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ACADEMIC POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
3.2 Discipline
The general discipline of the Marine Institute is based on rules
of common sense and courtesy. Smoking is not premitted.
Defacement of buildings and damage to equipment are
considered serious offenses. The Marine Institute reserves the
right to dismiss any student who does not comply with these
regulations.
3.3 Student Attendance
It is the Marine Institute’s policy that attendance in all classes,
labs, and all other scheduled meetings is compulsory for students
in Diploma of Technology and Certificate programs. In exceptional
cases, the course instructor may excuse a student from one or
more classes. Acceptable cause for an excused absence may
include illness, bereavement, family emergencies or any other
cause deemed acceptable by the instructor. It is the student’s
responsibility to provide satisfactory proof of the necessity for
absence.
A majority of the courses in some programs, including Nautical
Science and Marine Engineering and all industry response
courses, have specific minimum attendance requirements. In
some short courses, an attendance rate of 100% is mandatory.
However, unless otherwise specified, a rate of un-excused
absence that exceeds 10% is considered to be unacceptable.
Students are strongly advised to read the course outline for each
course for which they are registered with respect to attendance
requirements and other specific regulations governing that
course.
A student who is inexcusably absent for more than an acceptable
number of the scheduled meeting times for a course will be
deemed to be in violation of this policy and will be required to
consult the program chair or designated advisor. If, following
consultation with the program chair or designate, the student’s
attendance does not improve, he or she may be discontinued
from that course. In such cases, if this occurs following the
course drop or fees refund deadlines, the student will be subject
to any applicable academic or financial prejudice.
Attendance is included as part of the student’s academic record
and will be one of the criteria used to determine eligibility for
continuation in a program or for certification by the Marine
Institute or external agencies such as Transport Canada.
Specific guidelines and related procedures are available from the
offices of each School Head or the Registrar.
The registration of each student in a course implies that he or
she understands this responsibility and agrees to abide by the
above policy.
3.4 Usage of Computer Facilities
The following guidelines are a subset of the Regulations
Governing MI Computer Facility Usage and are applied to all
individuals accessing computer systems:
• All access to computer services and the issuing of computer
accounts and passwords, must be approved by the Computer
Services division of the Marine Institute in accordance with the
Regulations for Issuing Accounts.
• No attempt should be made to discover other users’ passwords
nor should any such passwords discovered by chance be
used. Passwords are distributed to individuals for the purpose
of gaining access to a computer system and should remain
confidential. Any suspected leak of a password OR other
loopholes in system security should be reported immediately to
the Computer Services department.
• Software applications and other proprietary information are not
to be copied, this includes information which has been stored
by Computer Services or any other computer users. This could
result in a breach of copyright or license agreement.
• The hardware components of any computer system must not
be moved. The software or hardware configuration of computer
systems must not be altered.
• The Marine Institute’s computing facilities may not be used
for non-institutional projects, or for personal or commercial
purposes.
• No one should deliberately attempt to degrade the
performance of a computer system or to deprive others of
resources or access to any university computer system.
• Software programs that were not previously installed on the
systems should not be operated. Any such use could increase
the possibility of infection by computer viruses. Computer
Systems are not to be used for games or other non-academic
recreational activities (e.g. MP3’s, Chat, On-line games).
• Abusive, fraudulent, or harassing messages are not to be
sent or stored by users. Storage and possession of property is
strictly prohibited.
• Violations of the Regulations governing MI Computer Facility
Usage may result in disciplinary action.
4. EXPLANATION OF TERMS
The Marine Institute’s academic year runs from the first day of
September to the last day of August of each year.
• A Term or Semester means a period of approximately fifteen
weeks during which regular classes are held and, for diploma
of technology, technician diploma and advanced diploma
programs,in which there are at least 65 teaching days.
Normally, the fall semester begins in September, the winter
semester in January and the summer semester in May.
• Technical Session is a period of study which is normally six
weeks in duration, but may be anywhere from three to eight
weeks in duration, depending on the program of study. The
Technical Session normally follows the Winter semester or
may precede the summer session for programs which normally
have one or more scheduled summer sessions. Technical
session normally begins in April of each year.
• A course is a unit of work in a particular subject which normally
carries credit towards the fulfillment of the requirements for a
particular certificate or diploma and for which achievement of
the established learning objectives are formally measured and
recorded.
• A credit is awarded for each course completed in which the
student obtains at least the minimum passing grade.
• A prerequisite course is a course which must be successfully
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