Student Guide

Academic Director's Welcome

Welcome to the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, and congratulations on your excellent career choice! Royal Military College Saint-Jean is an ideal site for learning and personal growth, with historic buildings and traditions that date back generations. The knowledge, leadership skills and relationships that you will develop while attending this venerable institution will help advance your military career. The College has a cadre of highly qualified and motivated teachers and administrative personnel who care about the students they teach and mentor. We are here to support you and to help you succeed as you launch a fantastic career in the Canadian Forces.

The academic programs offered at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean at the college- and university-level are designed to expose you to a range of different subjects, and also to provide you with other tools required to ensure your success in the Canadian Armed Forces. You will refine your abilities to think critically and to express your ideas in writing and speech. You will learn how to frame a good argument, and how to listen to and appreciate the intellectual views held by others.

Your development will not be confined to academics. You will also grow as leaders, athletes, socially engaged citizens and future military officers. You will come to understand how living in a community of peers with ideas, cultures and backgrounds quite different from your own can enrich and broaden your understanding of the world, and help you define the leadership role that you take in society.

This guide was produced to help you prepare for your studies. I encourage you to read it carefully and to refer to it throughout your time with us. For most of you, this will be your first experience at the post-secondary level. Your success will be contingent on motivation, hard work, organization, and discipline. Do not hesitate to ask for help. We have but one mission, to ensure your success at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean. Good luck!

Truth, Duty, Valour.

James Groen
Academic Director

Faculty and Staff Directory

The staff directory may be found online. The directory includes the telephone numbers and email addresses.

Omnivox Portal

Omnivox is a portal used by the Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu by which students can access several services such as their tax statement, schedule, the internal Mio message service, and the link to the LÉA portal.

LÉA Portal

LÉA is a portal on which students can access their marks as soon as teachers make them available. This on-line service is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. LÉA gives more freedom in terms of possible interactions between members of a class. Through its many features evolving I line with community needs of education, LÉA seeks to give greater autonomy concerning exchanges between teachers and students.

Students in need of assistance can get help at the Registrar’s Office (Lahaie Building – room 100).

Academic Records

Students should contact the Registrar’s Office, located on the ground floor of the Lahaie Building, on all matters pertaining to their academic records.

In accordance with the regulations of the MELS, each officer cadet is required to submit the following documents in PDF format when registering online on the Omnivox portal:

  • birth certificate - large format (including full name of parents);
  • certificate of Canadian citizenship (if applicable, front and back, with the number);
  • last high school transcript outside of Quebec (confirming your high school diploma); and
  • last transcript from a post-secondary educational institution (if applicable).

Course Exemptions

Students must take all of the required courses in their academic programs. Students who have already passed one or more courses in their program may apply for an exemption from those courses. Exemption requests must be submitted at the beginning of each semester. In order to request an exemption, students must contact the Registrar’s Office which is located on the ground floor of the LaHaie Building.

Academic Programme Change

Students that wish to change their academic program (either voluntarily or due to inadequate progress) must have an appointment with the Director of programs. The Registrar's Office gives the form to the officer cadet that must be completed for the appointment.

Transcripts

Courses offered at Royal Military College Saint-Jean are accredited by the Cegep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Students can obtain certified copies of their transcripts through the Registrar’s Office.

Proof of Attendance

Students can request a "Declaration of Attendance at School or University" or they may have a form filled in this regard at the Registrar’s Office.

Academic Schedules

All students' academic courses are scheduled from Monday to Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:50 p.m.

Course schedules for each academic program are prepared for the beginning of each semester and made available to the officer and naval cadets.

All officer and naval cadets should make all inquiries related to their academic schedules to the Registrar’s Office.

Change of Address

Students whose permanent address has changed must report the change to the Orderly room.

Delivery of documents

Students may send mail or submit other documents to teachers by contacting departmental Assistant.

Teachers Availability

At the beginning of each semester, teachers post their timetables and office hours on their office doors. A student who wishes to see a teacher outside office hours should make an appointment with the teacher and inform their chain of command if it will interfere with other activities.

Absence of a Teacher

When a teacher is more than ten minutes late, the class leader shall proceed to the Registrar’s Office (Lahaie Building – room 100) for further instructions.

Course Evaluations

In November and April, all students complete course evaluations. These evaluations are confidential and anonymous. Teachers will only receive the compiled results when the semester is over.

Academic Regulations

Academic Regulations, available on our website, outlines academic rules, regulations, and procedures. These rules, regulations, and procedures are consistent with those in effect at Royal Military College of Canada in order to ensure smooth transitions between the two military colleges. Royal Military College Saint-Jean regulations also respect ministerial and other established regulations governing college teaching in Québec, particularly the Politique d’évaluation des apprentissages (Learning and Evaluation Policy) the Cegep of Saint-Jean. This ensures that studies will be duly recognized by the Québec Ministry of Education.

Student Services

Student services, describes the academic resources and counselling services available to students at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean.

Useful Information

Student Identification Card

The Registrar’s Office provides to each student enrolled in at least one course with Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, a photo identification card allowing them to obtain services and discounts, or the use of public transit for free in the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

The Registrar’s Office also provides to each student enrolled in the university program a photo identification card allowing them to obtain discounts.

If a card is lost, the student can request a new card through the Registrar’s Office.

Classrooms and Laboratories

Classrooms are furnished with audiovisual equipment and a multimedia projector. Only teachers are authorized to use this equipment. Students are expected to treat the furniture and equipment they use with respect. Eating and drinking are forbidden in classrooms and laboratories.

Textbooks

Using their library cards, students sign their textbooks out at the beginning of each semester. Textbooks are not included in the maximum number of items students are allowed to borrow from the library. Each student will receive a detailed list of his or her textbooks, and will thereafter sign an accountability agreement for the listed items.

It is strictly forbidden to underline or to write anything in textbooks with the exception of the student’s name in pencil. Students may have to pay for lost or damaged textbooks.

School Supplies

A box of school supplies is allocated to each student at the beginning of the academic year. Returning Seniors will receive a reduced issue of supplies. Any other supplies or replacement material must be purchased by the student.

Lockers

More information to come.

Notice Boards

Students should consult the bulletin board on the ground floor in the Lahaie Building on a daily basis. Information is available as follows:

  • course cancellation notices;
  • room changes;
  • academic information,
  • academic calendar; and,
  • final examination schedule.

A great deal of information is also displayed on electronic billboards, which are located throughout the campus.

Lost and Found

The Lost and Found is located at the DeLéry reception desk.

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