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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 CPD program, you may request Advanced Standing. If granted, it will be in the following form:
Credit – If you are given credit for a course, you do not have to retake or replace it.
Exemption – 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, diploma, or graduate certificate program through the Department of Career and Professional Development (CPD).
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 “C” or better in said course(s).
If you applying to a graduate program, you must have obtained a grade of “B-“ 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.
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.