Clear Standing
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Learners are in clear standing when they have passed all courses and have attained a grade point average of at least 2.0
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In Diagnostic Ultrasonography, Medical Laboratory Sciences II and III, Medical Radiography II and III, Respiratory Therapy II and III programs the pass mark is 60%, including a minimum of 60% on the final exam.
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In Industrial Trades programs, the pass mark is 70% in the practical component and 70% in the theory component.
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In Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Technician and Aircraft Structural Repair the passing grade is 70%.
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In Primary Care Paramedicine, the pass mark is 70%, including a minimum of
70% on the final exam.
Conditional Status
Learners are classified as conditional when: they have a cumulative grade point average between 1.00 and 1.99 in any semester, or when they must clear course deficiencies in order to graduate (e.g., learners who must successfully complete a failed course through supplementary examinations or repetition).
Learners are expected to attempt courses from previous semesters (if available), before registering for any new course, and must consult with a faculty advisor and/or counsellor on or before registration.
Academic Dismissal
Learners will be academically dismissed if their cumulative grade point average is less than 1.0 and/or they have not passed a minimum of 40% of the credits attempted in the semester.
Academic Warning
Learners, who, for the first time fail to meet the minimum re-admission requirements will be given an academic warning and will be permitted to register for the next semester provided:
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Those learners are referred to a Counsellor and will participate in a review of their career/academic goals and will develop learning strategies that will lead to success.
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An appropriate course load will be developed by the learner in consultation with the academic advisor/counsellor. The maximum course load will not exceed the normal semester workload for the program.
Learners will be permitted to register only for those courses for which prerequisites have been successfully met.
Academic Dismissal
Learners who have received an “academic warming” and who fail to meet the re-admission requirements for a second occasion will be academically dismissed.
Learners who have been academically dismissed will not be accepted to return until a period of six months has elapsed.
Pending availability of space, students who have been academically dismissed will be permitted to register for one (1) course for credit in the program from which they were dismissed.
Academically dismissed learners are not eligible to write supplementary exams.
Learners in the Health Sciences programs will be required to withdraw from their program of study at the point in their program where it is determined that the one additional year (maximum) will not be adequate for them to complete all the requirements of the program.
Learners who have been academically dismissed on two or more occasions will not be eligible for readmission for a period of two years from the date of dismissal.
Promotion Denied (General)
Learners who do not achieve a pass in all courses and a G.P.A. of 2.0 or better may not be able to continue with their program but may return to the college to complete deficiencies.
Promotion – Engineering Technology Programs from First Year
To qualify for the technical intersession, at the end of the first two semesters learners must normally have successfully completed all prescribed courses and attained a minimum overall G.P.A. of 2.00. Learners who have a G.P.A. between 1.00 and 1.99 at the end of the second and subsequent semesters may, with the permission of the college, be conditionally admitted to the next semester if there is a determination that the learners are capable of attaining clear standing by the end of the subsequent semester.
Promotion – Medical Sciences
Promotion from Semester 2 to Semester 3 will be governed by the following:
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Learners will compete for places in the third semester of the programs.
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Competition will be based on academic standing in Semesters I and II of the program. Learners must pass all first and second semester courses (minimum of 50%) and have a minimum G.P.A. of 2.00 to be eligible for promotion from second to third semester.
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Learner’s weighted averages at the end of the second semester will be used to calculate academic standing for purposes of competition.
Promotion from second technical year (6th Semester)
For Medical Laboratory II, Respiratory Therapy II and Medical Radiography II learners must have passed all courses in semesters 1 to 5 and have a minimum G.P.A. of 2.00 to be promoted at the sixth semester (start of the clinical year).
Promotion in Nutrition and Food Service Management
Learners must pass all first and second semester courses (minimum of 50%) and have a minimum G.P.A. of 2.00 to be eligible for promotion from Semester 2 to Semester 3.