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Enrolment News (2025-26)

First posted on July 16th, 2025 at 12:14 pm. Last updated July 18th, 2025 at 5:20 pm

For information about changes from previous years, see the enrolment news archive.

General News

18-July-2025 - CISC 324 - Error in SOLUS: Instructor and Timetabling Info Missing

We've been made aware of an error in SOLUS for CISC 324 in both the Fall and Winter term. The room, date/time, and instructor information have all disappeared, making it impossible to add to your schedule without conflicts. The problem is being investigated and we will update everyone once it is resolved. Thanks so much for your patience as we sort this out!

17-July-2025 - SOAR Webinar Recording now available

14-July-2025 - Upcoming SOAR Webinar on July 16th!

14-July-2025 - Course Enrolment FAQs and Advising

With course enrolments coming up, the volume in the Advising inbox is picking up accordingly. Please keep an eye on this page as we will update it with anything urgent or any trends that we're seeing.

PLEASE SEND ALL ADVISING REQUESTS TO advising@cs.queensu.ca and include your STUDENT NUMBER!

  • Use your Queen's email account (for security purposes)
  • Include your student number
  • One email per issue - if you want to follow up, reply back to the last piece of correspondence with us (don't edit the subject line) to reopen your ticket (multiple emails = multiple tickets = two people working on the same problem without knowing it).

Why am I getting a prerequisite error for my Winter term courses?

This is a common problem! If you are getting an error message saying you don't have the prerequisite even though you have it in your cart for the Fall, try loading your Fall courses, running cart validation, and then adding your Winter term courses. Reach out to Advising if that doesn't work!

COMA Students: We've had a couple of COMA students reach out about a 100% conflict for CISC 371 and STAT 361. As 371 is only one of many courses on the COMA_Options list, students should choose an alternate course in lieu of CISC 371 or take it next year instead.

Can I take conflicting courses?

Possibly, but it requires permission from the department and your instructors. As a policy, any courses that are 100% overlapped are an automatic no; permission will not be given to take both courses, regardless of instructor support. For courses that have less than 100% overlap, you should reach out to both instructors to explain your situation and ask for their support. It helps if you can provide them a plan as to how you expect to be able to complete the course requirements for both courses equally. Your instructors may have additional conditions you must agree to, such as attending a certain percentage of the lectures, or not deferring any assessments if there's a conflict there.

Once you have gotten approval from your instructors, forward this correspondence to advising@cs.queensu.ca (for Computing courses only - other departments must manage their courses separately). We can then provide an override for this on SOLUS.

Should I be following the new plan requirements on the Academic Calendar?

Only if you've recently switched into or selected that plan during this Spring's plan change/selection. The recent plan changes that were made don't affect you if you were already in that plan. When you sign up for a plan - or change to another one - you are by default agreeing to that plan's terms at the time you signed up for it. Sort of like switching data plans for your phone; anytime you change, it updates the agreement terms.

You can find older versions of the Academic Calendar on the Archives page, but the most accurate way to know which courses you should take is to run an Academic Progress Report (APR) on SOLUS. This will clearly state which courses you still need. You can reach out to us anytime for help with this if anything is unclear.

14-July-2025 - Calculus Requirements for our Plans

We wanted to clarify that some of our plans still do have a Calculus requirement!

COGS - no
COCA - no
COMA - yes
SODE - no
Major (all subplans) - no
General (Science) - yes
General (Arts) - no
Minor (Science) - yes
Minor (Arts) - no

Upcoming Events

Orientation 2025 - School of Computing

IN-PERSON PRESENTATION

Hosted by:
Karen Knight - UG Program Administrator
Erin Gunsinger - UG Program Assistant

Sunday, August 31st, 2025

Time and Location: TBA

Welcome to Computing!
We're so glad you're here. Meet Karen Knight and Erin Gunsinger, your Undergraduate Program Admin team. We'll introduce ourselves, give you a refresher about plans and courses, and talk about your first term and what to expect. We'll offer some helpful advice and tips, and let you know where to find us whenever you need help.

See you there!

Past Events

SOAR 2025 Webinar

COMPUTING REGISTRATION INFO SESSION

Hosted by:
Dr. Juergen Dingel - Acting UG Chair, Computing
Karen Knight - UG Program Administrator
Erin Gunsinger - UG Program Assistant

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST) via Zoom

View Recording

Designed for incoming first year students in the Bachelor of Computing Program, we will introduce you to the opportunities and options available in the School of Computing, talk about which 1st year courses you need to take, and give an overview of what to expect in your first year and when, and where to go for information and advice when you need help.

Following the session, we will allow time for a Q&A

This session will be recorded. Cameras and microphones will be disabled. Chat will be enabled, but please use the Q&A feature to ask questions.

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