In this section…
Academics
Administration and Governance
Student Rights and Responsibilities
Student Services
Introduction
I’m going to guess what a day in your life at McGill looks like…
Come to campus in the morning
–> Grab a coffee
–> Attend class
–> Work on an assignment
–> Meet some friends for lunch
–> Hand in an assignment
–> Meet with an adviser, pay your tuition, or go to health services
–> Attend class
–> Do some reading or go to a meeting of a club or a service or a team or a study group
–> Hit the gym or listen to a lecture
–> Return home or to residence
Impressed?
Okay, we kind of covered all the bases there. But just for a second, really focus on one of those activities. How about writing and handing in an assignment like an essay. There is so much more to that exchange than
1. the assigning of the essay
2. you writing the essay and submitting it
3. you receiving a mark.
In fact, almost everything about that relationship between you and your professor has been proposed, deliberated, and agreed upon by a body composed of professors, students, staff, or administrators. In this case, our regulations on student rights and responsibilities directly affect the quality of work you submit and how it is treated by a grader.
You probably get it by now. What I’m saying is, there is the whole side of McGill that students don’t see, the inner workings of the machine that keep the buildings pretty, the classes difficult, the Minerva platform functioning, the research competitive, and the Tim Horton’s coffee in McLennan.
As a student of McGill, it is beneficial to know how all of this works so that you can enforce your rights or even enact positive change. For more info, check out the links at the top of the page.
