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The Chang School of Continuing Education Certificates

All students intending to graduate from a certificate program are required to register in the program and to achieve and maintain a minimum level of academic performance. Ryerson policies on enrollment, grading, and graduation define the minimum level of acceptable academic performance required to graduate and apply to all certificate programs. Please refer to The Chang School's website for enrollment forms and information.

You should register in the certificate when you begin the program; in all cases, you must be registered prior to completion of 50 percent of the certificate program's requirements. The time span to complete a certificate is six years from the time of official registration in the certificate program. Students may be registered in only one certificate program at any one time. Each application, either for certificate registration or for transfer into a different certificate program, requires the submission of an online application via RAMSS prior to the published application deadline (see Important Dates). There is no registration/transfer fee for certificate applications.

Applications received after the published deadlines will be applied to the term directly following and the student’s registration in the certificate will not take effect until that term. For example, if you enroll in certificate courses in the Fall term, but do not submit your “Certificate Registration/Transfer Form” or online application until after the Fall deadline, your registration in the certificate will take effect in the Winter term. This means any applicable certificate courses you successfully completed in the Fall term will count as credit towards your certificate graduation requirements (up to a maximum of 50 percent), however, will not be included in your cumulative grade point average (GPA).

Residency Requirement

The residency requirement states that at least 50 percent of the courses used to meet certificate requirements must be completed through continuing education offerings of courses. (e.g., CINT 901, not INT 901). As an Undergraduate student you may access these courses by 'cross-enrolling' in continuing education offerings of courses within your Undergraduate (UGRD) career. These courses will be included in your Undergraduate CGPA.

The Chang School Continuing Education Courses

Any continuing education courses taken prior to registering in a certificate will be applied to certificate requirements provided that the course is applicable and is identical to the Chang School offering of the same course (e.g. ACC 100 and CACC 100), subject to the residency requirement above. 

Course Subsitutions

Continuing education courses that do not have the same course codes as those listed in the certificate curriculum will require an approved Course Substitution regardless of when they were taken (e.g., CQMS 102 replaced by QMS 204, subject to residency requirements).

Certificate Restrictions

Some Certificates are not available to students registered in certain degree programs.

Please refer to the published restrictions listing and guidelines

For example, the Certificate in Accounting - Finance is not open to students in the Business Management Accounting Major degree Program (neither full-time nor part-time students may pursue this certificate).

'Undeclared' students may not register in a certificate that could become restricted to them when they select their program major. For example, Business Management students in the first year 'Undeclared' Plan may not register in the Accounting - Finance Certificate until they have declared themselves to be in a Plan that does not restrict registration in this certificate (e.g., they have selected the Human Resources degree Plan). Once they have selected a degree Plan, they may register in any certificate that is not restricted for that Plan. Students are encouraged to declare their Program Plan as early as possible to facilitate their registration in a certificate.

Undeclared students may enroll in any CNED courses they like, but are cautioned that 'Certificate Only' and some degree-level courses in a certificate might not apply to their intended degree Program and Plan.

If, subsequent to registering in the certificate but prior to graduation with the certificate, students change their declared Plan in a degree Program to a Plan which restricts registration in the certificate, their graduation from the degree will take precedence over the awarding of the certificate.