Sciences Participating with Arts & Culture in Education

To fulfill the co-curricular requirement of the SPACE: Arts and Sciences Certificate, students must complete one of the following course / additional activity credit combinations.

* A foundational knowledge course and 15 credits of additional activities
                                           or
* A foundational knowledge course, plus One cross listed course, and 12 credits of additional activities
                                           or
* A foundational knowledge course, plus Two cross listed courses, and 9 credits of additional activities 

You can view the list of courses cross listed for the Fall 2022 semester here.

Additional acitivity credits are accumulated through involvement in activities taking place outside of the classroom. Additional activities can include:

- Submitting and publishing written, visual, audio or other work (classwork or independent work) on the SPACE website
- Participating in editorial meetings (SPACEcorp: Translating Science) to develop or solicit content to be published on the SPACE website
- Attending SPACEcorp Project meetings
- Working on an episode of SPACEpod (the SPACE podcast)
- Participating in a SPACE or SPACE-affiliated competition
- Attending excursions
- Attending events
- Organizing social media for SPACE
- Organizing social events for SPACE
- Organizing and/or presenting at a talk, workshop, conference, showcase or other academic/creative SPACE or SPACE-affiliated event
- Doing research

*If you have other extra-curricular or volunteer activities you are involved that do not appear on this list use the form below to contact Joel Trudeau and explain what your activity entails to determine whether additional credits may be received.

To claim additional activity credits:

1. Log onto the Omnivox portal
2. Under Menu choose the "Certificate of Studies" tab
3. Choose “Enroll in activities here” to see the activities listed for the current semester
4. Click the magnifying icon in the “Check progress” column to view the activities and courses that you have participated in to date.

Fall 2022—Additional Activities (activities will be updated throughout the semester)

• September 14, 2022: SPACE Certificate Orientation Session (1 credit)
• September 30, 2022: Museum Research with Outings—students must attend all 3 outings. (3 credits)
• September-November 2022: Museum Outings: written reflection (2 credits)
• October 28, 2022: Visual “programming” with Arduino: A gentle introduction to the world of making with Arduino (2 credits)
• November 4, 2022: Arduino for Robotics: Introduction to control with simple mobile robots (2 credits)
• November 15, 2022: Certificate Day Volunteer (2 Credits)
• November 18, 2022: SPACE Writing Contest Workshop (2 Credits)
• December 12, 2022: Workshop: SPACE Independent Projects
• December 18, 2022: Fifth Annual Writing contest: submission (3 credits)
• January 9-11, 2023: NASA workshop participation (8 credits)
• AI Launch Workshops: must attend 6 of 8 workshops (5 credits)
• Publication of piece on SPACE website (2 credits)
• SPACEcorp meetings (4 meetings 3 credits)—maximum 9 credits per semester
• Dawson HEP meetings (4 meetings 3 credits)—maximum 9 credits per semester
• Dawson Robotics meetiings (4 meetings 3 credits)—maximum 9 credits per semester
• Dawson Robotics competition participation (4 or more credits) — allocated by team captains and mentors. Additional credits available in Winter 2022
• 3D printing workshop (3 credits)
• AI artmaking workshop (3 credits)
   

If you have any questions concerning the SPACE certificate requirements and/or the accumulation of credits please contact Ursula Sommerer at usommerer@dawsoncollege.qc.ca