To

................... S.EtT.E 

TO POLICIES ON STANDING, 

CONTINUANCE AND WITHDRAWAL, S.71-107 

From..... B. G. WILSON, ACADEMIC VICE-PRESIDENT 

AN.CHAIRMANOF SENATE"UNDERGRADUATE 

ADMISSIONS BOARD 

Date SEPTEMBER 17, 1971 

MOTION: ? 

"That paragraph (d) of the policy statement 

on Continuance, Withdrawal and Readmission 

be amended to read: 

student on either academic warning or 

academic probation must carry a minimum 

semester course load of 12 semester hours 

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and may not repeat courses in which he has 

received a grade C minus or better. He 

will not he permitted to register in a 

course overload (that is, he is restricted 

to a maximum of 16 semester hours if 

registered in the Lower Levels of the 

Faculty of Arts or Education, or a maximum 

of 18 semester hours if registered in the 

Faculty of Science or the Upper Levels of 

the Faculty of Arts or Education).'" 

If the above is approved, the following motion will be made: 

"That this amendment be effective commencing 

with the Spring Semester 72-1." 

FROM: DR. B.G. WILSON, ACADEMIC 

VICE-PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN 

OF SENATE UNDERGRADUATE 

ADMISSIONS BOARD 

DATE: 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1971 

TO: ALL MEMBERS OF SENATE 

SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO POLICIES 

ON STANDING, CONTINUANCE 

AND WITHDRAWAL 

At the last meeting of the Senate Undergraduate Admissions Board, 

the following motion was approved unanimously:-- 

"That paragraph (d) of the policy statement on 

Continuance, Withdrawal and Readmission be amended 

to read: 

'A student on either academic warning or academic 

probation must carry a minimum semester course 

load of 12 semester hours and may not repeat 

courses in which he has received a grade C minus 

or better. He will not be permitted to register 

in a course overload, (that is, he is restricted 

to a maximum of 16 semester hours if registered 

in the Lower Levels of the Faculty of Arts or 

Education, or a maximum of 18 semester hours 

if registered in the Faculty of Science or the 

Upper Levels of the Faculty of Arts or Education)'." 

(The new section is underlined). 

Senate is now asked to approve the same motion. 

Reasons for the Addition 

At the end of each semester, the Senate Undergraduate Admissions 

Board reviews the records of students with low levels of achieve- 

ment. In recent semesters, the Board has been somewhat disturbed 

by the number of students in serious academic difficulties, who 

have been granted approval for an overload by the Dean of their 

Faculty. This has generally resulted in the student not meeting 

probation conditions and being required to withdraw from the Uni- 

versity. It is the opinion of the Board that many of these 

students could have succeeded if they had registered in a more 

moderate load. 