Summer

Example:  IRE260H1

IRE is the course designator—in this case, it’s short for Industrial Relations and Human Resources.

260 is the course number and indicates the level of the course. There are 100-, 200-, 300- and 400-level courses; courses for first-year students are normally numbered at the 100-level, second year courses are normally numbered at the 200-level.

H indicates the credit value. It is a half course worth 0.5 credit. (Y is for full course, worth 1.0 credit).

1 means taught on the St. George Campus 

Prerequisites* are the courses you need to take before you are qualified to take a one.

Co-requisites* are courses you must take at the same time a course.

Exclusions* are courses similar enough to this course that you may not receive degree credit for both. If you have completed in the past, or are concurrently enrolled in, any of the listed exclusions, you are not allowed to take this course as well.

*codes used in these categories where more than one course is listed:  / The slash means “or.” ,;&+ All these symbols mean “and.” ( ) Parentheses are used to group items together into one unit.

Course Planning - Things to Consider:

Summer maximum course load limit

For the summer session: 2.0 FCEs

Per term: It is recommended that students take no more than 1.0 FCEs

Note: If your academic standing is On Academic Probation, you can only take a maximum of 1.0 FCE per term.

Course Delivery:

In Person: This meeting section is in person. You will be required to attend this meeting section at a specific time and location. The course outline will provide details.

Hybrid: This meeting section includes in-person and online activities. You will be required to attend some activities in person at a specific time and location and some activities online (synchronous or asynchronous). The course outline will provide specific details.

Online Synchronous: This meeting section is online and requires attendance at a specific time for class activities. Online courses may require an in-person final assessment. For Y courses, both midterm tests and final assessments may be in person. The course outline will provide specific details.

Online Asynchronous: This meeting section is online and does not require attendance at a specific time for class activities. Online courses may require an in-person final assessment. For Y courses, both midterm tests and final assessments may be in person. The course outline will provide specific details.

Course Conflicts
If you enrol in two courses that take place at the same time, you will have a conflict. When planning your schedule, it's important to make sure none of your courses overlap in time.

If you choose to enrol in conflicting courses, please note that no special consideration or accommodation will be made for any problems that occur as a result (e.g. term tests scheduled at the same time, assignment due dates, attendance). Since you can't be at two places at the same time, avoid conflicts in your scheduleNote: ACORN will not prevent you from enrolling in courses that conflict.

1. Review course offerings and program requirements
   Review the information provided in the timetable to decide which courses you wish to take. Enrol only in program courses. Prerequisites, co-requisites and exclusions are listed in the timetable. Course descriptions must be carefully observed. Students who do not observe these regulations may be removed from courses at any time. Non-program courses will be removed at any time they are discovered and this may have fees implications.Double-check the time for courses you have chosen to avoid conflicts. ACORN does not check for time conflicts - it is your responsibility to create a conflict-free schedule, unless otherwise noted.    Courses cannot be taken at the UTM or UTSC campus. 
   New UofT students:  Enable your JOINid well before March 1st!  See instructions here.  Returning students:  If you need assistance accessing your UTORid please see instructions here.

2. Enrol in Courses on ACORN starting on March 1, 2024 - 9:00 a.m. 
   You are advised to register for all courses, including courses starting on March 1!  Some courses may fill on the first day of registration (including courses that begin in July).  If a course is full you may add yourself to the waiting list (if that option is avialble).  That is the only option available to try to secure a space in a course.  The last day to add courses or make section changes to F courses is May 12, 2024; for courses that begin in July, the last day to add courses or change sections on ACORN is July 8, 2024. During the open enrolment round, you can add/cancel/change your course selections. 

3. Pay your fees
   To be registered for the summer sessions you must both enrol in courses and pay or defer your fees by April 24, 2024 or risk being removed from classes! After this date, students who do not provide proof of payment or that their fees have been deferred (OSAP or Tuition Waiver) will be removed from your first and second term classes at the begininng of May.

4. Go to class!

 

• Monday, May 20 – Victoria Day Holiday
• Friday, June 28 – President's Day
• Monday, July 1 – Canada Day Holiday
• Monday, August 5 – Civic Holiday

Date	Activity
March 1, 2024	First day of Summer course enrolment for all Faculty of Arts & Science students
March 4, 2024	General enrolment period for Faculty of Arts & Science students
April 24, 2024	Tuition fee payment/deferral deadline for 2024 Summer session Please visit the Student Accounts website for detailed fee schedules
May 1 - 4, 2024	Deferred exam period used for students who missed a final exam in December 2023. This period also includes scheduled re-deferrals from previous exam periods.
May 6, 2024	Classes begin in F and Y courses
May 9, 2024	Waitlists for F and Y courses close at end of day
May 12, 2024	Last day to enrol in F and Y courses
May 20, 2024	Victoria Day - University closed; no classes
June 3, 2024	Last day to drop F courses Note that some courses cannot be dropped using ACORN and students must contact their College or Department to do so; refer to the Course Enrolment Instructions
June 17, 2024	Classes end in F and Y courses
June 18, 2024	Study day
June 19 – 24, 2024	Final exams in F courses Term tests in Y courses
TBD	First day to request November 2024 graduation
June 28, 2024	President's Day - University closed; no classes
July 1, 2024	Canada Day holiday - University closed; no classes
July 2, 2024	Classes begin in S courses Classes in Y courses resume
July 5, 2024	Waitlists for S courses close at end of day
July 8, 2024	Last day to enrol in S courses
July 22, 2024	Last day to drop Y courses Note that some courses cannot be dropped using ACORN and students must contact their College or Department to do so; refer to the Course Enrolment Instructions
July 29, 2024	Last day to drop S courses Note that some courses cannot be dropped using ACORN and students must contact their College or Department to do so; refer to the Course Enrolment Instructions
August 5, 2024	Civic holiday - University closed; no classes
August 12, 2024	Classes end in S and Y courses
August 13, 2024	At the instructor's discretion, classes scheduled on Mondays will hold their last class on this day to make up for class missed due to Civic Holiday (Monday, August 5, 2024).
August 14, 2024	Study day
August 15 - 23, 2024	Final exams in S and Y courses
August 15 - 30, 2024	Deferred exam period used for students who missed a final exam in April 2024 or June 2024. This period also includes scheduled re-deferrals from previous exam periods.

 

*Important Note: The last date to cancel a course or cancel your registration in a session with no academic penalty DOES NOT coincide with the last date to be eligible for a refund. The refund schedule is posted on the Student Accounts web site.

Cancelling courses and fees implications
If you decide that you do not want a course, you must cancel it as soon as possible. This applies to courses that you have waitlisted as well as those in which you are enrolled. Please do not occupy a space that you know you do not want. Only by cancelling the course using ACORN will your space become available to another student.

It is important to officially cancel a course as soon as you have decided you do not want to continue in it, since fees refunds are calculated according to the date the cancellation is recorded. Cancellations must be done on ACORN. Courses that are not cancelled by the deadlines will remain on your record and may count as failures. A cancellation of your registration in the summer session is subject to a minimum charge. Check the Student Accounts web site for details.

Cancellation of Your Last Course
ACORN will warn you if you are cancelling your last course. If you do not intend to take any other courses in the summer, choose the "cancel registration" option. This will ensure that your fees account will be adjusted properly.

Space in courses
It is University policy that the number of students enrolled in a course cannot exceed the capacity of the room as dictated by fire regulations. Some departments, for pedagogical reasons, assign lower capacities than room size.

The Faculty makes every attempt to ensure that the room assigned will accommodate the number of students expected to enrol; however, as there is not unlimited space to meet demand, some students may not obtain space in every course they want. You may add yourself to a waiting list for a course or courses, but this does not guarantee enrolment in the course(s); therefore, you are advised to select alternative courses in which to enrol in the event that you are unable to enrol in a course that remains full.

We recommend that you prepare as flexible a timetable as possible, with as many alternative course choices as possible.

If a class is full on the last day to enrol and you are not officially enrolled in the course, you do not have the right to be in the class, and will not be granted late registration.

Note: To be fair to all students, selling/buying places in courses is not permitted. Students found selling/buying courses will be reported to the Dean's Office for academic misconduct, and may face penalties.

All students at the University of Toronto have a student account. To review your account balance and invoice, log in to your ACORN account and click on "Financial Accounts". Your student account is managed by Student Accounts, which is also referred to as the Fees Office. The Fees Office is responsible for your tuition and ancillary fees, processing payments, issuing refunds and applying service charges.

Fee payments must be made at a financial institution. The easiest way to do this is to set up a U of T account with your online banking service. Details on how to do this can be found on the Student Accounts website.

How and when to pay:  For full payment instructions, see the Office of Student Accounts website. To be automatically registered for the summer session you must enrol in courses AND pay at least the minimum first installment of your fees (or officially defer them) by April 24, 2024. If your payment has not been received or officially deferred by April 24 you will be removed from your courses at any time. We will allow a processing time of 10 days for bank payments to be received by the University.

IMPORTANT: Students on waiting lists will be added to the course when space is made available at any time. You may not be able to get back into a course that you have been removed from because students on waiting lists may have filled the space created.

Students who have been removed from courses and had their registrations cancelled will have to show proof of payment before they can attempt to enrol in courses again. A late registration fee will also be charged. As the April 24 payment/deferral deadline approaches, ACORN will warn you that your registration is about to be cancelled when you log on, if your payment has not been received by the University.

You can check to see if you are registered on ACORN. Log on and select “Course Enrolment” from the main menu. Your registration is complete if your status shown is "Registered" for the current session. If your status is “Invited” you need to pay or defer your fees or you risk being removed from your courses! You should check your status a few days after you have paid to be safe.

What happens if I don't pay or defer by April 24?  If your payment or deferral has not been received by the University by April 24, you will be removed from your courses and your space in each course may be filled by a student from a waiting list. We will allow a processing time of 10 days for bank payments to be received by the University. If you are reinstated because of late fees payment, you will also be charged a late registration fee. You will only be reinstated into courses if there is space.

Electronic payments
Once you enrol in courses, you should pay your fees using electronic payment (see below). You can obtain an up-to-date balance on ACORN immediately after changing your course enrolments.

You can pay your fees using telephone or online banking if your bank offers this service. Provide your financial institution with your account number and the name "University of Toronto" for their telephone or online banking service. Your account number is displayed on the invoice format of your account on ACORN. The account number consists up to the first five characters of your surname (in capital letters) and 10 numbers which is your student number with leading zeroes (if applicable). Make sure you distinguish between the letter ‘O’ and the number ‘zero’.

Sample account numbers

• Anthony Cho’s student number is 1000123456; his account number is CHO1000123456.

• Jane Seto-Paul's student number is 987654321; hyphens and spaces are not used, so her account number is SETOP0987654321.

• Christine Elias' student number is 9234578; her account number is ELIAS0009234578.

Be sure to make a note of the confirmation number in case there is a delay in processing your payment. If you pay after April 24, make sure you get proof of payment that shows the date and amount you paid, and show it to the Program Office as soon as possible to complete your registration. Failure to do so may result in the cancellation of all your course enrolments.

For full payment instructions, see the Office of Student Accounts website.

Official Registration
Registration will occur automatically if you pay at least the minimum first installment of your fees (or officially defer them) by April 24. We will allow a processing time of 10 days for bank payments to be received by the University. If you've made your minimum payment on or before April 24 and the payment doesn't appear immediately, don't worry - just check back on ACORN a few days after you pay. 

Just taking courses starting in the second term of Summer?
You must pay at least the first installment of fees by April 24 to avoid being removed from your courses. If you enrol in the Summer session after April 24, you must pay at least the first installment of fees and show proof of payment to the Program Office as soon as possible or risk removal from the course(s). A late registration fee may be charged.

Owe fees from a previous session?
Students with outstanding financial obligations to the University (including tuition and residence charges) must pay their fees in full before registering in the next academic session.

NOTE: Those students with significant fees arrears from previous sessions will not be allowed to enroll in courses until the arrears are paid in full.

Fees payments will be applied first to outstanding debt from previous sessions before being applied to new academic term. Please ensure that your payment is sufficient to cover all arrears as well as the minimum first payment, or you will not be registered.

OSAP deferrals
If you have no outstanding fees from previous sessions and if you applied for OSAP you may request deferral of your fees payment. This deferral is not automatic! You must complete the deferral:

• online, on ACORN or

• at the Office of Student Accounts, 215 Huron Street; or

• at Woodsworth College registrar's office

by April 24 or you risk being removed from your courses.

For details, see the Student Accounts website.

The OSAP Application deadline for returning students is usually around the end of Febraury.  New students should apply as soon as possible as it can take 4-6 weeks to process the application form.   Please check the Student Accounts website for updates.  

Breakdown of fees
Compulsory fees for registration consist of academic, incidental and ancillary fees.  See the Student Accounts website in mid-April for the fees schedule.

Paying fees for changed course loads
If you change your course load after you have made a payment, you can find out how much you owe by going to ACORN and selecting “Financial Accounts” from the main menu. Your current balance is displayed at the top of that page. You can make another payment for the balance. Please be aware that changing your course load could sometimes result in significant changes in your fee charges, depending on when you make the change.

How do I know that my enrolment is complete?
You can check to see if you are registered on ACORN. Log on and select “Course Enrolment” from the main menu. Your registration is complete if your status shown is "Registered" for the current session. If your status is “Invited” you need to pay or defer your fees or you risk being removed from your courses! You should check your status a few days after you have paid to be safe.

Refunds
If you withdraw from courses within the appropriate refund period and do not enrol in further courses, you may request a refund of the fees by emailing a request to the Office of Student Accounts. Before you send your email, check your account balance on ACORN to make sure you have a credit balance. You may also wish to set up direct deposit by recording your banking information on ACORN prior to requesting the refund.

Space in courses
It is University policy that the number of students enrolled in a course cannot exceed the capacity of the room as dictated by fire regulations. Some departments, for pedagogical reasons, assign lower capacities than room size.

The Faculty makes every attempt to ensure that the room assigned will accommodate the number of students expected to enrol; however, as there is not unlimited space to meet demand, some students may not obtain space in every course they want. You may add yourself to a waiting list for a course or courses, but this does not guarantee enrolment in the course(s); therefore, you are advised to select alternative courses in which to enrol in the event that you are unable to enrol in a course that remains full.

We recommend that you prepare as flexible a timetable as possible, with as many alternative course choices as possible.

If a class is full on the last day to enrol and you are not officially enrolled in the course, you do not have the right to be in the class, and will not be granted late registration.

Note: To be fair to all students, selling/buying places in courses is not permitted. Students found selling/buying courses will be reported to the Dean's Office for academic misconduct, and may face penalties.

Waiting lists enable you to "line up" for a space that might become available in a lecture section that is full, or in an enrolment category that is full. Being on the waiting list does not guarantee you a space in the course. If a space becomes available, and you are next on the waiting list, you will automatically be enrolled.

After the enrolment happens, a notification email will be sent to your UTORmail email address. You will be responsible for any academic and or incidental fees arising from the course enrolment. Failure to check your utor account or timetable will not exempt you from any fees arising from the course enrolment.

Not all courses have waiting lists. Check the timetable “waiting list” column. There are no fees associated with being on the waiting list for a course, but if you are enrolled from the waiting list, you will automatically be charged the appropriate academic and incidental fees.

IRE242H1 - HRM for Industrial Relations and HR Professionals            Hours: 12L/24P This course explores the relationship between human resource management, employment relations, and industrial relations. Extensive practical course work will expose students to the functions human resource professionals execute to recruit, select, compensate, train, and evaluate the performance of employees. The course prepares students for advanced HR topics in upper level IRE courses. Prerequisite: 4.0 credits (CHRM students meet this requirement based on previous studies) Exclusion: RSM361H1

IRE244H1 - Labour Relations                                                                                   Hours: 36L Introduction to the institutions, issues and legislation affecting the employment relationship in the public and private sectors in Canada, with emphasis on collective bargaining. The economic and political environment, history of the labour movement, union organization, certification, contract negotiation, strikes, dispute resolution, contract administration and grievances. Prerequisite: 4.0 credits (CHRM students meet this requirement based on previous  studies)

IRE260H1 - Organizational Behaviour                                                                 Hours: 24L Introduction to the nature of organizations and the behaviour of individuals and groups within organizations, including topics such as culture and diversity, reward systems, motivation, leadership, politics, communication, decision-making, conflict and group processes. Not recommended for students in Commerce programs. Prerequisite: 4.0 credits (CHRM students meet this requirement based on previous studies)

IRE339H1 - Labour Markets and Public Policy                                                Hours: 36L This course is designed to provide students in the IRHR program with knowledge of how the labour market affects the employment relationship. The basic tools of labour economics are developed and applied to various issues of organizational and government policy such as: the incentive effects of compensation arrangements, government income support programs, and minimum wage policy; the determinants of preferences for hours of work including job-sharing, overtime and retirement; the impacts of unions on compensation and productivity; public-sector employment and alternatives to the right to strike; discrimination in employment on the basis of gender and race as well as related government policies such as pay and employment equity. Prerequisite: ECO101H1/ ECO105Y1/ IRW230H1 Exclusion: ECO339H1

IRE342H1 - Essentials of Finance and Accounting                     Hours: 24L/12T This course introduces students to accounting and finance procedures and concepts used by organizational leaders and professionals. The course covers both managerial and financial accounting topics with applications to organizational decision-making. Note: Course will not count towards Rotman Commerce program requirements. Prerequisite: ( IRE242H1, IRE379H1/ IRW220H1)/( IRW220H1, IRW230H1)

IRE346H1 - HR Planning & Strategy                                                                      Hours: 36L An understanding is developed of how essential elements of the human resource planning process support organizational goals and strategies. Topics such as environmental influences, job analysis, forecasting human resource needs and ascertaining supply, succession planning, downsizing and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, and strategic international issues are examined. Prerequisite: 0.5 credit from: IRE244H1, IRE260H1

IRE347H1 - Training & Development                                                                    Hours: 24L The role of training and development initiatives in organizations. Students acquire the knowledge and skills to conduct a training needs assessment, identify training objectives, explore strategies to increase the transfer of training, design and deliver a training activity using various training methodologies, and evaluate its effectiveness. Prerequisite: IRE242H1

IRE348H1 - Recruitment & Selection                                                                   Hours: 24L The principles, legal issues, and emerging trends affecting the recruitment process and selection of staff in organizations. Development of recruitment strategies, assessment of applications for employment, interviewing candidates, and the role of testing and measurement of competencies in making hiring decisions. Prerequisite: IRE242H1

IRE367H1 - Compensation                                                                                       Hours: 24L The theory and process of developing and administering compensation systems. Through the core compensation principles of efficiency, equity, consistency and competitiveness we consider such topics as: job analysis, job evaluation, pay levels and structures, pay for performance, benefits, and compensating special groups of workers. Prerequisite: IRE242H1

IRE378H1 - Employment Health                                                                            Hours: 36L The influence of legislation, the labour market and collective bargaining on health policies and programs in the workplace. The rights and responsibilities of employers, employees, unions and governments for the regulation and promotion of workplace health and safety; and the implications of evolving demographic, economic, and social factors. Prerequisite: IRE244H1/ IRE260H1

IRE430H1 - Canadian Employment Law & the Non-Union Workplace                 Hours: 24L The course will focus on the law governing employment in a non-unionized workplace. Specifically, it will cover every phase of the employment relationship from hiring to termination and beyond and the rights and obligations of employers and employees as developed by the Courts and under employment-related statutes (namely the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Human Rights Code.) The course will also cover provisions from the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Prerequisite: 0.5 IRE/IRW credit at the 300-level  Corequisite: Students who do not meet the prerequisites may take IRE430H1 concurrently with 0.5 IRE/IRW credit at the 300-level

IRE431H1: Canadian Labour Law & the Unionized Workplace                                Hours  24L The course will focus on the laws impacting unionized workplaces. It will cover every phase of the Ontario Labour Relations Act, 1995 (the “LRA”) from union organizing, certification, negotiation and bargaining, collective agreement arbitration, retention of bargaining rights and decertification and termination of bargaining rights. Prerequisite:  IRE430H1

 

Prerequisites, Corequisites, Exclusions
Before enrolling in a course, make sure you understand any prerequisites, corequisites and exclusions that may apply. Prerequisites, corequisites  and exclusions are listed as part of the course descriptions on ACORN, and in the acordion above.

Keep in mind that ACORN doesn't check prerequisites, corequisites and exclusions and will let you enrol in a course even if you don't have the prerequisites or have previously completed an exclusion. The academic unit offering the course can remove you at any time if you don't meet the requirements.

Definitions:

• Prerequisites are the courses you need to take before you are qualified to take this one. For IRE347H1, you need IRE242H1.
• Co-requisites are courses you must take at the same time as this course..
• Exclusions are courses similar enough to this course that you may not receive degree credit for both. If you have completed in the past, or are concurrently enrolled in, any of the listed exclusions, you are not allowed to take this course as well.

  If there is a sequence of courses listed in the prerequisites, corequisites, or exclusions please note that:

• / The slash means “or.”
• ,;&+ All these symbols mean “and.”
• ( ) Parentheses are used to group items together into one unit.

Cancelling courses and fees implications
If you decide that you do not want a course, you must cancel it as soon as possible. This applies to courses that you have waitlisted as well as those in which you are enrolled. Please do not occupy a space that you know you do not want. Only by cancelling the course using ACORN will your space become available to another student.

It is important to officially cancel a course as soon as you have decided you do not want to continue in it, since fees refunds are calculated according to the date the cancellation is recorded. Cancellations must be done on ACORN. Courses that are not cancelled by the deadlines will remain on your record and may count as failures. A cancellation of your registration in the summer session is subject to a minimum charge. Check the Student Accounts web site for details.

Cancellation of Your Last Course
ACORN will warn you if you are cancelling your last course. If you do not intend to take any other courses in the summer, choose the "cancel registration" option. This will ensure that your fees account will be adjusted properly

 

Be sure to keep all your contact information, including your Mailing Address, telephone number and U of T email, current on ACORN at all times. Communications from the University are sent to your U of T email address or Mailing Address only. The University is not responsible if these communications are not received because of incorrect information recorded on ACORN.