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Faculty of Graduate Studies
Section 3: Regulations, Policies and Procedures
3.4 General Regulations: Pre-Master's
Admission and Requirements
Graduates of bachelor degree programs with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 in the last two full years of university study will be considered for admission to a pre-Master's program. These are the minimum requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Departments may specify higher or additional criteria. Admission to a pre-Master's program does not guarantee future admission to a Master's program. As the Pre-Master's program of study is intended to bring a student's background up to the equivalent of the required 4-year degree, departments should assign to students, as part of their Pre-Master's program of study, an appropriate number of applicable upper level (3000 or 4000) undergraduate courses. In exceptional circumstances and upon prior approval by the Graduate Dean, 700/7000 level courses may be considered for inclusion in the Pre-Master's program of study for those students who hold a 4 year degree. Courses taken as part of the pre-Master's program may not be transferred to a Master's program at a later date.
Academic Performance
- The department head or designate is responsible for assigning the courses and monitoring the progress of each student.
- A minimum degree grade point average of 3.0 with no grade below C+ must be maintained for continuance in pre-Master's study. Students who fail to maintain this standing will be required to withdraw unless a departmental remedial recommendation (as below) is approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies.
- Students deficient in 6 hours of credit or less may be permitted to write a supplemental examination (when offered) in courses in which a grade of C or less was obtained.
- Students deficient in 6 hours of credit or less with a grade of C, D, or F in a course or courses may be permitted, if the overall average is C or better, to write one supplemental examination in each course (when offered), to repeat the courses, or to take equivalent substitute courses.
NOTE:
In exceptional circumstances, when a student is deficient in more than 6 credit hours, the student may be permitted to repeat the pre-Master's year or to write supplemental examinations (when offered) or to substitute equivalent course work in order to make up the deficiencies.
A student may be permitted to repeat the pre-Master's year only once, and to remove deficiencies in grades by writing supplemental examination or repeating courses only once for each course to a maximum of 9 credit hours of course work.
If a course is repeated or a supplemental examination is written, the last grade obtained in that course will be used in the determination of the degree GPA.
The degree GPA is cumulative in a pre-Master's program if more than one year is required to complete the course requirements.
All action taken administratively is to be reported in summary form to the Faculty of Graduate Studies Executive Committee.
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