AC Online General Information

Admission Requirements

Please check individual program pages for admission requirements.

Cancelled Courses

The College reserves the right to cancel or alter courses as deemed necessary. If this occurs, you can register in another course or a different course/section (if available) or receive a full refund.

If a course is cancelled, we will contact you at the telephone number(s) or email address(es) provided on your registration. It is your responsibility to ensure we have your current personal information on file. You can update your personal information (address, telephone number and email address) by logging onto ACSIS.

Directives

Algonquin College’s policies and directives have been developed to ensure the health, safety and security of all students, faculty and staff, and the proper and fair operation of the College as an academic institution and employer. Our policies define the College’s expectations in regards to student and employee behaviour and responsibilities, academic affairs and governance, and procedures and sanctions for resolving complaints and dealing with offences.

Late Registration

For information on Late registration, please consult Algonquin College corporate policy AA11 here.

Privacy Statement

You can read the Algonquin College statement here.

Student Responsibilities

  • Know your student ID number.
  • Provide your student ID number each time you communicate with the College.
  • Ensure prerequisites are met.
  • Ensure you have registered in the correct course(s).
  • Understand the Refund policy.
  • Understand the Withdrawal and Transfer policies.
  • Understand the “*Academic Penalty Withdrawal Date.”
  • Verify your transcript. Contact the Registrar’s Office immediately if you have any questions regarding the content of your transcript.
  • Request your Certificate/Diploma upon completion of the final course in a part-time program.
  • Declare your program using the Academic Planner (available through ACSIS) if you are working towards a part-time program.

* The Academic Penalty Withdrawal Date refers to the last date to withdraw from a course without academic penalty. Failure to do so will result in an “F” (failure) on your academic record (transcript). This is not the refund date.

Transfer to Alternate Course Section

Requests to transfer from one course/section to another in the same term must be made through the Registrar’s Office in writing, by fax, by phone or in person (it cannot be done online).

Transfers must satisfy two conditions:

  • The transfer date is prior to the refund date for the course from which you wish to transfer.
  • The transfer date is prior to the second scheduled class for the course which you wish to transfer into. However, restrictions for late registration may apply.

Transfers are only possible if the course you want to transfer to is delivered within the same term as the original course during registration.

Withdrawals

Visit our Withdrawals page for further information.