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AMENDMENT TO COURSE CHANGE AND 

THDRAWAL RE GU LA..QNS,....S .71-.39 

VICE—PRESIDENT 

AND CHAIRMAN, SENATE UNDERGRADUATE 

ADMISSIONS ..QARD.......................................................... 

.....FE.RUARY. .9,19.7].......................................................... 

MOTION: 

1. "That the date of entry into a new course be 

extended until the end of the 3rd week of 

classes, with the proviso that in the 2nd and 

3rd'weeks, permission of the professor teaching 

the course be required, as well as the 

Departmental Chairman. 

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2. That a student request for a waiver of the 

course drop date on the basis of extenuating 

circumstances, be granted, if the professor 

teaching the course and the Departmental 

Chairman approve it. The last day such 

requests could be approved would be seven 

days before the commencement of the examina- 

tion period." 

TO: SENATE FROM: DR. B.C. WILSON, ACADEMIC 

VICE-PRESIDENT, AND CHAIR- 

MAN, SENATE UNDERGRADUATE 

ADMISSIONS BOARD 

FROM: 9th FEBRUARY, 1971 

SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO COURSE CHANGE 

AND WITHDRAWAL REGULATIONS 

This is to advise that the Senate Undergraduate Admissions 

Board approved Paper SUAB 14 at their meeting on February 

4th, 1971, and it is now being forwarded to Senate for 

approval. 

This paper replaces Paper S.454, which was previously con- 

sidered by Senate, and referred to S.U.A.B. 

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SUAB 14 

TO: MEMBERS OF S.U.A.B. ? 

FROM: R. McANINCH 

DATE: 1st FEBRUARY, 1971 

SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO COURSE CHANGE 

AND WITHDRAWAL REGULATIONS 

The current regulations in relation to Course Change and With- 

drawals are as follows. 

A student may enter a new course up until the end of the first 

week of classes. it is permissible to drop courses up until 

the end of the ninth week. The amendments to these regulations 

which this paper proposes are as follows: 

1. That the date of entry into a new course be extended 

until the end of the 3rd week of classes, with the proviso 

that in the 2nd and 3rd weeks, permission of the professor 

teaching the course be required, as well as the Departmen- 

tal Chairman. 

2.

That a student request for a waiver of the course drop 

date on the basis of extenuating circumstances, be granted, 

if the professor teaching the course and the Departmental 

Chairman approve it. The last day such requests could be 

approved would be seven days before the commencement of 

the examination period. 

The reasons for presenting these suggested changes are as 

follows:-- 

The present date for entry does not take into account the fact 

that a student has very little exposure to the courses in which 

he enrolled during the first week of classes. The first week 

of classes is usually devoted to a general outline of course 

requirements and possibly brief remarks about the theme of the 

courses. ? 

It is not generally until the second week that a 

student will have gotten into the course reading and attended 

lectures and tutorials. It would seem reasonable to provide 

students with at least a period of two weeks of involvement in 

a course, at the end of which, it would still be possible to 

gain entry into another course. 

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Since the approval of the professor teaching the desired new 

course is required, during the second and third weeks, there 

is a safeguard to ensure that any such entry is a sound 

academic decision. 

The amendment in regard to late course withdrawals recognizes that 

circumstances may arise which would make it in the academic 

interest of a student to drop a course later than is presently 

allowed. It recognizes as well that such a decision can be com- 

petently made at the departmental level. 

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