T'* SENATE 

AMENDMENT TO COURSE CHANGE AND 

B. G. WILSON, VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC 

AND CHAT1NAN .SENATE 

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UNORAD 

. UATE . 

ADMISSIONS BOARD 

APRIL 16, 1971 

MOTION: 

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Note: 

"That late entry into course be permitted 

until the end of the 3rd week of classes 

with the proviso that in the 2nd and 3rd 

weeks, permission of the professor teach- 

ing the course be required, as well as 

that of the Departmental Chairman. 

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 attached paper is a revision of Paper S.71-39, 

previously considered by Senate and referred back 

to the Senate Undergraduate Admissions Board. 

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TO:

SENATE 

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FROM: DR. B.G.-WILSON, ACADEMIC 

VICE-PRESIDENT, AND CHAIRMAN, 

SENATE UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS 

BOARD 

DATE: APRIL 16, 1971 

SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO COURSE CHANGE 

AND WITHDRAWAL REGULATIONS 

advise that the Senate Undergraduate Admissions 

Board approved Paper STJAB 14 at their meeting on February 

1971, with further revision at their meeting on April 

1971, and it is now being forwarded 

Senate for 

approval. 

This paper replaces Paper S.71-39, which was previously 

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

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TO: MEMBERS OF SENATE 

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FROM: S.U.A.B. - 

DATE: 1st FEBRUARY, 1971 

REVISED: APRIL 8, 1971 

SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO COURSE CHANGE 

AND WITHDRAWAL REGULATIONS 

The current regulations in relation to Course Change and 

Withdrawals 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 late entry into a course be permitted 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 that of the Departmental Chairman. 

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That a student request for a waiver of the course 

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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. 

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 

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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. 

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 competently made at the departmental level. 

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