Course Calendar (2025 - 2026)

The academic programs at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean follow the Quebec education model. However, they are structured to ensure compatibility with the academic systems of other Canadian universities, including the Royal Military College of Canada located in Kingston, Ontario. The table below illustrates the equivalencies:

Weighting, University Credits, and College Units

Weighting:

A course’s weighting indicates the weekly workload:

• First number: number of hours of theoretical classes;
• Second number: number of hours of practical or laboratory work; and
• Third number: average number of hours of personal work (homework, readings, exercises, study, etc.).

Example: A weighting of 3-0-6 means the course includes three hours of in-class time per week (3 theoretical hours and 0 practical hours), requiring an average of 6 hours of personal work per week, over a 15-week semester.

Credit (University level):

At the Quebec university level, one “credit” corresponds to 45 hours of learning activities (theory, practice, or personal work).

A 3-credit university course must therefore total 135 hours, regardless of the number of days or weeks in the semester.

For a standard 15-week semester, this represents 9 hours per week, hence a weighting of 3-0-6 (9 hours × 15 weeks = 135 hours).

Units (College level):

Regarding pre-university (college-level) courses offered at RMC Saint-Jean:

• The weighting works the same way;
• At the college level, the term “units” is used instead of “credits”;
• One “unit” also represents 45 hours of learning activities (just like a university credit);
• Unlike university courses, not all college courses have a total weekly workload of 9 hours (135 hours per semester): course units vary from 1 unit (e.g., a course weighted 1-1-1, i.e., 3 hours × 15 weeks = 45 hours) to 2^2/3 units (e.g., a course weighted 3-2-3, i.e., 8 hours × 15 weeks = 120 hours).

Date modified:

2025-09-08