eCalendar content syndication allows academic units to pull course & program information (requirements, terms offered, instructors, etc.) automatically from the McGill eCalendar. This helps ensure academic information remains accurate and consistent across McGill websites and can automatically reflect course and program changes shortly after they're approved.
This functionality is strongly recommended whenever conveying course or program information on McGill websites. By inserting a short code into your website content, you can reflect nearly any eCalendar content onto your page. This code (a.k.a. short-tag) remains the same year after year and will automatically update to reflect changes in the eCalendar. This saves departments and web managers resources, since short-tags will always reflect the official version and pull in updates as soon as they’re approved and processed by Enrolment Services without any action required from web editors.
You may find out a specific short-tag by logging into the eCalendar website and browsing to your desired content, or by contacting ecalendarsupport.es [at] mcgill.ca.
Please refer to the examples below for instructions and information. Further details are also available on the following IT Knowledge Base article.
Courses
Short-tag ex.: [course medium BIOL 200]
- "Short" version: BIOL 200 Molecular Biology
- "Link" version: BIOL 200 - Molecular Biology
- "Medium" version (expandable; click the course title!):
- A "long" version is also available, which shows course content fully expanded on the page.
- Where necessary, it is also possible to display course information from a previous academic year:
[course medium BIOL 200 2022]. This is especially useful for sharing course details for the current Summer term.
Programs
Short-tag ex.: [program link BA-H X ANT1 MAJOR]
- "Link" version: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Honours Anthropology
- "Medium" version (expandable; click the program title!):
- A "long" version is also available, which shows the full program content expanded on the page.
General content
Short-tag ex.: [ecalendar 09020fda800241cf 09020fda8002444a]
Example 1
Degree Requirements for the Faculty of Arts
Each student in the Faculty of Arts must be aware of the Faculty regulations as stated in this publication and on the McGill, Arts, and Arts Office of Advising and Student Information Services (OASIS) website mcgill.ca/oasis.
While departmental and Faculty advisors and staff are always available to give advice and guidance, the ultimate responsibility for completeness and correctness of your course selection and registration, for compliance with, and completion of your program and degree requirements, and for the observance of regulations and deadlines, rests with you. It is your responsibility to seek guidance from Arts OASIS if in any doubt; misunderstanding or misapprehension will not be accepted as cause for dispensation from any regulation, deadline, program, or degree requirement.
To be eligible for a B.A. degree, you must fulfil all Faculty and program requirements as indicated below:
Example 2
Geography Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
Admission Requirements
M.A. and M.Sc. Degrees
Applicants not satisfying the conditions in University Regulations & Resources > Graduate > Graduate Admissions and Application Procedures, but with primary undergraduate specialization in a cognate field, may be admitted to the M.A. or M.Sc. degree in Geography in certain circumstances. In general, applicants who have deficiencies in their preparation but are otherwise judged to be acceptable, will be required to register for a Qualifying program or to undertake additional courses.
Ph.D. Degree
Students who have completed a master's degree in Geography or a related discipline (with high standing) may be admitted at the Ph.D. 2 level.
On rare occasions, a student may be admitted to the Ph.D. degree without having first taken the master's degree. These students, who have deficiencies in their preparation but are otherwise acceptable, will be required to register for a year of coursework and/or be required to take extra courses. The normal duration of a program, including field work where required, is three years.
Normally, the Department will restrict admission to the Ph.D. program to students prepared to work in one of the fields of human or physical geography in which specialized supervision is offered. These fields, which cover a wide range of systematic areas, are listed in documents available from the Department.
English Language Proficiency
For graduate applicants whose mother tongue is not English, and who have not completed an undergraduate or graduate degree from a recognized Canadian or American (English or French) institution or from a recognized foreign institution where English is the language of instruction, documented proof of English proficiency is required prior to admission. For a list of acceptable test scores and minimum requirements, visit mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/international/proficiency.
Application Procedures
McGill’s online application form for graduate program candidates is available at mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply.
See University Regulations & Resources > Graduate > Graduate Admissions and Application Procedures > Application Procedures for detailed application procedures.
Further departmental application information is listed at mcgill.ca/geography/graduate.
Application Dates and Deadlines
Application opening dates are set by Enrolment Services in consultation with Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), while application deadlines are set by the Geography Department and may be revised at any time. Applicants must verify all deadlines and documentation requirements well in advance on the appropriate McGill departmental website; please consult the list at mcgill.ca/gps/contact/graduate-program.
Information on application deadlines is available at mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/how-apply/application-steps/application-deadlines.
Admission to graduate studies is competitive; accordingly, late and/or incomplete applications are considered only as time and space permit.