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.

* Foundational Knowledge plus 15 credits of additional activities
                                           or
* Foundational Knowledge, plus one cross listed course, plus 12 credits of additional activities
                                           or
* Foundational Knowledge, plus two cross listed courses, plus 9 credits of additional activities 

The list of courses cross listed is available on the certificate section of the Omnivox platform.

Certificate Orientation—see embedded video presented to the Dawson Robotics group

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
- Working on an episode of SPACEpod (the SPACE podcast)
- 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
- Participating in a SPACE or SPACE-affiliated competition
- Participating in workshops
- Attending excursions
- Attending events
- Attending SPACE meetings
- Doing research

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.

Winter 2026—Additional Activities (activities will be updated throughout the semester)

Publication of piece on SPACE website (3 credits)
Apply until January 31, 2026: MakerSPACE Internship—for research experience in the fields of engineering education (with Scratch) and education robotics (with Arduino).  (6-9 credits + capstone)
Jan-Feb 2026: ASTRO PI Mission Space Lab (6 credits)
February 13-15, 2026: McGill Physics Hackathon (6 credits)
February 19, 2026: Writing Workshop (3 credits)
March 21, 2026: SPACE Annual Writing Contest—deadline to submit (3 credits + options for additional credits)
Jan-March, 2026: Quantum Ready Program—contact organizers to inquire at link (9 credits)
September-May 2026: Dawson Robotics meetings (maximum of 9 credits)
Sep-May 2026: Dawson HEP meetings (maximum of 9 credits)
Sep-May 2026: Philosophy club meetings (maximum of 9 credits)
Sep-May 2026: Dawson Astronomical Society meetings (maximum of 9 credits)
Sep-May 2026: Dawson Neuroscience Research group meetings (maximum of 9 credits)
Sep-March 2026: Science en Tourne meetings (maximum of 9 credits)

Meetings including semi-regular drop in SPACE meetings on Wednesdays in 7A.9: 4 meetings =  3 credits for a maximum of 9 credits. Claim your credits here.