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MR. H. U. EVANS 

REGISTRAR 

CREDIT FOR WORK AT OTHER 

INSTITUTIONS..................................... 

DR. D. MEAKIN 

DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS 

JULY 10, 1970 

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At its meeting on July 9, 1970, the Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Admissions and Standings approved the attached 

policy statement regarding Simon Fraser University students who 

wish to take work elsewhere for credit towards their Simon Fraser 

degree. The Committee would like to ecommend its acceptance by 

Senate. The statement is written in the form of a Calendar entry, 

with footnotes explaining the rationale for the various suggestions. 

The footnotes will not appear in the Calendar entry. 

The policy represents a liberalization of the present 

policy (1970-71 Calendar, Page 52) whicl'i states that students will 

normally not be permitted to take work elsewhere after initial 

enrolment at Simon Fraser University. There have previously been 

no guidelines to cover the amount or type of transfer credit that 

would be permitted in those cases where exception to the regulation 

was allowed. 

It is suggested that implementation date be September 1, 

1970. 

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TRANSIENT WORK AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS 

Simon Fraser University students who wish to take academic 

work at other institutions for credit towards their Simon Fraser 

degree must obtain permission IN ADVANCE from their Departme 

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Chairman 

(if a major has been declared) and the Dean of their Faculty . A 

form for this purpose is available from the Office of the Dean or the 

Office of the Registrar. 

Transfer credit will not be granted for work at a two-year 

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after a student has been registered at Simon Fraser 

University '. Tra 

j isient work by 

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tudents on probation or required to 

withdraw status is not permitted 

Total transfer credit, including transient work, may not 

exceed 60 semester hours and may not 

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include more than 15 semester 

hours credit as upper division work . No more than 30 semester hours 

of transfer credi 

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is permitted after initial registration at Simon 

Fraser University. The last 30 semester hours o 

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a student's degree 

programme must be taken at Simon Fraser University 

Within these limits, credit may be transferred for all courses 

passed with a grade of C or better, and which are acceptable under this 

University's transfer policies. Transfer work is not included in the 

cumulative grade point average. 

NOTES 

1)

This will ensure that a Department is aware that a student is 

taking work elsewhere, and will ensure that a student is given 

adequate counselling in terms of transferability and acceptability 

of courses. 

2)

Change from SFU to College and back to SFU involves 2 changes in 

two years. Programme planning becomes very difficult under these 

conditions. Since the Colleges generally do not have specialized 

programmes unavailable at SFU, such changes are unnecessary. Where 

the request for a change involves extenuating circumstances requir- 

ing geographical relocation, this can be treated as a specialized 

case. 

3)

Probation or Required to Withdraw students are likely to have had 

at least three semesters at SFU and are therefore going to be 

entering an equivalent level at a two year College. Students in 

this category will not normally be accepted at any four year 

institution. 

4)

The 60 semester hour limit has already been approved by Senate. 

Normally this would be the first 60 hours. Calendar regulations 

prohibit more than 15 hours at the upper division during the first 

60 hours. In addition, it is essentially the upper division 

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requirements that determine the character of the SFU degree. The 

bulk of these should be taken at SFU. 

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This gives a student opportunity to take up to one year away 

from SFU. This should be adequate to take special programmes. 

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The last 30 semester hours are probably the most important. 

They should be taken at SFU. 

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