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Advanced Standing: Credit / Exemption Request Policy
If you have completed equivalent credit courses at an accredited educational institution within the last 5 years, and you have applied and/or been admitted to a credit program, you may request Advanced Standing. If granted, it will be in the following form:
Credit 鈥� If you are given credit for a course, you do not have to retake or replace it.
Exemption 鈥� If you are granted an exemption for a co-requisite, prerequisite, or external prerequisite course, you do not have to replace it. If you are granted an exemption from a compulsory course, you will be required to replace it with an authorized course substitution approved by the Department. A list of suitable courses will be provided by your academic advisor.
Students are not permitted to register in courses for which they have been granted credits and/or exemptions.
Eligibility Requirements for Advanced Standing
Proof of application to an undergraduate certificate or graduate certificate program.
Independent (special) students cannot request advanced standing.
Each course must be a minimum of 3 credits for it to be considered for evaluation.
Each course must have been taken at a recognized institution within the last 5 years.
If you are applying to an undergraduate program, you must have obtained a grade of 鈥淐鈥� or better in said course(s).
If you applying to a graduate program, you must have obtained a grade of 鈥淏-鈥� or better in said course(s).
Advanced Standing Limits
If you are applying for admission to a 30-credit undergraduate certificate or a graduate-level diploma program, you are permitted to submit a maximum of 3 courses for evaluation per admission application.
A maximum of 9 credits may be granted towards either an undergraduate certificate or graduate-level diploma program.
If you are applying for admission to a 15-credit graduate certificate program, you are permitted to submit a maximum of 2 courses for evaluation per admission application. A maximum of 3 credits may be granted towards a graduate certificate program.
How to Request Advanced Standing
To request Advanced Standing, you must complete the Credit/Exemption Request Policy form when you apply for admission and provide the required supporting documents. You can email all documents to admissions.scs [at] mcgill.ca, or deliver them directly to Client Services:
- Letter outlining the reasons for your Advanced Standing request
- Unofficial copy of your transcript
- Detailed official course outline(s), indicating textbook used and chapters/topics covered etc. (Note: Summary course descriptions are not acceptable)
- Make arrangements for the University/Institution where you have completed the course(s), to send official transcripts directly to Client Services
It takes approximately 6 weeks from the time of submission to the School of Continuing Studies to evaluate a request, providing that all required supporting documents are included. Requests will not be accepted if incomplete.
Requests received after admission to a program will be evaluated for the following term.
All decisions are final and may not be appealed.