Registration FAQs

All Academic Advisors can be reached via email at fbitadvising@ontariotechu.ca. If you wish to book a virtual appointment with your academic advisor, you can find out who your advisor is by visiting the link below.

Your Faculty of Business and IT Advising Team

A student’s year level is based on credit hours successfully completed and their current in-progress credit hours. For instructions on how to confirm your year of study, please visit this page for more info.  For a quick glimpse of what year level you may be in, see below:

Year one students: check out the course registration guide

Year 2-4+ students: refer to the email sent to you in early June from fbitadvising@ontariotechu.ca for your program map, or visit https://businessandit.ontariotechu.ca/undergraduate/index.php for your program map.

The full academic schedule, including all important academic dates, can be found on the academic schedule page within the Undergraduate Academic Calendar. Registration is completed via Add/Drop Classes on MyOntarioTech.

Course descriptions can be found on the course description page within the Undergraduate Academic Calendar.

Students must choose a lecture and tutorial section where seats are open. If prior to the add/drop deadline of the semester, you see a seat become available in the section you desire more, you can drop your current section and add the new section via Add/Drop Classes on MyOntarioTech. Please be aware Advisors can not overfill full sections of courses where open sections exist.

Students should contact fbitadvising@ontariotechu.ca for assistance with registration in this instance. 

Important dates can be found in the Academic Schedule of the Undergraduate Academic Calendar.

Coursework worth less than 25% of the final grade: refer to the course outline for the Missed Coursework Policy and contact your professor directly via the indicated contact method (email or Canvas message) and if noted as required, provide the relevant supporting documentation (i.e. Medical Statement, Academic Consideration Form) within three (3) days of the missed assignment deadline.

Midterm exams and coursework worth 25% or more of the final grade: refer to the course outline for the Missed Midterm/Coursework Policy. After review, if the student falls within the allowable reasons, please submit one of the following forms for academic consideration for a missed midterm exam to fbitadvising@ontariotechu.ca:

• Academic Consideration form
  • Submission deadline:
    • Seven (7) working days prior to the coursework due date/midterm examination date for religious observances
    • No later than three (3) working days after the missed coursework due date/midterm examination date for all other reasons
• Medical Statement form
  • Submission deadline:
    • No later than three (3) working days after the missed coursework due date/midterm date
    • Must be completed by the treating licensed practitioner (i.e. doctor) within 24 hours of the missed deadline or scheduled examination

Final Examinations: if a final examination is missed due to extenuating circumstances, please submit an Application for Deferred Final Examinations form with the accompanying documentation to support your application (i.e. Medical Statement, Academic Consideration, etc.).

• Deadlines for deferred final exam applications:
  • No later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first final examination date for religious observances
  • No later than three (3) working days after the final examination date for all other reasons (i.e. medical)

IMPORTANT: Academic Consideration forms, Medical Statement forms, Application for Deferred Final Examinations forms, etc., are not granted automatic approval and will be subject to review of the faculty (midterms and coursework) and the Registrar’s office (final exams).

Please note: Submission deadlines for each form differs based on the reason for the request. Forms received after the deadline may not be considered. Also, if an Application for Deferred Final Examination is approved, students must make themselves available during the final exam deferment period (to be announced each term).

Students may retake a course, but please note that while their latest attempt will go towards their grade point average (GPA) calculation, both attempts will appear on their academic transcript.

For example, if a student received a “B” in BUSI 1600U and retakes the course to improve their GPA, then received a “C” after the second attempt, the student’s academic transcript will show both grades. However, only the “C” would go towards your GPA calculation.

Students may take the same course a maximum of three (3) times. For more information, please see section 8 Repeating Courses in the Registration and Course Selection Policy.

Any FBIT student that has completed courses at Ontario Tech University that wants to apply to change programs (i.e. Accounting to Game Development OR Networking & I.T. Security to Engineering) can apply to change programs within Ontario Tech University via  MyOntarioTech > OT Documents > Change of Program.

Note: If you are changing degrees, all courses will remain on the transcript, but those with a D grade or lower from the former program will be excluded from the grade point average.

You can find more information on Faculty of Business and IT majors/minors here. 

Bachelor of Commerce students can apply to change their majors/minors viaMyOntarioTech > OT Documents > Change of Program.

The minor application can be found via MyCampus > OT Documents > Declaration of specialization or minor form that will need to filled out and submitted to the Registrar’s office at connect@ontariotechu.ca.

Information about major/minor requirements (i.e. minimum CGPA, major requirements, etc.) can be found under the “Academic requirements to major/minor in a Bachelor of Commerce program” section in the Undergraduate Academic Calendar.

You can apply to do both a major and a minor, or each independently.

If you do not meet the conditions for a major and/or a minor, you will be considered a General Commerce student.