Outlined below are the procedures and regulations relating to the sitting of examinations without attending lectures:

How to Apply

Login to SAS → Student Services → Automated Student Request System → Exams Without Attending Lectures  → Submit Request → Await Dean's consideration (within 10 working days) → Await Board of Undergraduate Studies Ratification (If approval was granted by the Dean)

Regulations

Students will only be entitled to register for “Examinations Only” in the following circumstances after having been registered for and attended classes in a course(s).

1. He/she has failed one or two of the final courses needed to complete the degree programme and obtained a mark of no less than 45% in each course.
2. He/she has obtained a medical excuse, certified by the University Health Centre, for not having attempted an exam.
3. In exceptional circumstances, the Dean may grant a student a deferral from sitting an exam and permission to take it on a subsequent occasion, by virtue of special assignments overseas for an employer (part-time students only) or by virtue of being selected to represent the country on a national team. In both instances, formal representation will have to be made by the employer/national association.

NOTE:  Students who are permitted to sit exams without attending lectures may also be eligible to carry-over coursework grade from a previous semester. Carry-over coursework occurs where a student is permitted to transfer grades for coursework completed in one semester to the next semester or academic year.  Click here to learn more.

Students will only be entitled to register for Exams Only in the following circumstances:

• He/She has failed one or two of the final courses needed to complete the degree programme and obtained a mark of no less that 45% in each course.

• He/She has obtained a medical certificate, certified by the University Health Centre

• In exceptional circumstances, the Dean may grant a student a deferral from sitting an exam and permission to take it on a subsequent occasion.  Refer to Faculty Handbook for details.

You may express your dissatisfaction with your results in writing to the Campus Registrar through the Examinations Section.  You may do so within two weeks of publication of results. (Refer to Examination Regulations 2008-2009, Section VII, 142-152 to see what other options are available to you).

Candidates are informed of the dates and times of written papers by means of the publications of the official examination timetable.

Candidates who are absent from an examination owing to a mis-reading of the timetable shall be liable to the normal penalties for absence from an examination and will have to await the next official sitting to take the examination. (Refer to Examination Regulations 2008-2009, Section V, 84-96).

• If you missed an examination for medical reasons, you should submit a signed medical certificate within seven days to the Examination Section of the Registry.  You will likely be permitted to sit the exam at the next available sitting. (Refer to Examination Regulations, Section II, 17-32)
• For any other reason, you would normally be obliged to register again for the full course.  However, departments, upon being advised of the situation, have other discretionary options that may be applied. Refer to the current issue of the Faculty Handbook, “Exams Only” Regulations 11.2