Program Regulations

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In order to maintain an active student file, you are required to enroll in one LU H.B.Com business course in each academic year. Students who become inactive will be required to re-apply to the program through their CGA affiliate office prior to registering for a course.

You must complete the online H.B.Com program within eight years from the date of admission. This time limit includes non-active years that may be allowed by your CGA affiliate. Under special circumstances, Laurentian University may extend this time limit at your request.

For each course, the instructor will calculate the final mark based on the method specified in the course outline. To graduate you must have obtained a minimum mark of 60% in each LU H.B.Com business course and 50% in each non-business course, with an overall average of 60% to graduate.

An H.B.Com student who achieves a mark of less than 60% on a LU business course must retake such a course and achieve a mark of 60% in the second attempt.

An H.B.Com student is allowed a maximum total of two failures on all LU business courses while enrolled in the online H.B.Com program.

All LU business courses (except for the Internship) require that students write an in-person examination at a CGA examination site. A student may opt to not write a final examination and defer it to the next exam session where the examination is offered. The deferral decision must be communicated to appropriate staff at your provincial/territorial/regional CGA Affiliate or International Program office. Please check with your affiliate office for specific details regarding the examination deferral process.

If a student is required to withdraw from the CGA program or is no longer a CGA member or a student, he/she cannot continue in the online H.B.Com program. However, a student may be able to apply to the on-campus H.B.Com program, which Laurentian has agreed to administer for students who are required to withdraw from the CGA program.

If a student is dissatisfied with a grade in a LU H.B.Com course or with a decision or the conduct of the course instructor, you should first discuss the matter with the course instructor. If still dissatisfied, the student should then contact the Director of the School of Commerce and Administration at Laurentian University for further investigation.

In the event that the student is not satisfied with these discussions, he/she may submit a formal appeal to the LU School of Commerce Appeal Committee.

The appeal must be submitted within 30 days of the publication of the grade report.

If the student is not satisfied with the decision made by the School of Commerce Appeal Committee, he/she may appeal to the LU Senate Committee on Student Appeals. In general the LU Senate Committee on Student Appeals only hears appeals from decisions of the School Appeal Committee when such decisions affect a student's academic standing and/or actions of University Officers arising from such Committee decisions.

An appeal to the LU Senate Committee on Student Appeals must be submitted within 30 days of the decision of the School Appeal Committee. Please contact the Director of the School of Commerce for information about this last stage of appeal.

The Academic Integrity for Students at Laurentian University document highlights the principles of academic integrity, what is considered a breach of academic integrity, and the consequences and procedures.

A breach of academic integrity is a serious offense with penalties ranging from an automatic zero on the assignment in question, to the expulsion from the program or repeal of a degree. As a CGA member or student, online students are also bound by the Code of Ethical Principles and Rules of Conduct (CEPROC) of the CGA Association (see http://www.cga-education.org/2006-07/ENCEPROC26.pdf). In effect, an act of plagiarism in a Laurentian University course could severely impact a student both academically and professionally.

Updated January 11, 2012