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BACHELOR OF GENERAL STUDIES DEGREE 

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JANUARY 19, 1973 

MOTION; 

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"That Senate approve, as set forth in S.73-25, that? 

although students 

currently count a maximum of 

60 hours of transfer and/or course challenge credit 

towards the Bachelor of General Studies degree up 

to an additional thirty hours of transfer credit 

taken in the last sixty hours may be credited for 

appropriate courses provided: 

Columbia or at the University of Victoria or with some 

from each institution and 

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That the forty-five upper division credit hours re- 

quired for the degree are taken at one or more of 

(Explanatory Note and Intent for B.G,S. p 

poses) 

credit. It must include 

our courses numbered 300 and/or 400, but without stipulation as 

these are taken, ? 

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Traisfer credit courses and course challenges are not normally 

the above purposes, 

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3.

The general regulation limiting the amount of transfer credit permitted 

after first registration here to 30 semester hours would not apply to 

work taken at U.B.C. or U-Vic. 

4.

The requirement of grades of C or higher for recognition of transfer 

work taken after first registration here would not directly apply to 

work taken at U.B.C. or U-Vic. 

5• "Appropriate" coursas refers to courses which could normally be credited 

in arts and Sciences. It would exclude, for example, courses considered 

generally equivalent to Education 401/402, 405 or others covering basic 

teacher education, or other professional areas. 

6.

Requirements for admission to this University remain unchanged. 

7.

A student undertaking work elsewhere for transfer here, whose overall 

recDrd does not fulfill the normal principles for continuance may be 

placed on warning, or probation, or required to withdraw status. 

8.

The University reserves the right to deny transfer credit or to require 

comletion of further courses beyond the minimum hours for the degree, 

where it is adjudged that there is significant content overlap in courses 

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Meabcrs of Senate 

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Academic Planning Comm..ttee 

Bachelor of General Studies 

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January 19th 

Students may currently count a maximum of 60 hours of transfer 

credit towards their degree. An additional thirty hours of transfer 

credit ia the last sixty hours may be credited provided that it is 

obtained at the University of British Columbia or the University of 

Victoria and that the forty-five upper division credit hours 

required for the degree are taken at one or more of Simon Fraser 

University,.the University of British Columbia or the University of 

Victoria. 

Rationale: 

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The major impediment to development of a degree program through 

part-time study is the set of regulations which require some degree 

of full-time residence at a University and/or requirements that 60 

credit hours or more of upper division courses be acquired at a single 

university. It is proposed that a general degree program common to 

the three B.C. universities be developed. Courses will be credited to 

this degree at each university, provided that the individual courses 

are standard offerings at each university or courses offered by 

regional colleges in B.C. which carry transfer credit in the first 

and second years of university programs. Standard credit courses 

could also be applied to the degree from universities outside the 

Province. Course 'requirements for the degree would be those common 

to current four-year credit programs at the three universities and 

it is proposed that all credit courses in the liberal arts and 

sciences, together with such courses offered by professional faculties 

normally considered equivalent to courses in Faculties of Arts and 

Science would be creditable to the program. 

It is unlikely in the near future that sufficient courses would 

be available for part-time students to obtain a program equivalent 

to a major in Arts or Science. The title "General Studies" describes 

well the content' of likely programs in the near and immediate future and, 

although designed primarily for full-time students, the Bachelor of 

General Studies degree program at Simon Fraser University seems most 

appropriate. 

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It is assumed that students would likely obtain the equivalent of 

at least one year's full-time work at one of the three universities 

and would apply for his degree from that university. The general 

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recommendation will be that the degree be sought from the institution 

at hicF.. the majority of 

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third and fourth year level course credits 

are obtained. While similar programs are likely to come forward at 

the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia in 

the near future, for the present time it is recommended that a 

minimum of 30 course credits be required for the degree to be obtained 

from this University. The use of a province-wide Bachelor of General 

Studies degree, of  

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by each university, but giving complete transfer 

credits for appropriate courses at other institutions in the province, 

will provide not only for ease in developing part-time study programs but 

also ea5ier articulation of student programs which utilize more specialized 

offerings. 

In the implementation of such a program, fees would be paid on a 

course basis to the university providing the course. Students would be 

advised to pay particular attention to pre-requisite requirements and, 

in the case of transfer credit to the different universities, it may 

well be necessary to specify such course equivalencies or overlaps 

which may not separately be credited to the program. The Registrars 

of the three institutions have indicated that this is not an insurmountable 

problem. 

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