Credit / No Credit Courses

[willotree]

Hello, I have another question. Hopefully dreizhen can help me out once again.

At UofT there is an option of taking a course as credit / no credit. So basically if you get a 50%+ they grant you the credit, but do not state the grade on your transcript, just a pass or fail designation. I was wondering, in the case of "full time semesters" it would not count right? So if you take 5 courses in a semester, and 1 course is the credit/no credit option (in other words, 4 courses with grades & 1 course without a grade just states pass or fail) .. since it does not display the grade, the semester would not be considered towards the 2 full time semesters.. and any courses for the top 8 completed in that semester would not count right? So if I have lets say good grades in 3rd year first semester and 4th year first semester.. I can skip 3rd year second semester through adding the credit/no credit option (4 courses with grades, 1 pass or fail)? Sorry if my wording is confusing.

Thank you.

[dreizehn]

Nov 18, 2013 12:16:23 GMT -5 willotree said:

Hello, I have another question. Hopefully dreizehn can help me out once again.

At UofT there is an option of taking a course as credit / no credit. So basically if you get a 50%+ they grant you the credit, but do not state the grade on your transcript, just a pass or fail designation. I was wondering, in the case of "full time semesters" it would not count right? So if you take 5 courses in a semester, and 1 course is the credit/no credit option (in other words, 4 courses with grades & 1 course without a grade just states pass or fail) .. since it does not display the grade, the semester would not be considered towards the 2 full time semesters.. and any courses for the top 8 completed in that semester would not count right? So if I have lets say good grades in 3rd year first semester and 4th year first semester.. I can skip 3rd year second semester through adding the credit/no credit option (4 courses with grades, 1 pass or fail)? Sorry if my wording is confusing.

While the course itself definitely could not be used for a prerequisite, as per the academic requirements web site:

"The DVM Admissions Committee cannot evaluate Honours, Pass-Fail, and Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory grading systems. Applicants should obtain a numerical or letter grade for all required courses and the grades should be certified by the Registrar of the university attended."

I honestly don't know how this plays into the course weighting regulations (i.e., whether or not pass/fail courses still count towards the semester credit weight total), and thus how this would affect the semester's full-time status, overall acceptability otherwise for the "last two acceptable semesters" requirement, or the acceptability of other courses in that semester (i.e., for the "8 prerequisites" requirement).

Unless someone else offers their experience (and maybe even so in that case), I would suggest you check with the UofG admissions office, and/or Deanna Lundmark if they don't know.

[willotree]

Alright thanks dreiz, I shall message the admissions office and Denna soon. I also have another question

In the case I do get accepted during 3rd year.. will I have a chance to go back and complete my undergraduate degree? Could I take courses perhaps during the summer of phases at UofG?

[dreizehn]

Nov 22, 2013 3:57:11 GMT -5 willotree said:

Alright thanks dreiz, I shall message the admissions office and Denna soon. I also have another question

In the case I do get accepted during 3rd year.. will I have a chance to go back and complete my undergraduate degree? Could I take courses perhaps during the summer of phases at UofG?

I think a lot of people who get accepted during their third year simply graduate their pre-DVM undergrad program with a general 3-year degree (e.g., a general 3-year BSc.) before heading off to vet school. Some others put off applying for an extra year (i.e., applying during their fourth year instead) so they will then graduate with the full four-year degree they started.

However, once you are registered in the DVM program, I don't think you could return concurrently to your previous program (e.g., during the summer as you put forth) while still registered in the DVM program (i.e., I think you can only be registered in a program at a single university at any one time). Whether or not you could go back in the future (e.g., after completing the DVM program) I'm not sure; you're university's registrar or your applicable academic advisor would probably be the best source for that information.