Student Guide

Welcome message from the Academic Director

Welcome to the Royal Military College Saint-Jean. The journey you are about to embark upon will be a challenging one. For most of you, this will be your first experience of post-secondary education. Your success will depend on your motivation, your sustained effort, your ability to organize your work and your personal discipline. But you can count on the guidance, mentoring and ongoing support of a highly qualified faculty, administration and support staff dedicated to your success.

The programs of study offered at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean – both pre-university, offered through our partner Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and university-level, under our own University Charter – are designed to expose you to a full range of themes, subjects and conceptual tools that will be essential to your career in the Canadian Armed Forces. Preparing you well for the professional responsibilities that await you as an officer, particularly in the deployments in which you are likely to take part, is what studies at the military college are all about. All our academic programs aim to develop students' critical thinking skills, rooted in a broad general culture, in the service of the profession of arms.

This guide has been designed to help you prepare for your studies. I encourage you to read it carefully and to consult it throughout your stay with us. I wish you every success in your studies!

Truth, Duty, Valour.

Dr Danic Parenteau
Interim Academic Directeur

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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