Academic Orientation Day - Centre for Student Academic Support

Program Description

Presentations and interactive events facilitated by Faculty and Department representatives. First year students will have the opportunity to learn about departmental supports while meeting members of their Faculty of study. The information provided during Academic Orientation Day (AOD) is specific to each student’s faculty and department and is a great way to prepare you for your academic career. Faculty-specific resources will also be shared with participants.

Participation Type

Participation is mandatory for all first year, undergraduate students.

Dates

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024

Previous Academic Orientation Day Schedule: 2023

Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of International Business

Time	Event	Location
9:30am to 10:00am	T-shirt Distribution	Nicol Building Lobby
10:00am to 10:30am	Sprott Welcome	Nicol Building Lobby
10:30am to 12:00pm	Breakout Sessions	Nicol Building Classrooms
12:00pm to 1:00pm	Faculty BBQ	Mackenzie Quad
1:00pm to 4:00pm	EXPO Carleton	Fieldhouse

PDF Sprott Schedule

Humanities

Time	Event	Location
8:00am to 12:00pm10:00am to 12:30pm	Humanities and Biology Students Journalism and Humanities Students	Nideyinàn 231 Richcraft Conference Rooms 2220, 2224, and 2228
12:00pm to 2:00pm	Faculty Lunch BBQ	Loeb Green Space (B.Hums) Tory Quad (B.J Hums) Alumni Park (B.Hums Bio)
12:00pm to 2:00pm	EXPO Carleton	Field House
2:00pm to 2:30pm	T-Shirt Distribution (B.Hums)	Patterson Hall 303
2:30pm to 5:30pm	Humanities Students Humanities and Biology Students Journalism and Humanities Students	Paterson Hall 303

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Time	Event	Location
10:00am to 10:30am	T-shirt Distribution	(See Breakout Rooms)
10:30am to 12:30pm	Department Sessions
10:30am to 11:30am	BA Undeclared Indigenous Studies Canadian Studies French African Studies Women and Gender Studies Philosophy Greek and Roman Studies Religion	Relocated to Southam Hall 306
10:30am to 12:30pm	Art History	St. Patrick’s Building 417
	Biology (B.A – B.SC)	With B.Sci in Nideyinàn 231
	Childhood and Youth Studies	Tory Building 342
	Cognitive Science	Tory Building 360
	English	Tory Building 208
	Film Studies	St. Patrick’s Building 435
	Geography, Geomatics and Environmental Studies (BA and BSc)	Southam Hall 404
	History	Tory Building 238
	History of Theory and Architecture	St. Patrick’s Building 100
	Human Rights and Social Justice	Tory Building 202
	Language and Linguistics	Patterson Hall 201
	Music (B. Music and B.A)	Loeb A900 and A916 Studios
	Psychology (BA and BSc)	Southam Hall Kalish Mital Theatre
	Sociology and Anthropology	Nideyinàn 282
11:30am to 12:30pm	BA Undeclared Canadian Studies French African Studies Women and Gender Studies Philosophy Greek and Roman Studies Religion	Southam Hall 306 (relocated) Dunton Tower 1212A and 1216 Dunton Tower 1602 Dunton Tower 1706 Dunton Tower 1419 Patterson Hall 4A36 Patterson Hall 2A46 Patterson Hall 2A36
12:00pm to 12:30pm	Indigenous and Canadian Studies double majors	Dunton Tower 1304
1:00pm to 2:00pm	Lunch Faculty BBQ	Loeb Green Space (Corner of Library Road and University Drive)
1:00pm to 4:00pm	Expo Carleton	Fieldhouse

Faculty of Engineering and Design

Time	Event	Location
8:00am to 8:45am	T-Shirt Distribution	Raven’s Nest
8:45am to 9:45am	Faculty Welcome	Raven’s Nest
9:45am to 10:00am	Travel Time	Travel Time
10:00am to 11:00am	Departmental Welcome
	Aerospace, Mechanical, Biomedical & Mechanical, and Sustainable and Renewable Energy (SREE B) Engineering Breakout	Raven’s Nest
	Architecture	Architecture Atrium (the pit)
	Civil, Environmental, and Archiectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering	Minto 2000 Bell Theatre
	Computer Systems Engineering	Minto Case 5050
	Electrical Engineering	Mackenzie 3275
	Industrial Design	Mackenzie 3380
	Information Technology – Network Technology	Azrieli Pavillon 132
	Information Technology – Interactive Multimedia and Design	Azrieli Pavillon 134
	Information Technology – Optical Systems and Sensors	Azrieli Pavillon 238
	Information Technology – Information Resource Management	Azrieli Pavillon 236
	Software Engineering	Southam Hall Theatre B
	Engineering Physics and Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering (SREE A)	Mackenzie 4499
	Communications, Biomedical and Electrical Engineering	Mackenzie 3269
11:00am to 12:30pm	Faculty BBQ	Athletics
1:00pm to 4:00pm	ENG Wide and Expo Carleton	Raven’s Nest and Fieldhouse

Faculty of Public Affairs

Time	Event	Location
10:00am to 10:30 am	T-Shirt Distribution	See Breakout Rooms
10:30am to 11:00am	Global and International Studies (BGINS) & European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies T-Shirt Distribution	Richcraft Hall 2200
10:30am to 12:30pm	Breakout Sessions
	Communications and Media Studies	2nd Floor Richcraft Hall Atrium
	Criminology and Criminal Justice	Residence Commons Conference Rooms (CO 270, 272, 274)
	Economics	Southam Hall 416
	Journalism	Richcraft Hall Conference Rooms (2220, 2224, 2228)
	Law and Legal Studies	Steacie Building 103
	Media Production and Design	Tory Building 447
	Political Science	MacOdrum Library 4^th Floor (FLL)
	Public Affairs and Policy Management	Southam Hall 304
	Social Work	Loeb Building C264
11:00am to 12:30pm	Global and International Studies (BGINS)	Richcraft Hall 2200
12:30pm to 1:30pm	Lunch Faculty BBQ	Tory Quad
1:30pm to 4:00pm	Expo Carleton	Fieldhouse
4:30pm to 5:30pm	European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies	RB 3302

Faculty of Science

Time	Event	Location
10:00am to 12:30pm	Geography, Geomatics and Environmental Studies	Southam Hall 404
	Psychology (BA and BSc)	Southam Hall Kalish Mital Theatre
8:00am to 9:00am	T-shirt Distribution	Azrieli Theatre – Library Road
9:00am to 10:30am	Science Society & 1^st year professor/ Faculty/ SSSC (Computer Science)	Azrieli Theatre 101
	Faculty/ Science Society & 1^st year professor / SSSC (Computer Science)	Azrieli Theatre 302
	Faculty/ SSSC/ Science Society & 1^st year professor (Computer Science)	Azrieli Theatre 301
	SSSC/ Faculty / Science Society & 1^st year professor (Neuroscience, Interdisciplinary Science and Practice, Earth Science Environmental Science)	Azrieli Theatre 102
	SSSC/ Science Society & 1^st year professor/ Faculty (Health Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Undeclared & Open Studies, Physics )	Health Science 1301
	Science Society & 1^st year professor/ SSSC/ Faculty (Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Food Science, Nanoscience)	Nideyinàn 231
10:30am to 10:45am	Travel Time	Travel Time
10:45am to 11:45am	Biology (B.A & B.SC) and Biology & Biotechnology / Bioinformatics	Nideyinàn 231
	Biochemistry / Biochemistry & Biotechnology	Tory Building 340
	Chemistry, Food Science and Nanoscience	Steacie 204 (Superlab)
	Computer Science	Azrieli Theatre 101, 301, 302
	Earth Science	Hertzberg Laboratories 2110
	Environmental Science	Tory Building 236
	Health Science	Heath Science 1301
	Interdisicplinary Science and Practice	Tory Building 206
	Mathematics and Statistics	Hertzberg Laboratories 3422
	Neuroscience	Azrieli Theatre 102
	Physics	Hertzberg Laboratories 3125
	B.Sc Undeclared and Open Studies	Hertzberg Laboratories 3431 (SSSC)
11:45am to 12:00pm	Travel Time	Travel Time
12:00pm to 1:00pm	Faculty BBQ	Alumni Park
1:00pm to 4:00pm	EXPO Carleton	Fieldhouse

Enriched Support Program

Time	Event	Location
10:00am to 10:30 am	Registration and T-Shirt Distribution	Fenn Lounge
10:30am to 12:30pm	Enriched Support Program Orientation	Fenn Lounge
1:00pm to 2:00pm	Lunch – Faculty BBQ	Loeb Green Space
1:00pm to 4:00pm	Expo Carleton	Fieldhouse

ESP Schedule PDF

Indigenous Enriched Support Program

Time	Event	Location
9:00am to 9:30am	T-Shirt Distribution	Richcraft Hall 3202
9:30am to 12:00pm	IESP Welcome and Orientation	Richcraft Hall 3202
12:00pm to 1:00pm	Lunch	Ojigkwanong Center – Patterson Hall
1:00pm to 4:00pm	Indigenous Student Orientation	Ojigkwanong Center – Patterson Hall

IESP Schedule PDF

Transfer Student Orientation

Time	Event	Location
	T-Shirt Distribution	See Individual Schedules Above
	Faculty/Departmental Orientation Sessions	See Individual Schedules Above
	Lunch	See Individual Schedules Above
1:30pm to 2:30pm	Transfer Student Social (Coffee Break!)	MacOdrum Library 4^th Floor (FLL)
2:30pm to 4:00pm	EXPO Carleton	Fieldhouse

Transfer Student Social PDF

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Notice of Filming and Photography

By entering the event premises, you consent to photography, audio recording, and video recording for news, promotional purposes, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose by Carleton University.

Full details of filming and photography can be found here.

Other Orientation Programs (offered by the Student Experience Office)

Fall Orientation
The program focuses on helping students adapt socially, academically, and culturally to Carleton and the Ravens community through a week full of fun activities during the start of September.

Summer Orientation
The opportunity for new students and their family/guests to attend in-person presentations and receive tours of Carleton’s beautiful campus led by upper year students. Registration in advance is required.

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