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2010
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De
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Co
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Rep
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P
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(SCUS
10-
43)
Action
und
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rtaken b
y
the
Senate Committee on
Und
erg
raduate
Studies
at
its
meeting
of
September
1
6,
2010, gives
ri
se
to the
fo
llo
w
ing
recommendation:
Motion:
That
Senate approve that
the R
e
p
eated
Course
Polic
y
includ
e
the
following
se
nt
ence:
When a course is del
e
ted
by the
Universit
y,
the
department, in
consultation
w
ith th
e
affected student
,
will
d
e
termin
e a s
uitable
alternative that
w
ill
be
cons
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e
d
a
r
e
p
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course for
the
purpo
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of
th
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policy'.
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SCUS 10-43
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FROM : Kate Ross. Registar
&
Sr. Director, Student Enrollment
RE : Deleted Course ReEeat Policy
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DATE September 7.2010
I TIME 3:07 PM
Proposal
The University closes down programs and deletes courses from time to time, which may leave
students unable to repeat a course to improve their grade
as per the University's policy.
The policy regarding repeated courses should include language that deals specifically with this
situation
so that students, advisors and departments know what can be done.
Current language
Repeated Simon Fraser University Courses
Where a student repeats a course, the course(s) with the lower grade
will
be recorded on official
records
as an excluded course
.
If the same grade or grade equivalent value is earned for a repeated
course, the course that
was completed most recently is included in the term grade point average
(GPA) and cumulative GOPA, and the former course is excluded in the term GPA and cumulative
GPA. A student's academic standing for previous tenns does not change even though the GPA
changes.
When a course is repeated and the unit value has decreased, the student must, in consultation with
the department, make up the missing unit component before being credited with the
full original
units.
Proposed addition
When a course is deleted by the University
,
the department, in consultation with the affected
student,
will
detennine a suitable alternative that will be considered a repeat course for the purposes
of this policy.
Motion:
"that seus approve and recommend to Senate that the repeated course policy include the
following sentence
"When a course is deleted by the University, the department, in consultation
with the affected student,
will detennine a suitable alternative that will be considered a repeal
course for the purposes of this policy."
SIMON FR/\SJ:!R UNIVERSITY
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