FAQ

I have decided to repeat a course to raise my grade. What happens to my first grade?

Students may repeat a course twice for a maximum of three attempts. The grade of the most recent attempt (up to the third attempt) is the grade of record and is the only grade used in the GPA calculation. 

I am in a BIOMED stream and have to take BIOL courses that are listed in the academic calendar. But! The newer academic calendars have more courses listed than the academic calendar from the year I enrolled! Can I take the courses from the newer list?

Yes. When you are in the BIOMEDICAL streams you are permitted to take all BIOL courses listed in the most up-to-date Academic calendar regardless of your enrollment year. So for example, if you enrolled in 2020-2021, you can examine the academic calendar from 2022-2023 to see if newer/additional courses have been added. This will allow […]

I have taken SC/BIOL 2030 3.0 and/or SC/BIOL 2071 3.0 and neither are showing up on my degree progress report. Will they count towards my degree?

Yes.  SC/BIOL 2030 3.0 will satisfy your requirements for SC/BIOL 2030 4.0 and will act as an accepted prerequisite for all courses that require SC/BIOL 2030 4.0. However, SC/BIOL 2030 3.0 WILL NOT fulfill the same number of credits as SC/BIOL 2030 4.0. The former only provides three credits attached while the latter has four credits.  The three-credit version was offered to […]