for the course.
• Course entry restrictions
  Many courses in the Faculty of Arts & Science are reserved, in whole or in part, to students enrolled in the specific programs of the department offering the program and are not available as elective courses to non-program students. Please look at class capacity to see if the course has reserved seats (class schedule, click on the “section” to open a new page that has capacity information). If you see students on the wait list, and you are in the program that requires the course, that is an indicator to you that the course has reserved seats.
• Course load
  The normal fall/winter course load for full-time students is 12–15 credits per term. Full-time students who wish to take a course overload (i.e., more than 12 credits) in the summer term must receive permission from their academic adviser and Student Academic Services in the Faculty of Arts & Science. To obtain permission, please fill in a Student Request form. Students must have at least 24 Concordia credits on record with a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.00.
• General Education requirement and 24-credit rule
  Students in the Faculty of Arts & Science are required to satisfy the General Education requirement and 24-credit rule. For more information regarding these degree requirement, students should contact their department advisor, or an advisor in Student Academic Services (514-848-2424, ext. 2104). Detailed information can also be obtained by consulting Section 31.004 of the Undergraduate Calendar for the year in which you were admitted to a degree in Arts and Science.
• Elective Group
  Elective Groups are a group of courses focused on a given theme and are a great way to satisfy your elective component of your degree. Elective Groups allow you to take your electives in a more structured and meaningful way. An Elective Group can be used to partially satisfy the Arts and Science requirement of 24 credits outside your program. For more information, telephone 514-848-2424, ext. 2104 or see Elective Groups.