Table III-19
Methods of Exempting Required Courses
Method
Number
of Schools
Written
Examination
17
Transcript from other
school
42
Approval of
Advisor/Faculty
33
Other
19
Alabama —
Student must present
syllabus and the School’s Committee on Curriculum must
approve exemption.
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.
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.
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.
Texas — Approval of the
Graduate Studies Committee
and the Dean is necessary.
Wayne State — Students can
exempt courses based on
evaluation of prior course work.