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GRADUATE CALENDAR
2005-2006 Academic Year
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Queen’s University Policy on Determining Canadian Universities’ Status for Basis of Admission
To satisfy the basis of admission requirement to any degree program at Queen's University, academic credentials obtained from a Canadian institution must be from an institution that is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).
Admission to graduate degree programs at Queen’s University
Applicants who wish to be considered for admission to a graduate degree program must hold the minimum qualifications as listed below. Departments may require higher qualifications and/or require applicants to write the Graduate Record Examination.
NOTES
1 Members of faculty at Queen's University above the rank of lecturer are not eligible to register in a degree program in the Department (or where there is no Department, the Faculty) in which they hold appointments.
2 Members of faculty, above the rank of lecturer, who wish to proceed to a graduate degree in another department or faculty must obtain permission
1) from their Head of the Department and the Dean of the Faculty in which they hold an appointment;
2) from the Head of the Department in which the graduate studies are to be undertaken;
3) from the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research. The guidelines for granting such permission are delineated in the Minutes of the Senate Meeting held on 27 March 1980.
Master's Program
The minimum qualification for admission is second class standing in one of the following degrees awarded by a recognized university1:
a an honours bachelor degree in Arts or in Science,
b or a bachelor degree in Applied Science or Law,
c or the degree of Doctor of Medicine,
d or equivalent.
1A "Recognized University or College" is an institution that, in Canada, is a member of the AUCC, and in the United States, conforms to the various general guidelines of accreditation used by American universities and colleges. Where the students undertake study outside Canada and the United States where no recognized accrediting bodies exist, or where students undertake study in discernibly high quality non-university or college based programmes, students will apply on a case by case basis to the School of Graduate Studies and Research.
The qualifications of an applicant who has a bachelor's general degree with not less than a B grade average and has completed one academic year of satisfactory full-time study as a qualifying student (see section
Qualifying Student) may be considered as equivalent.
NOTE: For the master's program in Education, refer to the departmental prescription for the admission qualifications.
Doctoral Program
The minimum qualification for admission is one of the following:
a. successful completion of a master's degree.
b. promotion from a Master's program to a doctoral program: students who have been registered full time for at least two terms and before completing five terms in a master's program at Queen's University, who have first-class standing, and who show exceptional promise in their research, may be considered for promotion to a doctoral program in the same Department, without completion of the master's degree. Promotion to a doctoral program requires the recommendation of the Department, the approval of the Division according to its established procedures, and the approval of the Registrar.
c. direct entry: students with unquestionably superior standing in their honours bachelor's degree, or equivalent, may be considered for direct admission to a doctoral program. Students admitted in this way must complete a minimum of two session-length or four term length graduate courses during the doctoral program.
NOTE: Students admitted to a doctoral program under a., b. or c., may not revert to the master's program within the same department. In exceptional circumstances, the student may, after withdrawal from the doctoral program, seek readmission to the master's program in the same department, or make application for admission to a master's program in another department, through the normal application procedures.
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