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Academic progress

The Cégep has a whole team at your disposal to support you in your college journey, including the Progress and Registrar’s team. At the heart of this team are the Academic Advisors. The Academic Advisors are the people to consult for any question related to your academic career.

Do you want to extend or speed up your journey? Do you have special needs and need support? Are you facing challenges that could hinder your success? Contact your campus Academic Advisor (see contact information at the end of this page).

Plan your progress and your course choices

Each session, you must confirm your course proposal through the “Course Selection” module on Omnivox. Your Academic Advisor can guide you in your choices and support you if you have difficulty proceeding.

There are various reasons why you may have to unenroll or drop out of one or more courses. These actions have different consequences on your journey, and these consequences may vary depending on when you decide to do so.

Before the cancellation deadline

This course will be removed from your schedule and there will be no failure on your report card. However, this deregistration may change your status from “full-time” to “part-time”. The part-time status has consequences on the fees you will be charged. If you are a beneficiary of the Quebec government student financial aid program, this change in status may also have an impact on your aid calculation.

The course will not appear on your report card.

Before the withdrawal deadline

This course will be removed from your schedule and you will have a withdrawal note on your report card. To drop one or more courses, you need to communicate with your Academic Advisor.

After the withdrawal deadline

The grade that will appear on the report card will be the cumulative grade to date. If you fail, you will have to repeat the course. If this course is a prerequisite for a course in the following session, a failure could delay your progress by preventing you from registering for a course for which the failed course is a prerequisite. Also, the failed course will be put back on your schedule as long as it is offered by the Cégep and fits into your schedule.

To unregister, or abandon a course or before deciding to no longer attend, contact your Academic Advisor, who will be able to look with you :

  • the consequences of your choice on your status and your progress;
  • the support you may not have explored
  • the possibility of making an action plan to catch up on classes in which you missed more than five days;
  • catch-up solutions;
  • the communications that must be made to your teachers.
 

What is the deregistration deadline?

This is a deadline set by the Minister to confirm your attendance at a course.

For regular sessions, these dates are set for mid-September and mid-February. Check the school calendar for the exact date.

For summer sessions, AECs, and intensive training, this date is set by the Cégep. It corresponds to the moment when 20 % of the total number of hours of the course has been completed. 

What is the withdrawal deadline?

This is a deadline set by each Cégep according to ministerial standards to withdraw from a course without having a failure on your report card.

For regular sessions, these dates are set by the Cégep on the 49th day of classes in each session. Consult the School calendar to find out the exact date.

For summer sessions, AECs, and intensive training, this date is set by the Cégep. It corresponds to the moment when 60 % of the total number of hours of the course has been completed.

To understand the differences between the degistration date and the withdrawal date, consult the following ministerial document or contact your Academic Advisor.

Do you want to get ahead in your journey or catch up on a failed or abandoned course? You can register for a summer class via the Summer Courses section of the SRACQ website. You will also find frequently asked questions.

The course offer is posted around mid-March for the following summer.

Would you like to combine your face-to-face courses with synchronous distance learning? Visit the Cégep virtual website to find out about courses offered by teachers from Cégep’s partners.

Want to know how it works? Consult the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles’ Virtual Cégep Student Guide .

Did you study at another Cégep or do you have training that you would like to have recognized? Contact your Academic Advisor, who can do a substitution or equivalence analysis. You can also contact the Cégep’s Recognition of Prior Learning and Skills Service (through Groupe Collegia).

Class schedule

Your class schedule is available on Omnivox in mid-August for the fall semester and in mid-January for the winter semester, about a week before the beginning of the school year.

Law and recourse

The Progress team can support you in different ways. For example, they can:

  • inform you of the procedure to follow for a grade review under the Politique institutionnelle d’évaluation des apprentissages (PIÉA) (French only)  
  • check if you are eligible for the failed course retake measure;
  • let you know the procedure if you wish to make an educational complaint;
  • help you succeed by talking to you about the tools and resources available and adapted to your needs;
  • help you make an action plan in case you are absent from your classes for more than five days.

Contact your API

Samuel Pelletier