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Limitations on Courses

​Number of Attempts to Complete a Course

Students may only make two attempts to complete a course, except in the case of EDUC 0106 required in the Orientation to Teaching option and in the case of Observation and Practice Teaching V required in the BA/BEd and BSc/BEd. In these cases, students will be allowed to make only one attempt. When a second attempt on a course is made, the higher grade obtained of the two attempts will be used in the calculation of averages. If a student fails the course on a second attempt after first passing, then the credits obtained on the first attempt will be kept. A student may attempt a course for a third time, only with departmental approval.

Students enrolled in the Consecutive Education program may only make one attempt at a course.

Number of Credits in a Single Discipline

  1. Bachelor of Arts (General) and Bachelor of Science (General)
    The maximum number of credits a student may take in a single discipline towards a degree is 54 credits.
  2. Bachelor of Arts (Liberal)
    The maximum number of credits a student may take in a single discipline is 30 credits, and 54 credits in any two disciplines combined.
  3. Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Bachelor of Science (Honours) and Bachelor of Business Administration
    The maximum number of credits a student may take in a single discipline towards a degree is 84 credits.
  4. Bachelor of Fine Arts
    The maximum number of credits a student may take in fine arts towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts is 90 credits.

For the purposes of these regulations, language courses taken in the student’s second language (French or English) are excluded from the discipline count.

 

Number of Credits in a Single Discipline in the First Year of Study

During their first year of study or the first 30 credits, students may not take more than six credits in the same subject, except as may be required by a specific program regulation approved by Senate, or as may be approved by the Dean.

For the purposes of this regulation, language courses taken in the student’s second language (French or English) are excluded from the discipline count.

Number of First Year Courses

The maximum number of first year level courses in the Bachelor of Arts (General and Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce is 42 credits. (Except in the Child and Family Studies major where the maximum is 48 credits at the first year level.) The maximum number of first year level courses in Bachelor of Arts (Liberal), Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours), Bachelor of Science (General and Honours)) and Bachelor of Science (Liberal) is 48 credits.




 
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