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Legal Documents: What Are the Consequences of Not Providing Your Documents?
The deadline to submit documents in support of a change to your tuition status effective for that semester is the last day of classes for that semester (e.g., December 1 for changes to be...
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Legal Documents: Where and How Do I Send My
Documents?
You must send in all your documents after you have accepted your offer of admission but before the start of classes.
Do not send originals. Email clear and legible copies
of your documents. Write...
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Identification (ID)
Cards
As a student registered at 鶹AV, you are required to present an ID card
to:
write examinations;
use libraries and student services, including certain
laboratories;
access residence buildings;
access meal plans;
access...
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Legal Name and Gender
Legal Name
Legal Name
Your legal name is the name that will appear on your degree, diploma, or certificate upon graduation, and on your e-bills, tax receipts, and official transcript. It is also used by the Government of Quebec to...
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Preferred First Name
Your preferred first name is a name by which you are normally
addressed, and is different from your legal first name. The
Preferred First Name Procedure enables students to use an alternate
preferred first name for certain purposes while...
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Verification of Name
You should verify the accuracy of your name on 鶹AV's student records via
Minerva (mcgill.ca/minerva). To do this, go to
Personal Menu > Name Change, where you can make minor
corrections such as changing case (upper/lower), adding...
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Registration
Once you have confirmed your intention to attend 鶹AV in Minerva, you must register by adding courses
to your record during the registration periods listed on the Important Dates website. You must register
on Minerva and can continue to do so...
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Registration Periods
The dates given below were accurate when this publication was finalized.
Although changes are not anticipated, you should confirm the dates in the
Important Dates Search Tool...
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Late Registration
If you fail to register during the normal registration period, you can
register within the period designated by the University for late registration with the payment of a late
registration fee.
For late registration fees, see Late...
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Course Information and Regulations
The University reserves the right to make changes without prior notice to the information contained in this publication, including the revision or cancellation of particular courses or programs.
At the time this publication was...
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Course Numbering
Each 鶹AV course is assigned a unique seven-character course “number”.
The first four characters (subject code) refer to the unit offering the course.
These codes were implemented in September 2002, replacing the three-number teaching unit codes...
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Multi-term Courses
Most courses at 鶹AV are single term (Fall or Winter or Summer) courses with final grades issued and any credits earned recorded at the end of that term. Single term courses are identified by a seven-character course number.
A unit may, however,...
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Course Terminology
Prerequisite: Course A is prerequisite to course B if a satisfactory pass in course A is required for admission to course B.
Corequisite: Course A is corequisite to course B if course A must be taken concurrently with (or may have been taken prior...
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Course Load
It is your responsibility to follow the faculty regulations listed below. When registering on Minerva, you must not exceed the maximum credits permitted by your faculty. For information on course load requirements for entrance scholarships' renewal and in...
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Courses Taken under the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) Option
The principle of the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) option is to encourage you to take courses outside the area of your specialization with the view of enabling you to acquire knowledge and skills in...
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First-Year Seminars
First-Year Seminars (FYS) are limited-enrolment credit courses offered by the Faculties of Arts and Science to students in their first year of undergraduate study at 鶹AV; i.e., newly admitted students in U0 or U1. Students in any faculty can...
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Auditing of Courses
鶹AV does not permit auditing of courses.
Note for Continuing Studies: You can register for a Continuing Studies course and opt to have it "non-evaluated".
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2022-2023 (last updated...
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Course Change Period
You may make changes to your course registrations (add or drop courses),
subject to the requirements and restrictions of your program and individual
courses from the opening date of registration until the end of the course change period....
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Course Withdrawal
After the course change deadline in the Fall and Winter terms, there is
a period of a few days during which you may withdraw, with a grade of W, and
receive a full refund of course fees.
After the Withdrawal (with refund) deadline, there...
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Course Information and Regulations: Class Schedule
Class Schedule for the upcoming Fall and Winter terms normally becomes
available in April prior to the opening of advising. The Summer term schedule is
normally published in early February. Class Schedule...