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Course Selection
Course descriptions for all faculties can be found at www.mcgill.ca/study/courses. We also encourage you to check www.mcgill.ca/summer/courseselection; in addition to descriptions for all courses, includes the days and times when courses are offered, names of instructors, class location, and remarks and comments. This information is subject to change and is updated as courses are added, rescheduled, or relocated. It is your responsibility to consult Class Schedule on Minerva at the time of registration, and again before classes begin to ensure that changes have not resulted in conflicts in your schedule.
Students should pay close attention to the following on Class Schedule and in this publication:
- course restrictions: for example, permission of the instructor required; enrolment limited, or limited to students in a particular program or year;
- course prerequisites, and/or corequisites: it is against University regulations to register for a course for which you have not completed all the prerequisites with a C or better;
- time at which each course section is given: do not register for course sections that have a time overlap; or
- departmental approval required: specified in the course description; and
- placement examination required: specified in the course description.
If you are currently a McGill student, please consult the Undergraduate Programs, Courses and University Regulations publication at www.mcgill.ca/study to check your course and program requirements and consult your faculty student affairs office for a list of Summer courses that are admissible for credit toward your degree. Other courses may be taken but may not count toward your degree requirements.
Departmental Approval
Departmental Approval
Some courses require that you first obtain departmental approval from the department offering the course before registering (for Education courses, contact the Student Affairs Office, Faculty of Education). A course requiring departmental approval will be listed as such in the . Departmental approval gives you the permission to register, but does not ensure a place in the course.
Since enrolment in these courses is on a first-come, first-served basis, you should register on Minerva as soon as you have the department's approval.
Summer Course Load for McGill, Visiting, and Special Students
Summer Course Load for McGill Students, Visiting Students from Universities outside Quebec, Special Students
The maximum number of credits you may take in the Summer term (May, June and July combined), as a McGill, Visiting, or Special Student, is 12 credits. You may take a maximum of two courses in Arts, Education, Engineering, Management, or Science, in any one Summer session (May, June, or July session). Please note that the schedule of lectures in Summer courses is very intensive and that two courses in one session is considered a very heavy workload. To register for more than two courses in Arts, Education, Engineering, Management, and Science—or more than one course in other faculties:
Course Load for Quebec Inter-University Transfer (IUT) Students
Course Load for Quebec Inter-University Transfer (IUT) Students
The maximum number of courses an IUT Student may take in one Summer term is 1 (one), regardless of credit weight. Permission to register for more than one course per term must be obtained from the McGill faculty in which the student is registering by using the BCI (Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire, previously known as CREPUQ) electronic IUT site at .
