See Important Dates in the University Year for current registration dates.
Students formally admitted to the University must complete all registration procedures in order to be considered officially registered at the University. Information packets can be obtained from the Registrar’s Office by all students eligible to register.
To be officially registered, students must:
- have been formally admitted to the University;
- have met the necessary financial obligations: if newly admitted, paid the required confirmation deposit; or, if previously registered, have cleared all outstanding financial obligations;
- have obtained the required approvals for proposed coursework and submitted a completed Course Change form or online through myMount. Distance learning students must have formally completed distance learning registration procedures.
Note: Students obtaining course approvals do so on the understanding that prerequisites will be met prior to the beginning of the course. Prerequisites are listed in the Calendar description of each course offered. Failure to meet prerequisites may result in dismissal from the course. - as a part of the registration process, students must also open a financial account with Financial Services for the proposed period of study.
Once formal registration has been completed, enrolment records are established for each student by the Registrar. It is then the student’s responsibility to ensure the enrolment record is maintained accurately and updated to reflect any changes (including the decision not to begin courses or to stop attending courses) as outlined below.
Note: Changes in personal status, address, e-mail, telephone number and so forth must be reported directly to the Registrar’s Office either in person, in writing or online through myMount. Changes in a student’s records are made only upon the written request of the student. Appropriate forms are available from the Registrar’s Office or online for convenience. Alternatively, students may submit changes by letter or by FAX to (902) 457-6498. All correspondence must include the student’s Mount Saint Vincent University identification number to ensure accurate recording.
Maintaining Registration in Graduate ProgramsStudents in all graduate programs must register in a minimum of 1.0 unit in each academic calendar year (September to August) to maintain registration in the program and to remain in good standing as a graduate student.
Students who do not maintain registration for one academic year will be deemed to have withdrawn from the program.
Students who have not registered in coursework for more than one but less than two complete academic calendar years must apply to the Registrar’s Office to request reactivation of their status. Graduate students requesting reactivation must pay the reactivation fee, equivalent to the application fee for graduate programs, and have their file reviewed by the Registrar’s Office and the Program. Permission to reactivate is dependent upon the approval of both the Registrar’s Office and the Program. Students may be required to provide additional information.
Students who have not registered for coursework for two or more complete academic calendar years will be required to submit an entire new application package to the Admissions Office. Students should contact an Admissions Officer for information prior to submitting an application.
Leaves of AbsencePlease see 2.2.11 Time Limit for Program Completion.
Change in Course Registration
Students may change their registration in courses during the first week of each semester only. An instructor is not obligated to accept a student into a class after the first full week of classes has passed. In order to make such a change, students obtain a Course Change Form (add/drop form) from the Office of the Dean or Registrar and write the course number being deleted and the number of the course being added, before returning the form to the Registrar’s Office or make the changes online through myMount. It is students’ responsibility to keep their registration records accurate and up to date through the submission of Course Change (add/drop) forms. Alternately, students may submit changes by letter or by FAX as noted above. Only changes made in writing or online through myMount will be recorded. Distance Learning students must complete Distance Learning procedures or inform the Registrar’s Office in writing. The effective change date is the date the form is received and date stamped in the Registrar’s Office.
WithdrawalOnce students are registered in courses, their names are part of the official enrolment record and grades will be assigned.
Students wishing to withdraw from courses must withdraw in writing. The responsibility for initiating withdrawal rests with the student. Ceasing to attend classes or advising the course instructor of intended withdrawal is not sufficient to register a formal withdrawal.
Withdrawal from a course is done by submitting a course change (add/drop) form, or letter (containing all the relevant information from an add/drop forms) to the Registrar. Distance Learning students must complete Distance Learning procedures or inform the Registrar’s Office in writing. The official date of withdrawal is the date the form or letter is received and date stamped in the Registrar’s Office.
Please refer Academic Course Add/Drop Dates 2010-2011.
Students who withdraw from a course after these dates or who do not complete the course requirements will automatically receive failures. Consideration will be given by the appropriate dean to students who are forced to withdraw past the deadlines due to exceptional circumstances. (See regulations governing WP)