Other Resources

Managing your Program

As a graduate student, there can be challenges to managing your program. Work and family are only two of the competing interests for your time and attention. However, attending to the responsibilities of being a ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ graduate student rests with you.

The MACT program and its students are under the governance of the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (GPS). Please review the GPS section of the Academic Calendar to familiarize yourself the regulations by which your program of study is governed. The MACT office can provide clarification and guidance when you request it.

The is a resource for managing your studies and your final capstone project.

While this is not a comprehensive list, these links are a useful starting place:

  • -The ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ publishes important deadlines in the Academic Calendar each year and posts it on the Registrar's office website. Consult the calendar to course add/drop deadlines, fee payment deadlines etc.
  • - the University, GPS and the MACT program will sent important correspondence to you via your U of A assigned email account. It is important that you check this account weekly. This is not the same as mail received on your course sites. Check via Webmail
  • of the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Calendar
  • - this is particularly important for you as a part time student
  • (grading system, failure in or failure to complete course work)