OVC Academic Requirements have been updated!

[vmurthy]

I see this mainly affecting 4th yrs- they can now take all 3rd yr courses if they want to. And it brings back the divide between 2nd and 3rd year that used to be in place.

[hyo]

what does it mean when it says "if they are taken at the same level or a lower level in a subject area than previously passed courses in the same subject area." ??

[vmurthy]

It means that for example, if you've taken a 3rd yr Biochem course, you aren't supposed to be taking a 2nd yr Biochem course after that.

[Laura 17]

Would you be able to count a 2nd year BIOC towards your application if you took it before a 3rd year BIOC in a later semester?

[dreizehn]

Just a housekeeping note to anyone reading: this looks to be a duplicate posting by the same person as this post: fvc.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=courses&thread=6411&page=1#11788

You can use either, so: USE THE ONE WITH THE HIGHEST GRADE.

So far as prerequisites go (and assuming all other requirements for course acceptability are met):

Higher-level courses (i.e., higher year level than all other courses taken in the same subject area) can always be used.

Lower-level courses can be used so long as NO higher-level courses (in the same subject area) were taken BEFORE.

For courses taken at the same level in the same subject area, only the earliest course taken can be used.

Examples:

• Take a 2nd year course, then a 3rd year course: BOTH are acceptable.
  
• Take a 3rd year course, then a 2nd year course: ONLY the 3rd year course is acceptable.
  
• Take a 2nd year course, then another 2nd year course in the same subject area: ONLY the first course taken is acceptable.
  

The rule is simply intended to prevent students with higher-level experience unfairly inflating their grades by taking lower level courses.

[lowenger]

Any questions about course eligibility should go to [e-mail]

[guest22]

does a repeated course make the entire semester unacceptable (so it will not be counted as one of the last 2 full time semesters), or does it only make any courses from that semester unacceptable as prerequisites (which i know happens for sure)?
if it makes any difference, i took a course overload that term because of the repeat, so even without the repeated course i still had a full time semester.

[guest22]

I am actually hoping that the entire semester will be unacceptable because the previous semester was better I emailed Deanna but she is out of the office until the 9th so I thought I would see if anyone knew.

[dreizehn]

Aug 29, 2013 14:04:37 GMT -5 @guest22 said:

does a repeated course make the entire semester unacceptable (so it will not be counted as one of the last 2 full time semesters), or does it only make any courses from that semester unacceptable as prerequisites (which i know happens for sure)?
if it makes any difference, i took a course overload that term because of the repeat, so even without the repeated course i still had a full time semester.

I am actually hoping that the entire semester will be unacceptable because the previous semester was better I emailed Deanna but she is out of the office until the 9th so I thought I would see if anyone knew.

As you've already done, contacting Ms. Lundmark is the appropriate course of action, as you will get the official word (which occasionally becomes important during the application process), and also since each student has a unique set of circumstances that only she is fully qualified to officially assess.

Now, I'm still going to throw my ramblings at this: personally, I would guess they would indeed deem the course itself unacceptable (as it was a repeat), however, since you "...still had a full time semester" even with the repeat excluded, I would think the semester overall and it's other courses should still be acceptable (as individual prerequisites, and one of the last two semesters), assuming all the other regulations were met (i.e., essentially just ignoring that repeated course, you still had a semester with 2.5 credits, I'm assuming at appropriate course levels and with the other regulations met, so, logically, it would seem like they could just ignore the repeated course, thereby yielding a semester based on the five acceptable courses).

But again, that's just my attempt at throwing logic at the situation; Ms. Lundmark will have the official word for you.

[Guest22]

I was thinking the same thing, except Deanna told me in my course approval request that I couldn't use any courses from that semester as prerequisites because it contained a repeat, so that made me think that the entire semester may actually be considered unacceptable. I'll find out soon enough though; thanks for your input!

[dreizehn]

Weird... Ah well, I guess that's why one has to contact Ms. Lundmark for the official word.

[lowenger]

Oct 17, 2010 13:47:30 GMT -5 Joel said:

For those of you who may not be aware, the OVC has changed thier policy regarding class level requirements for 3rd/4th year full-time semesters.

Previously, 60% of your course load (3 of your five classes) had to be the same year level as your current academic year.

Now, once you have ten credits, 3rd-year and 4th-year classes are interchangeable. See the OVC's page here for the complete details:
www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/future/dvm/admissions/academic/#Full

This is an old post so please to not go to this website. The updated website is at www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/recruitment/en/index.asp