Exams
There are 2 main exam periods.
- mid-term exams (halfway into the semester)
- final exams (final days of the semester or period dedicated to exams)
Refer to the exam schedules.
Some courses have evaluation methods other than exams, such as questionnaires, individual or team assignments, presentations, etc. Refer to your course outlines to find out which evaluation methods apply to your courses.
If you choose to take a distance learning course, you will have to take the exam in person under supervision (in French only), either on the Université Laval campus in Québec City, at one of the exam centres located in Québec, New Brunswick or Ontario, or under the supervision of an exam proctor, if you are located more than 100 km away from the Université Laval campus or one of its exam centres.
Exams are not held during class time. They may be held during the day, evenings or weekends. The exam dates are indicated in the course outlines.
If you require academic accommodations for your mid-term and final exams, you must first get a note from your doctor explaining your situation.
Refer to the section on academic accommodation measures for all the details.
When you are enrolled in a course, the sum of the assessments will yield a score out of 100. The assessment methods are specified in the course outlines and may differ from one course to another. Depending on the scale used in the course outline, your score out of 100 will be transposed into a letter grade (e.g., A+, B, C, etc.). The passing grade for a master’s level course is “C”.
A maximum of 2 retakes is authorized for a failed course. A passed course can only be retaken once and the best of the 2 grades is used to calculate the averages.
Grades are listed approximately:
- in the 3rd week of January for the fall semester
- in the 4th week of May for the winter semester
- in the 1st week of September for the summer semester