Arts & Contemporary Studies

Student Awards

Students in Arts and Contemporary Studies (ACS) are eligible for a variety of academic scholarships and awards, including:

University-Wide Scholarships and Awards

Ryerson University offers many scholarships and awards, some of which are awarded automatically, and some of which require an application. Details are here.

Faculty of Arts - Dean’s List

The Dean's List is recognition of undergraduate students' high academic achievement in an academic year. In June of each academic year, students enrolled in undergraduate programs in the Faculty of Arts who met the academic criteria outlined below will receive a Letter of Congratulations from the Dean. The Dean's List recognition is noted on a student's transcript.

To be eligible for consideration for the Dean's List, students must meet the following criteria:

1. Students in full-time programs must be carrying an average unit load of over 4.0 for the two terms.
2. Students in part--time programs must have completed a specified number of courses deemed by the Dean to be the equivalent of a full year of study in the program in which the student is registered.
3. Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 3.67 for the academic year (Fall and Winter terms).
4. Students must have all passing grades and a Clear academic standing for both terms. They cannot have received any Disciplinary Notices (DN) while at Ryerson.

ACS Course Awards

The top students in each core ACS course receive an award.

ACS Term Awards

Each semester, students with the top GPA in each year win an award.

“Spirit of ACS” Awards

This award recognizes one second-year student, one third-year student, and one fourth-year student, who best epitomize the “Spirit of ACS”. Nominations are evaluated by a special sub-committee of students and professors who have been elected to the ACS Program Council. The nomination form is on the right-hand column of this page.

The Ryerson General Scholarship / Ideas that Shape the World Participation Prize
 
Each year, $50 prizes for outstanding classroom participation will normally be awarded to one student in each of the five Ideas that Shaped the World Courses (ACS100, 200, 300, 400, and 500). Recipients will be selected by the teaching team (professors and teaching assistants) for each course. Outstanding classroom participation in this context is here understood to involve characteristics such as the following:

1. exceptionally meaningful participation in class/tutorial discussions;
2. evidence of mastery of ideas and concepts considered in the course;
3. an ability to articulate these, and to relate these to other topics;
4. genuine passion for the material under consideration;
5. the ability to provoke enthusiastic, thoughtful discussion with other students in the course; and
6. intellectual originality.

(In exceptional circumstances, the teaching team for a course may decide to split the award between two students. The teaching team also has the right to refrain from selecting a recipient.)

The Doug Webb Award in History

The Doug Webb Award in History is given in memory of Professor Douglas Gordon Webb (1948-2005) who taught in the Department of History at Ryerson. This Award is made to a student entering his or her third or fourth year in the Arts & Contemporary Studies program, who has completed at least four HST-coded courses, and has displayed academic excellence. It is required that the student will have completed, with a B+ grade minimum, a course in at least one of the following subjects: History of the Third Reich; History of the First World War; History of the Second World War; or History of the American Civil War. Applicants must also meet the requirements of the Ontario Trust for Student Support (OTSS). For further details on the Award and a copy of the application, please click here.  Deadline to apply: October 15, 2011.

 
The Maurice Arthur Pope Scholarship in History

The Maurice Arthur Pope Scholarship in History is given in memory of Maurice Arthur Pope (1889-1978), a prominent Canadian civil engineer, army officer, and diplomat. During the Second World War, Brigadier-General Pope served at Canadian military headquarters in London, on the military staff of Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King, and in 1945 he became chief of the Canadian Military Mission in Berlin. He also served as Ambassador to Belgium, 1950-1953, and to Spain, 1953-1956. In 1962 his memoirs, Soldiers and Politicians, were published. Maurice Pope was the son of Sir Joseph Pope, Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's principal secretary. The Scholarship is awarded to a student entering his or her third or fourth year in the Arts & Contemporary Studies program who has demonstrated academic excellence in at least four History courses. No application is required. For more information, please contact Fatima DaSilva extension 6132 or fatima.dasilva@ryerson.ca.