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To: Senate 

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From: 

Senate 

Committee on Graduate Studies 

N.M. Evans, Secretary 

November 13, 1969 

SUBJECT: REQUIREMENTS TO CONTINUE IN GRADUATE STUDIES 

Paper S.259 was submitted to Senate and referred back for further consideration. 

The following was approved by the Senate Committee on Graduate Studies on 

November 13, 1969, and is submitted to Senate for approval. 

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Requirements to Continue in Graduate Studies 

1. Unclassified Students 

Unclassified Students - The grade points obtained in undergraduate courses 

which are required as make-up work before clear admission to a graduate 

program, will appear on the student's undergraduate transcript and will 

not be used to calculate the CPA necessary for continuance in the graduate 

program or for the award of the graduate degree. 

2.

Students with Clear Admission to a Graduate Program 

i) Each graduate student will have a Supervisory Committee as soon as 

possible but no later than the middle of the second semester after 

the student's clear admission to the graduate program. The Supervisory 

Committee will approve the area of research and the graduate, and 

undergraduate, courses that the student will be expected to take for 

credit in keeping with the Calendar requirements for the degree. 

This information, together with the composition of the Supervisory 

Committee, will be transmitted by the chairman of the Departmental 

Graduate Studies Committee to the Faculty Committee on Graduate 

'Studies for approval no later than the end of the second semester of 

study. Any subsequent changes in the composition of the Supervisory 

Committee, area of research or course requirements, will be transmitted 

by the chairman of the Departmental Graduate Studies Committee to the 

Faculty Graduate Studies Committee for approval and the Senate Commitlee 

on Graduate Studies for information, with reasons for change. 

ii) If a student takes courses in addition to those that are required for 

the degree as specified in 2(i) above, those courses will appear on 

the student's transcript and the grade points obtained in these courses 

will be counted towards calculation of the CGPA as under 2(iv) 

• iii) A student may complete a course(s) for his degree program at another 

institution of higher learning. For such off-campus work the Supervisory 

Committee mus.t seek prior approval of the Faculty Graduate Studies 

Committee. If the course is to be used for credit towards the degree, 

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the student would be required to obtain a grade point of at least 3.0 

(or its equivalent). 

iv)

Unless specifically exempted by the Faculty Graduate Studies Committee, 

a student shall be required to maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point 

average to continue in the graduate program. This cumulative grade 

point average will be calculated on all courses taken at Simon Fraser 

University subsequent to the student's clear admission to the graduate 

program. 

v)

To receive a graduate degree, a student must have a cumulative grade 

point average of at least 3.0., calculated on all courses taken at this 

University required for the degree as specified on the student's 

program by the Supervisory Committee. 

vi)

For graduate level courses, taken at Simon Fraser University, the 

following points values shall apply: 

A - 4 points 

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P - 2 points 

B - 3 points ? 

F - 0 points 