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Courses Taken Outside the Faculty / Letters of Permission

A maximum of 12 credits in total may be taken during a Summer Session at York University and/or at another institution, a maximum of 33 credits during a Fall/Winter Session towards a BSc or BSc Honours.

Students should note that some departments have specific limits on the number of out-of-department or out-of-Faculty courses which may be taken for credit towards a BSc or BSc Honours.

York University

The student is responsible for ensuring that courses taken in another Faculty at York University fulfill program and degree requirements, are eligible for BSc or BSc Honours credit, and observe prerequisite, corequisite and degree credit exclusion restrictions. Information regarding Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies courses can be found in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Degree Credit Exclusion/Equivalent Tables in the back of the Lecture Schedules or in the Office of Science Academic Services after March 1 each year.

Other Institutions

A student wishing to take a course at an external accredited institution at any time for credit towards a York University BSc or BSc Honours is required to obtain a letter of permission from York University prior to taking the course.

Request forms for letters of permission are available from the Office of the Registrar. The letter of permission request form, with course description(s), must be submitted to the appropriate departmental office to have the course(s) assessed for equivalents/exclusions. The completed form must then be returned to the Office of the Registrar.

At the conclusion of the session for which a letter of permission was granted, the student must arrange for the host institution to submit either an official transcript for consideration for transfer credit, or official notice of withdrawal/nonenrolment to the Office of the Registrar.

The student must obtain a grade of C or higher in the course for which a letter of permission has been granted in order to receive credit for the course in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science. Passed courses as well as failed courses completed on letters of permission are included in the student's cumulative record, although grades from such courses are not listed on York University transcripts and are not included in the calculation of York grade point averages.