General Information
Summer Courses - the maximum number of credits a student may take in the summer semester is twelve, but the maximum per session is six.
Courses Taken Outside McGill University - Only General Complementaries can be taken outside the University and only with prior permission from the Faculty of Engineering (FDA 22). If you wish to take a course at another university within Quebec, you must complete the Inter University Transfer form available here.
Extra Courses - Students who wish to take additional courses outside their program requirements may classify them as "Extra” (provided they choose this option at the time of registration before the add/drop deadline). Extra courses are indicated on the student's transcript and grades earned in those courses do not affect the GPA. To mark a course as “Extra”, please complete a Request for Course Authorization Form which is available in the ECE undergraduate office (Trottier 2060).
S/U Option - Student may use this option for complementary studies courses only ("Humanities and Social Sciences" and "Impact of Technology on Society"). Students must indicate this at the time of registration on MINERVA before the add/drop deadline. There are no exceptions. Only one course (3 credits) per term, to a maximum of 10% of a student's credits taken at McGill may be taken this way. Grades of A through C will be converted to Satisfactory (S) and grades of D through F will become Unsatisfactory (U). The courses taken under S/U option will be excluded from the grade point average calculations but will included in the attempted credits.