Progression Requirements

You must complete all courses listed in your model route to graduate.

If you fail or withdraw from a course, you must repeat the course to graduate.

Many courses are taught only once per year but may be considered prerequisites for courses in subsequent semesters. Consult your program model route and your program co-ordinator before dropping a course to be sure you understand the consequences.

Contemporary Journalism courses require a C grade (60 per cent) to pass. The one exception is the field placement course – CJRL-730 – that will be graded as pass/fail.

Please carefully read and consider the academic progression section in this handbook. It outlines a college-wide system that provides escalating sanctions to students who are performing unsatisfactorily. Essentially, students who pass all courses have good academic standing. Students with failures move to conditional or probationary standing. A failure while on probationary standing will result in suspension from the program for one year.

The onus is on the student to monitor academic standing on my.centennialcollege.ca.

A fuller explanation of the college’s grading and academic standing systems is available later in this handbook.

Upon successful completion of all courses in the model route you may apply to graduate. Convocation is a celebration of your success and the success of your classmates. Join your teachers, your families and your fellow students at this impressive event, which takes place in June.

Graduation Requirements

Students must pass all courses on the model route and any other program requirements, including experiential learning (e.g., field placements, etc.), in order to graduate.

Students must have completed at least 25% of the program at Centennial College, excluding prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) and transfer credit (TCR).

Students must complete the requirements of the program in effect at the time of graduation unless the Dean or designate approves alternative arrangements in writing. This requirement includes any changes made to future semesters during the student’s studies but does not include changes in semesters that have already been completed unless required for the future semester courses.