16.3 RESIDENCY AND TRANSFER CREDIT

A maximum of 60 hours of eligible transfer credit may be applied to a degree program and 30 hours of eligible transfer credit to a certificate program. Students must take at least 15 of the last 30 credit hours of their degree program at the University of Regina. As well, at least half the credit hours of required discipline courses for the major and/or minor must be completed at the University of Regina.

No transfer credit is accepted towards the University of Regina portion of joint SIAST-University of Regina degree programs.

The Faculty of Science awards transfer credit for courses taken at other institutions only if the grade received was 60% or higher or equivalent.

The Faculty of Science does not accept ACAD 100, UNIV 100, UNIV 101 and/or UNIV 110, AMTH 001, 002 and/or 003, Science 101 and 105, or courses numbered 0XX for credit toward any degree or certificate in the Faculty.

16.4 ACADEMIC ADVISING AND REGISTRATION

All first-year students are initially advised in the Faculty office. After their first semester, students who have chosen a major are referred to the department concerned, where arrangements for academic advising are made. Pre-professional students and those who have yet to declare a major continue to be advised in the Faculty Student Services Office.

Through advising the Faculty can communicate to students the meaning of higher education and explain to them the various programs that are offered within the Faculty, with an indication of the opportunities that successful completion of these programs offers. The academic advisor will explain general academic requirements and assist the student in planning a program, within these requirements, that satisfies individual interests.

The requirements for the various degrees are set out in the following pages. Notwithstanding advice given in the departments, students who have questions as to whether their contemplated programs satisfy the requirements for the degrees they are pursuing should consult the Associate Dean (Academic), who will carefully check them.

Students register according to a priority system in which those who have earned the most credit hours register first. Students may register online, in person at the Faculty of Science Student Services Office, by fax or by email (see §16.1.1).

16.4.1 COURSE LOAD

The maximum course load in the Faculty of Science is 15 credit hours in each of Fall and Winter semesters and 12 credit hours in Spring/Summer session.

Students may not register for more than 15 credit hours in Fall or Winter semester, or more than 12 credit hours in Spring/Summer, unless they have a UGPA of at least 75% or a TGPA of at least 75% in the most recent semester. The approval of the Associate Dean (Academic) is required to register for an overload.

Students who have been accepted to Co-op programs who have a scheduled academic study semester in Spring/Summer may register for 15 credit hours with the permission of their departmental Co-op coordinator.

16.5 EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

In addition to the University Regulations in §5.12, the following Faculty regulations apply to all students registered in the Faculty of Science. See §5.9.3 for descriptions of the different types of GPA referred to in this section.

16.5.1 DEAN'S HONOURS LIST

To be named to the Dean's Honours List, students must attain an average of at least 85.00% in a given semester on a minimum of 15 credit hours (12 credit hours during Spring/Summer semester) of numerically graded courses.

16.5.2 PROBATION AND DISCONTINUANCE

Students who fail more than 50% of their credit hours in a single semester receive a letter of academic advisement. The letter indicates the implications of continued failure and encourages students to seek academic advising. This regulation does not apply to students who register for three credit hours or fewer in the semester. The letter is not recorded on the official transcript.

In the review of students’ performance, students who have failed a course and whose records contain failed courses totaling more than 30 credit hours are required to discontinue their studies in the Faculty for two semesters. NOTE: The 30 credit hour limit includes failed courses which are repeated and later passed. The failed courses which lead to a student’s being required to discontinue for two semesters will be excluded from the calculation of failures in subsequent reviews of accumulated performance.

Students will be required to discontinue from their current program for failure to meet a program requirement or for a second failure in a mandatory course for the program. Students will be required to discontinue from the Faculty of Science for failure to meet a Faculty of Science requirement or for a second failure in a mandatory course.

Students who have previously been required to discontinue under the University’s or any faculty’s regulations, including those of the Faculty of Science, and who are again required to discontinue under one of these regulations, will be required to discontinue indefinitely from the Faculty.

On the recommendation of the Faculty Committee on Admissions and Studies, the Faculty may also require students to discontinue indefinitely from the Faculty of Science for reasons of health or unsatisfactory academic or professional development. Students who have been Required to Discontinue (RTD) from the Faculty of Science are not permitted to register in any Science course without written permission of the Associate Dean (Academic) of the Faculty of Science. Science courses taken without permission of the Associate Dean (Academic) of the Faculty of Science, while on RTD from the Faculty of Science, at any institution or in any other Faculty at the University of Regina, will not be transferable for credit to a degree program in Science.

All rulings of probation or discontinuance may be appealed in writing to the Faculty; see §16.8.