Course Descriptions and Grading

The Faculty of Graduate Studies requires that students maintain at least a B- average (at least 8.0 on the university’s 13 point scale) at all times. Students whose average falls below this level will be reviewed by the Faculty of Graduate Studies academic standing committee and may be asked to withdraw from the program. Students may receive a grade of C-, C, or C+ in a graduate class but can only count one course in which a grade in the ‘C’ range was secured towards the completion of their degree, subject to the approval of the Faculty of Graduate Studies academic standing committee. If a student fails to obtain credit in a course, he/she may repeat the course once only at the discretion of the political science graduate committee and the Dean of Faculty of Graduate Studies. No student may repeat, or replace with another course, more than two one-semester courses in which credit was not obtained in the first instance.