<York Calendars<Undergraduate Calendar 2001-2002<Faculty of Pure and Applied Science<Regulations Governing Examinations and Academic Standards

Failures

Students may retake a failed course once (and only once) for academic degree or certificate credit. Both attempts, with both grades earned, appear on the student's official York University transcript.

Candidates who have not previously failed in a York University BSc or BSc Honours degree program are said to have failed the program if, in the courses for which they registered, including second attempts, they (i) fail courses totalling 24 or more of the first 60 credits, or (ii) fail courses totalling 30 or more of the first 90 credits, or (iii) fail courses totalling 36 or more credits at any time. An academic warning is recorded on the candidate's grade report when the accumulated failed credits reach 12 (or fewer) short of the total which would result in failure in the program under any of the three preceding conditions.

Candidates who have failed under (i), (ii) or (iii), above, may not register for any further courses unless they are readmitted to the University. Applications for readmission, not normally considered within one year from the date of failure to gain standing, should be made to the Director of Admissions.

Candidates who have already failed once in a York University BSc or BSc Honours degree program are said to have failed the program a second time if at any time they subsequently fail an additional 12 or more credits in the courses for which they registered, including second attempts. A Debarment Warning is recorded on the grade reports of candidates who have failed once in a York University BSc or BSc Honours degree program.

Candidates who failed some courses at another postsecondary institution before registering in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science at York University are judged regarding a failure in the York University BSc or BSc Honours degree program according to the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science criteria stated above, taking into consideration only those courses taken elsewhere which are applicable (or would have been applicable had they been passed) towards the specific York University BSc or BSc Honours degree program in which the student registers. This status regarding failure in the program is included in the advanced standing statement prepared after the student is admitted to the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science.