Policy on External Courses
Students may obtain transfer of credit for a maximum of two one-term external graduate level courses taken while enrolled in the program, including courses taken in another program at Western or at another university.
Credits may be earned in one of three ways:
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Courses in another program at Western
With permission of the Associate Dean, a student may take one or two one-term graduate level courses from another Western program for credit in the FIMS program.
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Courses at another Ontario university
Under the procedures established by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies, a student may continue registration at his/her home university while taking a course offered by another Ontario university. The procedure requires the prior approval of the Deans of the Faculties concerned and the Deans of the Faculties of Graduate Studies of both the host and the home university. The form to request permission (the Ontario Visiting Graduate Student Plan Application) is available from the student forms area of the SGPS Web site. A student classed as a visiting student pays no fees to the host university but will pay the tuition fee to his/her home university.
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Courses at a university outside Ontario
A Western student who has been granted formal permission to take appropriate graduate level courses outside Ontario may request advanced standing for academic work done at that institution toward the Western degree program. This request must be made before leaving Western. Permission to attend the other institution must be arranged with the program concerned and the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. The student will be required to pay tuition at both institutions.
07/02/2008