Getting A

1
Getting As at York

• Get to know your course directors and TAs. You
  pay their salaries. Discuss your plans for
  assignments. Use their office hours from the
  beginning. As well, youll need them as
  references for jobs and grad school.

• Plan your time
• For each hour of class
• 1 hour to prepare
• 2 hours to do assignments and study
• 5 classes 15 hours class time 45 hours
  outside class
• have a schedule for each day and stick to it
• no all-nighters or cramming

2
Use Support Services

• Centre for Academic Writing, 3rd floor, Ross
  South. All students should use this service.
  Register there early.
• Counselling Development Centre (CDC),
  Behavioural Sciences Bld.
• Time management
• study skills
• personal crises
• help with petitions

• College Academic Advisor (eg.Terry Conlin, 237A
  in McLaughlin)
• the Undergraduate Director of your major
  department, and of the departments for your other
  courses.
• Centres for students with physical disabilities
  and learning disabilities.

3
Donts

• Thou shalt not plagiarize
• reference all sources properly
• write papers in your own words
• Penalities
• minimum failure in assignment/course
• maximum debarment from all universities

• Thou shalt not engage in harassment
• sexual
• racial
• religious
• Procedures penalties
• Outlined in Presidential Regulations

4
Expectations

• You have a duty to treat everyone with respect
• professors
• TAs
• administrators
• fellow students
• You have a right to be treated with respect

• Do your best
• broaden your mind
• sharpen your skills
• get involved in student activities
• College
• Departmental
• Faculty (Faculty of Arts Student Council)
• Senate (Senate Student Caucus)