I'm enrolled in Mechatronics and management 2nd year and i failed Eng 2p04. Its not a prerequisite to any of my upeer year courses, neither does it affect my GPA very drastically. So do i need to repeat it?

Originally Posted by arjungosain

I'm enrolled in Mechatronics and management 2nd year and i failed Eng 2p04. Its not a prerequisite to any of my upeer year courses, neither does it affect my GPA very drastically. So do i need to repeat it?

If it was a mandatory course, then yes you'll need to repeat it.

how do i know if its a mandatory course?

Yes.

http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /CALEN...nt/pg1230.html

Originally Posted by arjungosain

how do i know if its a mandatory course?

View the link BD posted. For your own sake, please know what courses each year for you are mandatory or not. It might help with goal setting, if not anything else.

Originally Posted by arjungosain

how do i know if its a mandatory course?

You should know which courses are mandatory and which aren't when you register for courses...otherwise how did you pick what courses to register in??

It's all in the course calendar but you need to look at the course calendar for the year that you entered the program in. Required courses can change year-to-year, you must meet the required courses that were listed when you entered the program.

This can also be found on your degree audit, but it's good to double-check to make sure there aren't any discrepancies, because sometimes the degree audit doesn't totally agree with the course calendar. If that's the case then you need to bring it to the attention of an advisor in your faculty.

A lot of people fail 2p04, few years ago it used to be offered in summer school, but not anymore. So most likely you will be taking it again next year, even if it is not a prerequisite to anything.

Since you are in management, try to take the first term-3rd year commerce/management courses this summer. That way you can (hopefully) fit 2p04 in your schedule in 3rd year.
If these courses are not offered in summer school, try and push some of these courses into 4th year. I am not entirely sure how flexible you can be with your schedule, but I know people in management who sometimes had a year where most of their courses were commerce courses and then the following year they focused on their core eng courses. Again, I am not sure how things are going to work out for you, but try to speak with Jeanne Hopkins, I think she’s the upper year eng advisor. Try to contact her; she might be able to help you out. Or you could speak with someone from your department that is involved with academic matters.

Failing courses while in mgmt is lots of fun to deal with if you have to take online courses, since you aren't allowed to take commerce courses online due to an agreement with the business department (you are allowed to take them through Mac summer school, but that is not an option for all of us that live further). You can take electives or econ online, so I took Macroecon online through Athabasca which worked out well for me, and then retaking the course the following year