A member finishing their first (fully in-person) semester was told their next semester would include 2 out of 5 courses offered online, and asked whether that mix would affect their PGWP eligibility.
What the thread clarified:- What matters for PGWP eligibility is your physical presence in Canada while completing courses that count toward your degree requirements — not whether specific individual courses are delivered online or in person. As long as you're in Canada and the online courses are legitimately part of your program's required credits, taking some courses online doesn't disqualify you.
- This is different from fully online programs, which historically faced separate scrutiny — the concern here is specifically about a partial online/offline mix within an otherwise in-person program, where physical presence in the country is the key factor.
- Whether your transcript labels specific courses as "online" is a secondary detail — members suggested checking this, but the underlying eligibility hinges on your physical presence and the courses counting toward your program, not the transcript's delivery-mode label.
The practical takeaway: taking 2 out of 5 courses online in a given semester generally doesn't hurt your PGWP eligibility, as long as you remain physically present in Canada and the courses count toward your program's degree requirements.