University of Guelph 1999-2000 Undergraduate Calendar

VIII--Undergraduate Degree Regulations and Procedures

Student Type (formerly "Categories")

Each full-time or part-time student is registered as one of the following:

Regular

A student with student type "Regular" is registered in the regular course requirement for a program.

Continuing (See also Notes 1 and 2 below)

A student with category "Continuing" has received an undergraduate degree in a program from this or another university and registers to take further courses in the same degree program. The Honours Equivalent will be conferred on the student who satisfies in full the requirements for the particular degree and this will be recorded on the student's official transcript. Regulations pertaining to the minimum requirements for degrees shall apply. Students who follow this procedure do not receive a second degree parchment, and consequently do not participate in a convocation program.

Notes:

  1. A student who already holds an undergraduate degree from another university and who wishes to receive the same degree from the University of Guelph utilizing credits completed at the other university, shall apply for admission as a regular student. Advanced standing up to a maximum of the equivalent of 10.00 credits may be granted with such advanced standing to be determined in each case on the basis of equivalency of completed courses with the required and elective courses of the program to which admission is sought.
  2. A student who holds an undergraduate degree from this or another university and who wishes to register for a different undergraduate degree, may be granted advanced standing up to a maximum of the equivalent of 10.00 credits in that program, with such advanced standing to be determined in each case on the basis of equivalency of completed courses with the required and elective courses of the program to which admission is sought. The student should apply for admission as a regular student.

Special

A student with student type "Special" is admitted to a program and is required to complete course deficiencies necessary to proceed under the regular student category.

Probationary

A student who does not satisfy the program requirements for continuation of study will be allowed to continue in their program if granted probationary status - see Continuation of Study in this section.

Students who do not satisy the program requirements and are not granted probationary status may appeal to the Academic Review Sub-Committee for probationary status to be granted based on medical, psychological or compassionate grounds.

Unclassified

A student with category "Unclassified" will be:

  1. A student who is a candidate in good standing for a degree at another university, and who has had specific permission from that university to take courses at the University of Guelph.
  2. A student who, for personal or professional reasons, wishes to upgrade academic qualifications, but who is not a candidate for a degree or degree equivalent at the University of Guelph.

Applicants, applying under item 2, normally will hold a degree from this or another university. Applicants who do not satisfy this criterion should see Section X--General Studies.

Normally, this category is not open to students who are not eligible to proceed under program regulations. Unclassified students must meet the University's general regulations for continuation of study. Students who register in the "Unclassified" category, which is non-degree, and who subsequently want to change to a degree status will be required to meet admission requirements for that program, and credit granted for courses taken in the "Unclassified" category will be subject to the regulations pertaining to that program. The student should see their Program Counsellor for details.

1999-2000 Undergraduate Calendar
VIII--Undergraduate Degree Regulations and Procedures

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Last revised: January 1999.