Explore a Personal Interest Course (PIC) This Term

| January 6, 2022
Submitted by Lisa Barty for Commerce

The Personal Interest Course (PIC) option is designed to encourage students to explore interests outside of their program without affecting their Cumulative GPA.

What you need to know about PIC:

  • Students must declare an elective course as PIC on Mosaic by Tuesday, January 18 for the Winter term (the last day for enrolment and course changes date)
  • The student progresses in the course as per normal and has the option to withdraw from the course as per the normal procedures and deadlines
  • If the student would rather keep the numeric grade, they must indicate the course is no longer a PIC on Mosaic by Friday, March 18 (the final date in which a student can withdrawal from a course without failure by default) and the numeric grade will appear on their transcript

Selecting a PIC on Mosaic:

  • Sign into Mosaic and go to the Student Centre
  • Once you have enrolled in the course, select the ‘edit’ tab and change the grading basis from Graded to PIC
  • You can do this until the last day for enrollment and changes for each term

Questions? Email us at buscom@mcmaster.ca.

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