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Faculty Regulations
173.3
Credit by Special Assessment
173.3 Credit by Special Assessment
A student admitted to a degree program in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine may receive degree credit in a limited number of courses for knowledge or skill obtained in either a university or non-university context. “Non-university context” may include work completed at institutions not accredited for degree purposes or work experience that relates to university courses. The following conditions apply:
Limitations
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Timing of Assessment (Deadlines): Examination or assessment must be completed three months from the date of application for credit by special assessment. Unless extenuating circumstances exist, students who do not complete assessment requirements by the specified deadline are considered to have cancelled their application and must reapply if they want to complete that assessment. | |||||||||
Transfer of “Credit by Special Assessment”: Students who have obtained credits by special assessment (or similar means) while enrolled in another university, college, Faculty, or school are given advance credit in such courses only to the extent that the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine accepts such courses in its degree programs. | |||||||||
Grades Assigned to Special Assessment Courses: In a course attempted by special assessment, the results are recorded either as a grade point or pass/fail according to the practice in the regular course. Students may not appeal the results in a course attempted by special assessment. Courses attempted by special assessment and failed are recorded on students' transcripts and computed into their academic records. | |||||||||
Fees: For information regarding fees, please refer to §22.2. |
12 obtained by special assessment may be applied to a four-year degree program in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. In exceptional circumstances, on the recommendation of a Department Chair, the Dean may permit additional credits by special assessment.