Hi Everyone,

A large part of our role is to inform students about their academic options. As we are starting to receive questions about dropping CIS*3110, CIS*2750, or CIS*3490, we are emailing so you can make informed decisions.

First, to be clear, we don’t see in progress grades, only final grades. You may be doing well this semester, not even considering dropping any of those courses, in which case please ignore this email.

Scenarios:

* A student drops or fails CIS*3110: they can re-take it next winter at Guelph. Options for CIS electives will be limited until it is made up. You may be able to make it up earlier on a Letter of Permission (LOP). The main approved course is TMU’s CCPS 590 but there is also Ottawa’s CSI 3131, Waterloo’s CS350, or York’s EECS 3221. * Athabasca COMP341 and TRU’s COMP 3411 are not acceptable equivalents.

* A student drops or fails CIS*3490: they can re-take it next winter at Guelph or take TMU’s CCPS 616 on LOP.

* A student drops or fails CIS*2750: they can re-take it next Fall or Winter at Guelph.

In all of these hypothetical scenarios the student would need to make up the missed 0.5 (or .75) credit by taking an extra course sometime before graduation. This could be a summer DE or regular course or a semester overload with 3.0 credits in a future semester, 3rd or 4th year.

If you are dropping multiple courses or generally feel lost please check in so we can help you with an individual plan.

A letter of permission [LOP] approves a course at another university for transfer credit to Guelph. You will need to work on your own to become a visiting student at that university, register for courses at that university, and pay tuition to that university. The LOP does not register you in the course. University courses are not identical, they vary. The LOP course will not be an exact match for the Guelph course. It will be close, and the failed course + LOP course + some self study should help you to catch up and continue with your courses at Guelph. Grades do not transfer, they will be on your transcript with the other university. If you pass the course the credit will transfer but the grade will stay at the other University. https://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/undergraduate/letterofpermission

Sincerely,

-------- Sarah Brennan, M.A. | Program Counsellor Greg Klotz, Ph.D. | Program Counsellor School of Computer Science | University of Guelph