Deferred Assessments

Winter 2024

Please read the following information carefully. This process applies to Bachelor of Arts students ONLY. Students in other degree programs should contact the Program Counsellor for their degree program for instructions. To confirm your degree program, please refer to your My Progress page on WebAdvisor.

Please do NOT write a final exam or complete a final course requirement unless you are confident that you are fit and able to do so. Otherwise, only very limited options exist for academic consideration, none of which are guaranteed.

If you are unable to write a final exam or complete a final assignment for medical, psychological, or compassionate reasons, then please follow the instructions outlined below:

1. Complete the W24 Deferred Assessment Request Form including a brief explanation of your circumstances on the form.
2. Using your University of Guelph email please attach your completed form in a PDF format, and email it to baco@uoguelph.ca.  In the subject line of your message, please include W24 Deferred Assessment, along with your full name and student ID.

Please note:

• This process applies ONLY to missed final exams and or final assignments (normally due during the last week of class).  If you have missed any in-course work, this should be addressed directly with your instructor.
• Supporting documentation may be submitted with your request if available and if you wish, however please note that it will not be required for the Winter 2024 semester.
• All Deferred Assessment Requests must be received no later than five business days after the missed final exam or deadline for a final assignment via email.
• You will receive an Automated Response confirming that your email message has been received once submitted – this is your confirmation that your request has been received.

IMPORTANT FAQ's for Deferred Assessments:

What is a Deferred Assessment?

• A Deferred Final Exam applies when a final exam scheduled by the Registrar's Office was missed.
• A Deferred Condition applies to situations where the missed work is some other type of final course requirement, such as a final assignment, final paper, or take-home final exam.

How will I know if my Deferred Assessment request has been approved?

• Once grades are released on WebAdvisor, “INC” will initially appear instead of a grade for any course that a final exam/final assignment has not been completed. It will remain as "INC" until your request has been reviewed. After the Academic Review Committee has reviewed deferral requests, “DEF” will replace “INC” if the deferral has been granted. If you see the "DEF" posted instead of a numerical grade, your request has been approved. This will occur in early May.
• If your request is in order (ie: there are circumstances beyond your control on the date in question), you should not anticipate any problems with your request being approved.

How and when will I receive information about completing my Deferred Assessment?

• If a Deferred Final Exam is granted, you will also receive an email to your U of G email account - from the Registrar's Office - at least one week prior to the deferred exam period (usually sooner), to confirm and advise you to check WebAdvisor for the day and time of the deferred exam. It is your responsibility to check your deferred exam schedule in WebAdvisor.
• When a Deferred Condition is granted, you will receive an email to your U of G email account from the Registrar’s Office, with instructions to contact your Course Instructor to establish the terms of the Deferred Condition (ie: confirm work to be completed, method of submission, etc.)

What is the deadline for my Deferred Assessment to be completed?

• Once approved by the Academic Review Committee, Deferred Final Exams will be written during the University's official deferred exam period (which is June 10 to June 14, 2024). It your responsibility as a student, to check your deferred exam schedule in WebAdvisor.
• The Registrar's Office will set the Deferred Exam Schedule with dates and times that the exams will be completed, when the time comes.
• A Deferred Condition must normally be completed by the end of the deferred examination schedule, which would be Friday, June 14, 2024.

I have submitted my Deferred Assessment request – what if I have applied to graduate in the following semester?

• If you have applied to graduate in the June 2024 convocation, please note that graduation will be delayed unless you can make arrangements with the course Instructor directly to complete the Deferred Final Exam or Deferred Condition and have it graded before the clearance for the June 2024 graduation deadline (which is Friday May, 17, 2024).

I still have questions, who can I ask?

• Please contact your Program Counsellor immediately if you have questions about the process (baco@uoguelph.ca).
• Specifically, if you have questions to the format of a Deferred Assessment, please contact your course Instructor directly to confirm the details.