Whether you just started in the African Studies Program or are further along in your studies, we have answers to your most common questions. Read the Q&A below for info about programs and courses, enrolment, exams and more.
Please feel free to reach out if your question is not addressed below.
General Information
The first step is to contact the Office of Admissions regarding your interest in becoming a York student. Please visit York's Future Students website for information pertaining to admission requirements, transfer credits, deadlines and more.
Please visit our Contact page for details.
Please refer to our Awards page for more information.
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Please visit the Graduate Programs page for more information.
Program Information
Please refer to Program Change for more information about changing your program or major.
To begin the process, students must complete a Change My Program Request Form, and submit the form to the Registrar's Office in the Bennett Centre.
For program requirements in African Studies, please contact us to schedule an appointment with one of our advisors.
In order to meet with your Academic Advisor, find the appointment booking or drop-in instructions by searching for your program, department, advisor name or course code.
Please refer to our Degree Options & Requirements page.
Showcase and Publish your Research
There are several Undergraduate Research Conferences in Ontario that you can participate in:
- York University Undergraduate Research Fair
- Western University Student Research Conference, London, Ontario
- University of Toronto National Undergraduate Research Conference, Toronto, Ontario
- Queen’s University Undergraduate Research Conference, Kingston, Ontario
- Nipissing University’s Undergraduate Research Conference, North Bay, Ontario
There are various Undergraduate Journals that publish work:
- Canadian Journal of Undergraduate Research
- HPS: The Journal of History and Political Science
- Contingent Horizons: York University Student Journal of Anthropology
- Culture: Undergraduate Humanities Journal
- Impression Undergraduate Journal (Media Communication & Policy)
- Inquiries Journal
- International Undergraduate Journals
Course Information
You can find information on our courses on the York Courses web site, as well as our Courses page.
Students who are able to enrol in their courses may have the opportunity to change their tutorial section online. Sign into "My Online Services" using your Passport York account before the enrolment deadline to change your tutorial section in a particular course.
After the deadline, please complete a Course Transaction Form. This form must be signed by both the Course Director and T.A. Please note, this is not a final approval. Once submitted to the department, your request will be put in queue, pending departmental approval.
Immediately contact your Course Director.
*Please note, we do not over enrol our courses. If a course is full, you can monitor the course for its availability.
Students should keep trying to enrol before the "last date to enrol without permission of course instructor" deadline. After this deadline, students should speak with the course director to seek permission into the course.
Please refer to the Undergraduate Sessional Dates for information about course and enrolment deadlines.
If a course has space reserved, limited space has been set aside for specific categories of students who must take the course to satisfy their program requirements. Spaces are limited and are filled based on student's enrolment date.
Students with questions about their enrolment date should review the Enrolment Guide on the Registrar's Enrolment Information website.
Students may have credits from another university transferred to York, but must first have the course approved by our Undergraduate Program Director. Students should complete a Letter of Permission form.
This form should be submitted to our UPD along with the course description, institution and syllabus if possible. Students are strongly advised to do this as early as possible once they have decided to take the course.
Transfer Connect is a web resource for York University transfer applicants. Transfer credit representatives will guide you through the transfer process at York by answering questions about your offer of admission and transfer credit statement. Please visit the Future Students website for details.