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Registration Dates - Fall 2024
All new students accepted for the Fall 2024 term must confirm that they accept their offer of admission, and pay the confirmation deposit, if applicable, before they can register in their program of admission.
New and returning students must then register on Minerva for both the Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 terms by adding the registration confirmation course REGN RCGR for both the Fall 2024 (CRN 155) and the Winter 2025 (CRN 176) terms.
Take note of the registration periods listed below to avoid late registration fees.
| REGULAR REGISTRATION PERIOD | LATE REGISTRATION PERIOD *Will entail a late registration fee |
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| Returning Students | May 29, 2024 starting at 8:00 until August 14, 2024 | August 15, 2024 until September 10, 2024 |
| New Students | July 2, 2024 starting at 9:00 until August 14, 2024 |
August 15, 2024 until September 10, 2024 |
Instructions
New and returning students who have not registered by August 14, 2024 may still access Minerva to register late from August 15, 2024 to September 10, 2024. A late registration fee will apply.
All registered students (new and returning) may add/drop courses until the deadline to add/drop courses for each term.
Returning students in thesis programs who have a “time limitation” hold on their record will be blocked from registration for the 2024-2025 academic year, but will be permitted to register with the support of the department when the thesis is ready to be submitted. Information regarding the Time Limitation Policy and procedures for readmission are available at Time Limitation.
*NOTE 1 : All students must register continuously in every term during their program, unless they request a leave of absence. Any student who does not register continuously will be withdrawn from the University as of their first unregistered term. To resume their studies, the student must then submit a request for readmission.
*NOTE 2 : All new students must complete the mandatory online Academic Integrity Tutorial on Minerva, as stated in their admission letter. A reminder will be sent to new students who have not completed this tutorial at the end of October with a warning that a ‘hold’ will be placed on their record at the end of November. For new students with this ‘hold’, the hold will be expired automatically when the student completes the tutorial.
*NOTE 3: All new students must also complete the mandatory online sexual violence education program. Details available at It Takes All of Us.
Courses
Read through our course requirements page and our course catalogue.
Course Exemptions
There are no credit transfers for core courses, only exemptions. This regulation also applies to students who graduated with an M.Sc. from IPN. Requests for course exemptions will be considered only for the following courses: NEUR 630 (Principles of Neuroscience I) and NEUR 631 (Principles of Neuroscience 2). If your request to be exempt from either one (or both) of these courses is approved, you will have to make up the credits with another course(s).
Exemptions will be considered on the basis of content equivalency. That is, an exemption will be granted if and only if it is demonstrated that one or more undergraduate or graduate-level course successfully completed by the student shares a sufficient degree of content overlap with the IPN core course(s) for which exemption is being requested. In the event that a student requests exemptions from both courses, it is the responsibility of the student to provide evidence of equivalency for both courses.
A course taken at another university can be used as evidence of equivalency for only one McGill course.
Apply for an Exemption:
E-mail the IPN office (ipn [at] mcgill.ca) with the following:
- Name and course number of the IPN core course(s) you are requesting to be exempt from;
- Evidence of content equivalency:
- Please provide your transcript and an electronic copy of the syllabus for each course.
Requests for exemption will be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee before a decision is made. If the decision is negative, you will receive written feedback justifying the decision.
Please note that you must e-mail ipn [at] mcgill.ca with proof that you have passed your replacement course. Failure to do this will lead to your transcript not being updated.