15. Duration of Undergraduate Studies

15.1 College of Arts and Science/Faculty of Management

Students are normally required to complete their undergraduate studies within 10 years of their first registration, and to comply with the academic regulations in force at the time of that registration. This is also the normal limit for transfer credits. However, the student appeals committee of the appropriate Faculty or School may grant permission to continue studies for a reasonable further period, subject to such conditions as the committee deems appropriate and with the stipulation that the student must meet the degree requirements in force when the extension is granted.

15.2 Faculty of Health

With the exception of the undergraduate programs in the School of Health and Human Performance and the School of Social Work to which Regulation 15.1 applies, students in the Faculty of Health are normally required to complete their undergraduate studies within six years of first registration in professional courses.

15.3 Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Students in the BEDS program are normally required to complete their degree within four years. Students in the Bachelor of Community Design program must complete their degree within 10 years.

15.4 Faculty of Computer Science

Students in the BACSc, BCSc, or BInf degree programs are normally required to complete their degree within eight years.

15.5 Faculty of Engineering

15.5.1 Diploma of Engineering

Students registered in the Diploma of Engineering program are normally required to complete their requirements in a period of time not exceeding four consecutive calendar years from their first date of registration.

15.5.2 Bachelor of Engineering (Upper Division)

Students registered in the upper division component of the BEng program are normally required to complete their degree, including any coop education requirements, in a period of time not exceeding five consecutive calendar years from their first date of registration in Term 5.

15.5.3 Food Science

Students in the BASc degree program in Food Science are normally required to complete their degree within eight years of their first registration in the program.

15.6 Faculty of Agriculture

Students in the Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) and Bachelor of Science (Bioveterinary Science) are normally required to complete their undergraduate studies within 10 years of their first registration. Students in the Bachelor of Technology and the Diploma in Technology are normally required to complete their studies within six years of their first registration. Students in the Diploma in Engineering are normally required to complete their studies in a period of time not exceeding four consecutive calendar years from their first date of registration.

This is also the normal limit for transfer credits. However, the student appeals committee may grant permission to continue studies for a reasonable further period, subject to such conditions as the committee deems appropriate and with the stipulation that the student must meet the degree requirements in force when the extension is granted.

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