Table III-19
Methods of Exempting Required Courses 2001
Method |
Number of Schools |
Written Examination |
14 |
Transcript from other school |
36 |
Approval of Advisor/Faculty |
39 |
Other |
13 |
- Alabama
— Student must present syllabus and the School’s Committee on Curriculum must
approve exemption.
- California
- Los Angeles — A written exam can be taken for the pre-requisites; a petition
to the Professional Programs Committee must be made for other exemptions.
- Dalhousie
and Kent State — The director may grant exemption.
- Dominican—
Allows exemptions for exception experience.
- Emporia
and Pratt — Requires approval by the Dean.
- Indiana
— Accepts a paper or demonstrated expertise as basis for exemption.
- Maryland
— Requires approval from the Review Committee.
- McGill
— Allows exemptions occasionally, if course equivalency can be shown. For the
Ph.D., a student who is continuing the same subject to a Ph.D. may enter at
Ph.D. 2 level.
- Montreal
— Requires approval of the Dean and the Graduate School's Dean.
- Oklahoma
—Approval of Commmittee on Admissions, Financial Aid and Academic Standing
required.
- Pittsburgh
— Requires approval from an Admissions and Review Committee.
- Pratt
— Requires approval from the Dean.
- Puerto
Rico — Syllabi must be provided.
- Queens
— Requires submission of a MA/MS thesis written for another degree.
- Rhode
Island — A written exam is in conjunction with "credit for experience" option
and is used sparingly. Also no more than 20 percent of a student’s credits may
be transferred in, but student may take elective in place of waived
requirement.
- Simmons
— A student may petition the faculty.
- Syracuse
— Allows work experience.
- Texas
— Approval of the Graduate Studies Committee and the Dean is necessary.
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