Regulation 4: Courses Spanning More Than One Term

4.1 – Nomenclature
Courses than span more than one term (full-year courses) shall be divided into separate classes for each term in which they are offered.  The class offered in the first term shall be denoted with the suffix “A” and the class offered in the second term shall be denoted with the suffix “B”. 

 4.2 – Prerequisites and Registration
               4.2.1 – Prerequisites
The prerequisite, if any, for the first half of the course shall be that indicated in the Courses and Programs section of this Calendar.  The prerequisite for the second half of the course shall be the first half of said course.  Students must therefore register in the first half prior to registering in the second half of the course.  Note that some such courses may be offered in more than one lecture, tutorial and/or laboratory section.  At the discretion of the Department administering the course, students may be required to register in the same said section in both terms, or may be freely able to choose different sections in each term, subject to timetable and enrolment limits.

               4.2.2 – Registration
Students must register separately in both halves of the course to be deemed to have registered in the course.  Students who have failed to register in both halves of the course shall, following the deadline to add classes, have the section in which they have registered removed from their academic record by the Office of the University Registrar and shall be required to appeal to the Associate Dean (Studies) for late registration (see Appeal of Academic Decisions, Section 3). 

4.3 – Dropping Full-Year Courses

Students who wish to drop a full-year course must separately drop the classes denoted with both the A and the B suffix. Both the A and the B suffix must be dropped on or before the Faculty’s published Fall Term Academic Calendar Dates for dropping a course without academic penalty; otherwise a grade of NG (not graded) shall be assigned to the A suffix. If a student wishes to drop a full-year course after the deadline to drop Fall Term classes without academic penalty, but prior to the deadline to drop Winter Term classes without academic penalty, only the B suffix shall be expunged from the transcript. If a student wishes to drop a full-year course after the deadline to drop Winter Term classes without academic penalty, the student must appeal to the Associate Dean (Studies). If the appeal is granted, a DR designation shall be placed on the transcript for the B suffix, and an NG designation shall remain on the A suffix. If the appeal is denied, the final grade earned shall remain on the transcript. A student may not appeal to remove a DR grade from the transcript. The chart below shows the impact of dropping full-year courses on the academic transcript.

4.4 – Credit and Grading
The first half of a full-year course shall earn 0.0 units and may not be used to meet the degree requirements of any Program or Plan, or any prerequisite, corequisite or exclusion requirement.  The earned units for the full-year course shall be placed on the second half of the course.  Upon successful completion of a full-year course, the first half of the course shall be assigned a grade of NG (Not Graded) (see Academic Regulation 10).  The final grade for the course, including any incomplete (IN) or grade deferred (GD) status shall be assigned to the second half of the course.  Note that for the purposes of determining the student’s academic load, half of the units assigned to the full-year course will be applied toward the academic progress units for each term in which the course is offered (see Academic Regulation 3).

4.5 – Appeals
No part of Academic Regulation 4 may be appealed.