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 ¾ Student must present syllabus and the Schools Committee on Curriculum must approve exemption.
- Dalhousie and Kent State ¾ The director may grant exemption.
- Dominican¾ Allows exemptions for exception experience.
- Emporia and Pratt ¾ Requires approval by the Dean.
- Indiana ¾ Accepts a paper or demonstrated expertise as basis for exemption.
- McGill ¾ 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 ¾ Requires approval of the Dean and the Graduate School's Dean.
- Oklahoma ¾Approval of Commmittee on Admissions, Financial Aid and Academic Standing required.
- Pittsburgh ¾ Requires approval from an Admissions and Review Committee.
- Puerto Rico ¾ Syllabi must be provided.
- Queens ¾ Requires submission of a MA/MS thesis written for another degree.
- Rhode Island ¾ A written exam is in conjunction with "credit for experience" option and is used sparingly. Also no more than 20 percent of a students credits may be transferred in, but student may take elective in place of waived requirement.
- Simmons ¾ A student may petition the faculty.
- Texas ¾ Approval of the Graduate Studies Committee and the Dean is necessary.
- Wayne State ¾ Students can exempt courses based on evaluation of prior course work.
Rev. 5/19/99