Academic POLICIES and PROCEDURES CENTENNIALCOLLEGE.CA Academic Policies and Procedures Most Centennial programs are eight months to CONNECT WITH MYCENTENNIAL TRANSFER CREDIT FOR three years in length. Bachelor’s degrees take four • myCentennial is a free web service that gives all GENERAL EDUCATION years to complete. Upon successful completion registered students personalized, online access If you attended an accredited university or of their program, all graduating students are to College announcements. E-mail, grades, another college, you may be eligible to apply for awarded a diploma, certificate or bachelor’s timetables and research tools from any Internet transfer credit (OACs are not eligible for general degree. This credential reflects the academic connection. myCentennial e-mail is a primary education credit). standards established by the College for our source of communication from the College. A course-by-course match is required for the programs, in conjunction with professional and • myCentennial can be accessed from the front program-mandated course. educational agencies. page of the Centennial College website or directly at my.centennialcollege.ca. STUDENT NUMBER For electives, it is not necessary to have a course- Enter: by-course match. For more information about The first time you apply to the College, a nine-digit transfer credits, see page 15. student number is assigned to you. It appears 1. Your login ID, which is your nine-digit student number on your admission and registration papers. That CO-OP EDUCATION 2. Your initial password which is your date of number is the key to accurately maintaining all Most three-year advanced diploma programs in your records and files as a Centennial student. birth (Note: you will be asked to change the password upon initial login.) business and engineering technology offer the option of a co-op education. This arrangement AcADEMIC YEAR For more information, call the Help Desk at combines academic courses and related paid work We divide the calendar year into three semesters: 416-289-000, ext. 5280. experience with approved employers. In most • Fall: September to December cases, your four-month work terms will alternate • Winter: January to April GENERAL EDUCATION with academic terms (after semester 3), so you • Summer: May to August To graduate from most programs, you must take won’t have the traditional summer break between The academic year for most of our full-time, general education courses as described below. academic years. General education courses are offered in four post-secondary programs is two semesters. Some Co-op education staff work closely with students categories: programs use a three-semester format. You may to make their work experience as meaningful as get more information about the academic year for • Arts in Society possible. However, finding and arranging for the your program from any Enrolment Services Office. • Civic Life job is ultimately the student’s responsibility. Staff Each semester is typically 15 weeks in length. • Social and Cultural Understanding also work with a wide variety of organizations in Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of • Personal Understanding business and industry to promote the program and Individual Privacy Act, under the legal authority of the • Science and Technology locate appropriate available positions. Ministry of Colleges and Universities, Act R.S.O. 1980, In the first semester of most programs, your As part of your co-op education, we will help Chapter 272, S.S.; R.R.O. 1980, Regulation 640, Centennial general education course is prescribed. This means you with: College is required to have written consent from applicants your program requires that you take the assigned • preparing your resumé or students to release any information to a third party (e.g. course. • learning job search techniques employers, relatives, Social Services, Worker’s Safety and Here are the general education requirements you • interviewing skills Insurance Board or other government agencies). will need to graduate: • defining on-the-job expectations MYCENTENNIAL: YoUR AcADEMIC Two-semester programs • setting and achieving your objectives RECORD ONLINE • one program-mandated general education • developing your academic and career potential. As a student of Centennial College, you have access course To qualify for co-op work terms, you must to myCentennial, the College student portal that • one elective complete 80 per cent of year one courses, takes information access to a whole new level. Visit Four-semester programs achieve a minimum grade of C in COMM- myCentennial at my.centennialcollege.ca • one program-mandated general education 170/171 and a minimum GPA of 2.500 in and go to ‘Centennial Links’. You will be able to: course Engineering Technology and Applied Science and Business programs. An additional fee is • pay fees including parking and locker • GNED-500 Global Citizenship payable to cover administrative costs (also • register for your semester courses • one or two electives (depending on your see Co-op Education, page 18). • view your grades program of study) • view your unofficial transcript Six-semester programs For more information, call 416-289-5000, • degree/diploma audit (an evaluation of your • one program-mandated general education ext. 2524. academic record to determine if you are ready course for graduation) • GNED-500 Global Citizenship GRADE REPORT • view ‘holds’ or restrictions on your registration • two electives Your grades are available to you online through • access your personal information (view and myCentennial (my.centennialcollege.ca) at the end If you are required to take additional English or make changes to your address and phone of each semester. Grade reports are not mailed. math courses due to your skills assessment results, number) or you must repeat prerequisites due to receiving Because this is confidential information, we do not • view your fee statement give out grade information by phone. failing grades, you should note that this could delay • check your registration status the completion of your program, that it will likely If you are enrolled in one of our degrees • access and print your T2202A tax form(s) require you to pay additional tuition fees, and that it offered jointly with UTSC or Ryerson might affect your eligibility for financial aid. University, you will receive your grade report from the university. 194 /Academic Policies and Procedures GRADE SYSTEM SUPPLEMENTAL EXAM AcADEMIC STANDING Students are often required to obtain passing The standings are determined on the basis of a Letter Grade Numerical Grade Point Grade Description Equivalents Equivalents grades in their final examinations as well as full-time enrolment of a minimum of 70 per cent (GPA) maintaining an overall passing grade in a course. of the course load for a given semester and are A+ Outstanding achievement 90-100% 4.5 However, there may be times when a student who defined as: A Excellent achievement 80-89% 4.0 has been passing all other requirements, fails a final Academic Description B+ Very good achievement 75-79% 3.5 examination due to extenuating circumstances. The B Good achievement 70-74% 3.0 College will provide an opportunity for the student Standing C+ Satisfactory achievement 65-69% 2.5 to raise the failing grade to the minimum passing Good Academic All school or program standards C Acceptable achievement 60-64% 2.0 grade. In this case, the student who is passing in Standing (GS) have been met or exceeded. D+ Pass** 55-59% 1.5 These include a minimum term D Pass** 50-54% 1.0 the course, but fails the course as a result of failing average of 2.00 and a pass in all F Failure 0-49% 0 the final examination, may be permitted to write FNA Failure Non-attendance 0 a supplemental examination as determined by courses taken, but may be higher P Pass (GPA neutral) the faculty and the Chair of the department. The for some programs. I Incomplete* supplemental examination should normally occur Conditional (CS) A student will initially be placed CIP Course in progress within two weeks after the final grades are posted. on conditional academic standing AEG Aegrotat standing AUD Audit status Apprenticeship programs may have criteria and if their term grade point average GNR Grade not reported processes for supplemental examinations that vary falls between 1.00 and 1.99 or they have failed a course in the NR Student currently enrolled in course, yet to be graded from general College policy. SUB Substitution of one required course by another current semester. WNP Withdrew without academic penalty Procedures for supplemental examinations may vary NGR No grade required among School departments and may vary based on Probationary A student will be placed on (PB) probationary academic standing TCR Transfer credit accreditation requirements. EXW Exceptional waiver if, while on Conditional Academic Supplemental exam results will not be substituted * Satisfactory incomplete course work for reasons beyond Standing, their term grade point student’s control. The student has up to 12 calendar for the entire previous course grade but will be average falls between 1.00 and months after the scheduled end of the course to complete computed as part of the final grade calculation. The 1.99, or they fail a course in requirements as determined by the instructor who assigned the ‘I’ and to thereby qualify for a passing grade. After 12 supplemental final examination will be designed the current semester. A student calendar months, an outstanding ‘I’ grade will be converted to replace the final examination as described on will be placed on probationary to ‘F’ or ‘FNA’, and thereafter, the course must be repeated to the course outline. The GPA will be calculated with academic standing if at the achieve a passing grade. conclusion of any semester their ** In some programs, these course grades may not be the grade as usual to a maximum of 60 percent.