Hello! I'm a current student at McGill (Honours Political Science; Major in Philosophy.) I noticed a dearth of threads in this subforum about McGill, and with course selections coming up, I figured that if anyone out there has a question, I can do my best to provide some help :)

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Hi,
I wanted to know how hard the Arts program is at McGill. I am hoping to go to law school afterwards so I don't want to come to McGill and get a low GPA. I was thinking of doing something like Economics/Accounting (the BA one, not the Bcomm for the school of business).

Thanks!

Np!

For students entering U0 Arts, registration opens June 19th (and I'm 90 percent certain at 8am EST.) For more info on important dates, see this link.


Moral philosophy and political philosophy are the subfields that are most closely associated with law. I enjoyed PHIL 230 - Intro to Moral Philosophy a lot, fantastic professor and lecturer, but the content is not easy. PHIL 240 - Political Philosophy was a class I found extremely informative, and the class average was quite high, but that might have been because of our overly-generous TA. If you're nervous or unsure about philosophy in general, you could consider PHIL 200/201; friends who have taken those found it fairly easy in content and grading.

Political science is a big (biggest?) department, and there might be courses in every subfield that deals with law, depending on what type of law you are interested in pursuing. The prereq for comparative is one of POLI 211 or POLI 212; 211 is broader and more informative in content, but a lot of people were put off by the prof (though not myself.) In poli theory, I highly recommend POLI 231 - Abizadeh's probably one of the most-liked profs in the department, and the course is very interesting, though reading intensive. The prereqs for IR are either POLI 244 or 243; as POLI 243 focuses specifically on International Political Economy (IPE), that might tip you in favour of one or the other. The prereqs for Canadian are POLI 221/222; I don't really know much about them.

Same goes for sociology, but the important prereqs for that department are SOCI 210/211.

As far as I know, no intro poli sci course had particularly high class averages.

Getting through these prereqs in the first year will set you up for more specialized courses later, ones that might be of more direct interest to someone entering law (i.e., PHIL 348 - Philosophy of Law; SOCI 388 - Crime).


Edit: but don't take my word for it! The syllabi for (most) courses from previous years are available for poli sci, philosophy and sociology on the McGill website, as well as the syllabi for most other departments. There might be some changes associated with changes in profs/lecturers, but taking a quick glance at the description/reading list might give you an idea as to whether you'll find the class interesting or not.

You need to do at least one minor to accompany your major. I'm uncertain as to what you mean by "complementary courses;" outside of completing the requirements for your major and minor, there are no courses that you must take.

For more information on the major requirements for Political Science, see here.

For info on the various minors offered, see here.

I'm not that familiar with science program requirements. You should either contact somebody at SOUSA or take a look through the science program calendar, which I'm sure has your answers somewhere.

http://www.mcgill.ca/stu...es/science/undergraduate

So far after first term I have a 90.4% top 5 average. I am from BC and am hoping to get into the arts program. What are the odds that I get in? Also, I only have an 82 in English so I am wondering if, after I get accepted (if i do), there is any leeway for that mark to drop in the last term or does it still have to stay above 80 for my offer to still be offered. Please answer quickly as I am starting to apply.