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ACADEMIC POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
NOTE:
For students in Transport Canada approved programs,
minimum attendance requirements apply which may reduce
the length of time available to students to add applicable
courses
10. CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS
10.1 Full-Time Students
The full-time course load in a Semester for a diploma or
certificate student is four or more courses. A student registered
for four or more courses in a Semester shall be considered to be
registered as a full-time student for that semester.
The full-time course load in a Technical Session for a diploma
student is considered to be two or more courses when that
student is registered in a Program for which the normal course
load for the respective Technical Session is three or more
courses.
Students registered for two or more courses in a Technical
Session in such cases shall be considered to be registered as a
full-time student for that session.
For students registered in a Technical Session for a diploma
program for which the normal course load is one or two courses,
the students shall be considered to be registered as a full-time
student when registered for one course in that session.
10.2 Part-Time Students
A student registered for three or fewer courses in a semester shall be
considered to be registered as a Part-time student for that semester.
Students registered for one course in a Technical Session for
which the normal course load is three or more courses shall be
considered to be registered as a part-time student for that session.
10.3 Other Requirements
Students should note that external sponsoring agencies such
as Human Resources Skills Development Canada and Canada
Student Aid may have requirements for the students they sponsor
to be in attendance for a minimum number of hours per week
and/or to be enrolled for a minimum number of weeks while they
are sponsored. Students are responsible for ensuring that they
are familiar with the sponsor’s requirements before they register
and that they meet the minimum standards of attendance of the
sponsoring agency.
11. PROGRESSION IN A PROGRAM
Courses are generally studied as they appear in the program
outline. By following the outline, students should be able to
complete their program in the shortest possible time. In all
instances, requirements for prerequisite and co-requisite courses
must be satisfied. The official program and course outlines
contain information regarding such requirements. In evaluating
a student’s final standing, the work of the entire semester is
taken into consideration. This includes semester examinations,
class tests, laboratory work, technical work reports together with
attendance.
11.1 Program Changes
Changes in regulations governing programs may be made from
time to time. Student who have not interrupted their program
may complete their requirements for graduation following the
regulations in place when he/she started his/her program.
Students who have interrupted their program may be required
to complete additional courses so that they may meet program
requirements under the new regulations.
12. READMISSION AND CONTINUANCE
Subject to the readmission regulations described in the following
paragraphs, a student enrolled in a certificate or an advanced,
technology, or technician diploma program, and registered as
a full-time student, shall be permitted to continue to the next
semester if he/she passes at least 50% of the courses for which
a grade is awarded that semester. If he/she passes fewer than
50% of the courses for which a grade is awarded that semester
he/she will be required to Withdraw (WD).
Students are required to maintain a cumulative average of 60%
at the end of each semester of study.
A student who passes 50% of the courses for which a grade was
awarded in a semester, but has one or more failures and has
a cumulative average of at least 60% will be awarded a Clear
Standing (GO) and will be readmitted to the following semester
without conditions.
A student who was admitted to the semester with a Clear Standing
(GO) or better but who earns a cumulative average of between
50% and 59% at the end of a semester, and has passed 50%
of the courses for which a grade was awarded in the semester,
will earn a Conditional (CR) standing and will be conditionally
readmitted to the next semester. If, at the end of the next
semester, the student again passes 50% of the courses for
which a grade was awarded and earns a cumulative average of
between 50% and 59%, the student will be required to Withdraw
(R1) from the Marine Institute for a minimum of one full semester.
Students who have a cumulative average below 50% will be
required to Withdraw (R1) for a minimum of one semester.
Technical or summer semester sessions do not constitute a
Semester.
With the exception of students admitted to the Marine Institute
with an advanced standing of 10 credits or more, a student in
his or her first semester at the Marine Institute will be readmitted
to the second semester of study provided that he or she passes
50% of the courses for which a grade was awarded. First semester
students who pass 50% of the courses who have a cumulative
average of less than 60% will be readmitted to the next semester
with an Academic Warning (AW).
A student who has been required to withdraw (R3) from the
Marine Institute or any other public post-secondary institute, on
a total of three (3) occasions will be academically dismissed. In
this instance a student may be readmitted to the Marine Institute
only in exceptional circumstances and only upon approval of an
Admissions Committee.
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