Course Registration
Students in the Farm Management and Technology Program must register on-line using Minerva for each semester at McGill. Incoming year 1 students will receive detailed instructions how to register and which courses to register for prior to the registration period.
Sessional dates
The number of teaching and examination days is set by the ministère de l'Education et l'Enseignement supérieur. The sessional dates vary from year to year. At the present time, each semester has 75 teaching days and 7 days of exams. The fall semester usually runs from late August until just before the holidays in December, the winter semester from early January until the end of April. Students must check the FMT calendar for exact dates.
Last day for withdrawal or course additions:
The add/drop deadline varies every year. The last day to make course registration changes for fall term courses is usually 12-14 days after the first day of classes. The last day to make course registration changes for winter term courses is usually 5-7 days after the first day of classes. Students who are planning to make course changes must check the deadlines on the FMT calendar.
Academic Standing
Attendance in class is compulsory in Year 1. Students with an attendance of less than 80% may not be permitted to write examinations.
Examinations and other work in courses will be marked according to the percentage system. The minimum passing mark in a course is 60%.
Probation/Unsatisfactory Standing
In their first semester, students who fail half or more of the courses for which they are registered or obtain a weighted average grade below 60% in their first term in the FMT program are placed in unsatisfactory standing and are required to withdraw from the program for a period of at least one semester. If after this period, students wish to be readmitted, they must apply in writing to the Director of the Program.
After the first semester, when a student’s cumulative weighted average grade or semestrial weighted average grade drop below 60%, or when a student fails half or more of the courses for which he/she is registered in any one term, the student is placed on academic probation. Students on probation may be limited to a maximum of 10 credits for the following semester, if the Director and/or the Associate Director believe this action to be in the best interest of the student. Course registration is subject to approval by the Associate Director for the following semester.
Students who are on academic probation for two semesters in a row are placed on unsatisfactory standing and are asked to withdraw from the Program. They may apply in writing to the Director or Associate-Director for readmission after a 6 to 12-month waiting period.
Any student who is readmitted to the FMT Program after having been placed on unsatisfactory standing is automatically placed on academic probation for the semester into which he/she is readmitted. The conditions mentioned in the second paragraph above still apply.
Students Rights and Responsibilities and Code of Conduct & Disciplinary Procedures
A compendium of regulations and policies governing student rights and responsibilities as well as the code of conduct and disciplinary procedures at McGill University. It is published jointly by the Dean of Students’ Office and the Secretariat. Website: Office of the Dean of Students.
Institutional Policy on the Evaluation of Student Achievement
This policy has the following objectives:
- To establish and explain the principles followed in evaluating student learning.
- To describe the means of translating these principles into practice and to establish the required procedures.
- To articulate the appropriate responsibilities of students, instructors, departments, and academic administrators.
- To account to students, parents, universities and employers for the standards of learning at the campus.
- To create an environment of awareness and free discussion of pedagogical concerns within all segments of the campus community.
- To provide information that will allow students to more fully understand and participate in the educational process.
- To provide the framework within which instructors and academic administrators can exercise their professional judgment in a competent, just, and coherent fashion.
Further Documents
Politique relative à la langue française
The Farm Management and Technology program is funded by the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec and authorized by the Ministère de l’Education et de l'Enseignement Supérieur.