Programs
Graduate Programs in Environmental Applied Science and Management
Handbook for Current and New Students (2011-12)
List of Topics
· E-mail Communications
· My Ryerson Accounts: Online Identity "my.ryerson"
· One Card
· Policies
· Program Fees
· Program Forms
· Program's List Serves
· Program Office and Location
· Program of Study (for new students only)
· Progress Report
· RMail (Ryerson e-mail)
· RAMSS
· Scholarship/Award Disbursement
· Significant Dates
· Student's Drop-box in YSGS
· Travel Outside of Canada
My Ryerson Accounts: Online Identity (my.ryerson) and RMail
Students must have a Ryerson Online Identity. Read information below first before visiting the online activation web site.
A new student must know his/her unique 9-digit Ryerson ID number for the online identity activation. This ID number appears in the new student's formal admission offer as well as in the admission confirmation form which a new student signed to accept the admission offer. A new student may activate the online identity after s/he has accepted the offer of admission. However only limited access to the wide range of online resources is available until the matriculation has taken place in about the second week in August before the first term of study begins.
"Matriculation" is a process where a new student's profile changes from an 'applicant' to 'a student'. The Fall 2011 matriculation process will start on August 7, 2011. A new graduate student who has outstanding admission conditions will not be matriculated on time until the conditions have been met and cleared by Graduate Studies Admissions. A new student, who has outstanding admission conditions, will have very limited access to RAMSS and will be unable to log-in RMail (Ryerson e-mail) until the admisison conditions are cleared and after the admissions office has matriculated the applicant's status. The matriculation process cannot be performed by the program.
"my.ryerson" Portal: To log-in "my.ryerson", a new student must activate the online identity first. The "my.ryerson" Portal is a single sign-on online system for authenticating various web-based applications such as online courses, Blackboard, the library. Students access RAMSS (Ryerson's Administrative Management Self Service) from 'my.ryerson'.
Ryerson Web Mail (RMail): Access your RMail using the same user name and password logging into "my.ryerson". Vido tutorials for RMail access is available at " Accessing E-mail Using Webmail (RMail)"
For technical assistance in the activation process, contact the Student's Help Desk at Computing Communications Services
E-mail Communications
The university requires that any official or formal electronic communications from students be sent from their Ryerson e-mail account. Electronic communications from the university and the program will be sent to the student's Ryerson e-mail account only. A student is responsible for ensuring his/her Ryerson e-mail account has sufficient capacity to receive messages and information.
New students' personal e-mail addresses are used throughout the summer before the first term of study begins. Starting from around the time of the orientation week in the fall term, the program will start using only the student's Ryerson e-mail address to communicate electronically. New students will be notified by the program administrator when the switch-over takes place.
To communicate with the program administrator by e-mail, the program's e-mail address should be used at all times (ensciman@ryerson.ca).
To communicate with the program director or individual faculty member by e-mail, use the individual's university e-mail address. To look up a professor's e-mail address, use the university's online directory.
Graduate Program Fees
Graduate Program Fees are published online in the Yeates School of Graduate Studies' FEES web site.
Graduate program's annual program fees are broken down into three amounts by fees in the Fall, Winter and Summer terms. The fees payment deadline in each term is published in the Graduate Studies Significant Dates. For the significant dates in the 2011-12 academic year, click "2011-12 (twelve-week term)". Full-time graduate students who are scholarship or award recipients should refer to information about Scholarship Disbursement.
Graduate students are charged program fees based on the student's program of registration, the status in the program as a full-time or part-time student, and as a Canadian domestic or international student. Graduate students are not charged fees based on course enrollment in a term. Graduate students must maintain continuous program registration in every term from the term of admission to graduation or withdrawal (voluntarily or involuntarily) unless a student has been approved Leave of Absence due to medical reasons or maternity/parental leave. Detailed information about the Leave of Absence policy is available in section 3.3 of the Masters and PhD Policy and Proecedures. Graduate students are responsible for paying the program fees in each term while they are actively registered in a graduate program.
A student's individual fees statement in each term is available online in the student's
financial account in
"my.ryerson -> RAMSS". Visit this web site for navigation assistance
"RAMSS Support: Student Fees".
Fees Payment Methods: www.ryerson.ca/currentstudents/fees_finances/payonline
Student Fees' Office Operating Hours, Location and Contact Information: www.ryerson.ca/currentstudents/fees_finances/studentfees
Graduate Studies Significant Dates (twelve-week term)
Graduate Studies Significant Dates are published by the Yeates School of Graduate Studies in the Significant Dates web site, click "2011-12 (12-week term)" for the significant dates in the academic year of 2011-12. Each academic year is comprised of three terms. The significant dates are listed term by term:
· Fall term (September - December)
· Winter term (January-April), and
· Spring/Summer term (May-August)
A few of the academic dates which students frequently inquire about are available in the
Significant Dates, for example:
· The date when final grades are available online in RAMSS for student's access
· First and last dates of classes in each term
· Last day to add a course in a term
· Last day to drop a registered course in a term
· The date of the official end of term in each term
· Holidays
Program's List Serves
As soon as a student's Ryerson e-mail account is active, the e-mail address will be automatically added to the student's program list serve according to the student's program of registration.
The program maintains a one-way communication list serve which means information can only be posted by the list's administrators (namely the graduate program director and the program administrator). Students receive list serve information in RMail. Students who are part of the list cannot use the list serve to circulate/communicate information to other students via the list.
Messages posted in the list serve are academically and program related. The program reserves the right to decide what messages to be posted. In general messages that are personal in nature or messages that advocate the interests of special groups and outside the academic realm will not be posted.
One Card
This is a student's university multipurpose Ryerson photo-ID card. To look up information about the different functions of this card and instructions to apply, visit the university's One Card Office web site.
Program of Study (for new students only)
New graduate students must meet with the faculty supervisor to complete an initial Program of Study within the first four weeks in the first term of study. The Fall 2011 term Program of Study must be completed and submitted before before Friday, October 7, 2011. The form must be signed by both the student and his/her faculty supervisor to be considered complete.
DO NOT use the Program of Study form as your course selection form. The Program of Study form is going to be sent by e-mail to new students in August before the first term of study begins. If a new student would like to receive the form before August, contact the program administrator by e-mail.
The Program of Study sets the stage for new students to plan and think ahead: how to complete the program requirements within the required time frame and what research directions they would like to pursue to complete the research component of the program. Information in the initial Program of Study form may and could be modified later by completing the Progress Report.
The Program of Study form must be signed by the student and the studnet's faculty supervisor before it is submitted to the program. The Program Director's (PD) signature on the form is not required as the Program Administrator (PA) will forward the forms collectively to the PD for his/her signature. Students are strongly advised to keep a copy of the completed Program of Study form for future reference. The Program of Study may be returned to the Program Administrator by fax to (416) 979-5153 or it may be deposited in the Drop-Box in YSGS.
Progress Report in Each Term
All graduate students, full-time and part-time, must meet with the Faculty Supervisor in the beginning of each term to complete a Progress Report while the students are actively registered in a graduate program. The due date of the first Progress Report for a new student is due in the beginning of the student's second term of study. The purpose of completing a Progress Report is to provide an opportunity to the student to report his/her academic progress in the most recent term to the faculty supervisor and, if applicable, to re-define a student's research direction or focus. The faculty supervisor must indicate in the form whether or not he/she finds a student has made satisfactory progress in the program in the most recent term. The faculty supervisor's signature on the form is required.
2011-12 Progress Reports Due Dates are published in the Graduate Studies Significant Dates in each term and have been summarized in the table below:
| 2011-12 Progress Reports | Review progress in the months of | Due Date |
| Fall 2011 Report | September-December | Monday, January 16, 2012 |
| Winter 2012 Report | January-April | Monday, May 14, 2012 |
| S/S2012 Report | May-August | Early Sepember 2012 |
Students who have outstanding progress reports will not be receiving scholarship and award funding transferred on time and/or will have a block in RAMSS which stops the student from using some of the essential functions in RAMSS. A student, who has outstanding progress reports or not in communication with the program for more than one term, could be withdrawn from the program.
The Progress Report may be submitted to the program administrator without the program director's signature but must be signed by the student and the student's faculty supervisor. It is a student's responsibility to ensure a signed and completed progress report is delivered to the program on time after they have met with the faculty supervisor. The Progress Report may be returned to the program by fax (416) 979-5153 or deposited in the Drop-Box in YSGS. Students are strongly advised to keep a copy of the Report for the record.
Download the progress report form online, visit the Program Forms web site.
RAMSS (Ryerson's Administrative Management Self Service)
In RAMSS , students are able to view the personal class schedules of the courses they are enrolled in, access the final grades, download an unofficial academic transcript, apply to graduate, up-date personal information, etc.
Where is RAMSS? After you have successfully logged in
"my.ryerson, click one of the tabs "RAMSS".
[Note: You must have established your
"Ryerson Online Identity" first before you may log-in
"my.ryerson". New students will have limited RAMSS functions
before matriculation}.
What is RAMSS? Review information provided in the RAMSS Support web site for detailed information about what RAMSS can do for you. Graduate students should note that some of the RAMSS functions are unavailable to them such as online course registration (i.e. adding, dropping, swapping courses). Refer to the program's Course Selection/Registration Instructions for course registration information.
Scholarship and Award Disbursement
Information in this section is for full-time students who are scholarship and/or award recipients.The Fees Payment Deadline each term stated in the 2011-12 Graduate Studies Significant Dates DOES NOT apply to full-time students who are recipients of the following scholarship and/or award:
· Ryerson Graduate Scholarship (RGS)· Ryerson Graduate Award (RGA)
· Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
· OGSST
· Ontario Graduate Fellowship (OGF).
As stated in the scholarship/award terms and conditions form
(in section [D] Disbursement of Funds)
the annual scholarship and award funding is divided into three equal installments.
Each installment will be deposited to the student's financial account in the FIRST
WEEK OF CLASSES of each term according to the schedules below:
· Fall 2011 term's installment will be deposited during the WEEK of Sept 12-16.
Check your fees account on Sept 17th.
· Winter 2012 term's installment will be deposited during the WEEK of Jan 9-13.
Check your fees account on Jan 14th.
· SS 2012 term's installment will be deposited during the WEEK of May 7-11.
Check your fees account on May 12th.
After the scholarship or award funding has been deposited to a student's fees account in a term, the student must pay any outstanding fees balance Before the End of the FIRST Month of classes of that term to avoid any late fee. For example, any outstanding fees in the Fall term must be paid before the end of September, outstanding fees in the Winter term must be paid before the end of January and outstanding fees in the Spring/Summer term must be paid before the end of April.
If there is a credit balance after the scholarship or award funding has been applied to pay the program fees, a cheque will be issued and mailed to the student's mailing address - refer to details in the Scholarships/Fellowships/Awards terms and conditions form which a student must sign to accept the awarded funding [Section D of the form]. It is a student's responsibility to ensure the mailing address in "my.ryerson" is correct and up-to-date at all times.
Information indicated above does not apply to SSHRC and NSERC scholarship recipients. Students who are recipients of these external scholarships must pay each term's program fees by the Fees Payment Deadlines stated in the Graduate Studies Significant Dates otherwise late fees will be applied.
Travel Outside of Canada while Studying at Ryerson
Ryerson students who will travel outside of Canada (including the United States) for academic purposes such as research, course work, conference attendance must complete the pre-departure assessment process successfully before they may participate in any academic activities that take place overseas. Visit the Ryerson International " Before You Leave" web site for detailed information.
Yeates School of Graduate Studies (YSGS): Contact
Location and Hours
The program's office is located inside the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at One Dundas Street West, 11th Floor. The building code is 'Yonge-Dundas 1 - YDI' in the online campus maps
Offices of the program director and professors affiliated to this program are located in different parts of the university campus and not in YSGS. To look up professors' office locations and contact information, use the university online directory. Students who would like an appointment with the Program Director or any professor must contact the individual directly.
The normal operating hours of the program's office are Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The elevator of the YDI building is non-accessible on weekdays after 6:00 p.m., as well as the entire days of Saturday and Sunday. Students who wish to see the program administrator in person are encouraged to make an appointment at least one working day in advance. The PA will not be checking voice mails or e-mails during non-working days.
A Metal Drop-Box is located near the entrance of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies on the 11th floor of the YDI building. Students may use this box to drop off documents addressed to the program director or the PA. DO NOT use this box to submit any course work/assignemnt to any faculty member.
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