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*2250, CIS*2500, or CIS*2910, 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*2250: they can re-take it next winter, it does not delay graduation or progress towards the major. There is no approved alternative course option to take before then.

* A student drops or fails CIS*2500: if they plan to take semester 3 courses in the fall (CIS*2030, CIS*2430, CIS*2520) they need to make up this course in the summer at another university on a letter of permission. The main approved course is TMU’s CCPS 393.

* A student drops or fails CIS*2910: they can re-take it in a later winter semester. It is not a pre-requisite for future CIS courses, as long as it is completed before graduation it’s fine.

In all of these hypothetical scenarios the student would need to make up the missed 0.5 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 cscouns@uoguelph.camailto:cscouns@uoguelph.ca School of Computer Science | University of Guelph