Registration
Come to the Department as soon as possible and meet
the Graduate Chair, who will help you choose an interim academic advisor if one
has not already been assigned and assist you in completing registration
forms. The Graduate Correspondent
will assign you lab space, mailbox and will order keys. The Administrative
Assistant will inform you of payroll procedures if applicable, and also when
employment opportunities will be available and posted.
Orientation
The department holds an orientation session for new graduate students during the first week of September. All new graduate students are required to attend. At this session you will, among other things, meet the faculty, learn about registration procedures, and learn about the current year's course offerings.
In addition, the university holds a two-day, free orientation session for international students on the last Thursday and Friday of August.
If your funding package includes a teaching assitanceship, you may find useful the annual workshop for graduate teaching assistants held by the Gwenna Moss Teaching and Learning Centre, located in the Murray Library.