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Messages from the Registrar

August 8, 2012

Fall 2012 Schedules Now Posted on RAMSS

Course schedules for undergraduate and graduate students have now been posted to RAMSS. Please review your schedule to determine what (if any) changes you may wish to make. If you have any outstanding obligations (eg. tuition fees owing or a misconduct hold) with Ryerson you have not been scheduled into your classes. If this is the case, once all outstanding obligations have been cleared you will be able to build your Fall 2012 class schedule during the Open Enrollment period.

Fall 2012 Enrollment Appointments

Undergraduate students will be able to make changes to their Fall 2012 schedules as outlined below. Your enrollment appointment date determines the date when you will first be able to make changes. You will then be able to make changes on RAMSS through until September 14. Changes are subject to available space and applicable requisites. First year students have been pre-enrolled for required courses and will normally only need to select electives during their enrollment appointment.

First-year students: August 14
Fourth-year students: August 16
Third-year students: August 20
Part-time undergraduate program students except Business and BTM: August 20
Second-year students: August 22
Part-time Business and BTM students: August 27
Open Enrollment period: August 27th to September 14th

Making Sure You are in the Right Courses

To ensure that you are in the right courses to meet graduation requirements please consult the 2012-2013 Undergraduate Course Calendar for Liberal Studies restrictions prior to course enrolment. All undergraduate students in full-time programs are encouraged to run an Academic Advisement Report through RAMSS to help them determine what courses they need to enroll in and to ensure that they apply to their graduation requirements. The Academic Advisement Report details which courses have been taken, which courses a student is enrolled in, what the program's course (curriculum) requirements are and how the completed and current in-progress courses fulfill degree requirements.

Grades and Academic Standings for Spring/Summer Term

Spring/Summer 2012 grades and academic standings will be posted to RAMSS at 8:00 AM on August 29, 2012.

Financial Assistance and Work Study

For up to date information on all forms of financial assistance please check the Student Financial Assistance Announcement page regularly. Work Study Information and the online application to apply for the 2012-2013 Fall/Winter work study will be available at the end of August.l If you have any questions please email them at jobs@ryerson.ca.

Undergraduate Fees

Full payment of undergraduate tuition fees for the Fall 2012 / Winter 2013 academic year is due September 7, 2012. Students who choose to defer payment of all or part of their Winter 2013 undergraduate tuition fees until after September 30 will be assessed a $70 Deferral fee. Late fees of 1.25% (16.08% effective annual rate) will be charged on unpaid Fall 2012 undergraduate tuition fees as of September 8, 2012 and on unpaid Winter 2013 undergraduate tuition fees as of January 10, 2013.

Transcript Requests

Ryerson is offering a new service to current students and recent graduates: Online Transcript Request via RAMSS. This convenient alternative allows you to by-pass line-ups and manual forms when requesting transcripts. You are able to request, pay, and select the method of delivery for your transcripts. Log in to your RAMSS account and click on the Request Official Transcript link in the Student Center. After your request is submitted, you will be able to verify that it is completed. In-person, by mail or fax transcript requests will continue to be available. For more information, please contact transcripts@ryerson.ca

12 Week Semester

Ryerson Senate has approved the introduction of a 12 week teaching semester for undergraduate programs (except Engineering) commencing in September of 2012. This means that undergraduate course meetings for most Ryerson students will run for 12 weeks . The exception will be undergraduate Engineering programs where the teaching semester will remain at 13 weeks (except for Liberal Studies elective courses which will run for 12 weeks) . For the significant dates for the coming academic year please visit the calendar. Please forward any questions on this or any other matter to registrar@ryerson.ca

Best wishes for an enjoyable and successful Fall semester.

Keith Alnwick
University Registrar