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Academic Calendar 2002-2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome to Mount Allison University Glossary of Academic Terms 2. Calendar of Events 3. Admission 3.2 Admission to the University 3.3 Minimum General Admission Requirements 3.4 Additional Admission Requirements 3.5 Notes on Entry to First-Year Courses 3.6 Requirements for Non-Canadian Education Systems 3.7 English Requirements 3.8 Mature Students 3.9 Admission with Advanced Standing 3.10 Transfer Students 3.11 Special Circumstances 3.12 Graduate Studies 4. Fees 4.1 Fees and Expenses 4.2 Deposits for Full-Time Students 4.3 Payment of Fees 4.4 Late Fees and Interest Charges 4.5 Withdrawals and Student Accounts 5. Financial Assistance 5.1 Scholarships 5.2 Bursaries 5.3 Pre-Theological Bursaries 5.4 Prizes 5.5 Special Summer Scholarships 5.6 The Donald A. Cameron Student Loan Fund 6. Academic Regulations 6.1 Registration Procedures 6.2 Changes in Registration/Programmes 6.3 Continuing and Distance Education 6.4 Advanced Placement 6.5 Transfer Credits 6.6 Degree Requirements 6.7 Degree with Distinction Requirements 6.8 Honours Degree Requirements 6.9 Second Undergraduate Degree Requirements 6.10 Honours Certificate 6.11 Grading System 6.12 Standards of Performance 6.13 Academic Offences 6.14 Examination Regulations 6.15 Withdrawal from University 6.16 Transcripts 6.17 Replacement/Duplicate Diplomas 6.18 Graduation/Convocation 7. Academic Programmes 7.0 Course Numbering and Credit Values 7.1 General Regulations 7.2 Bachelor of Arts 7.3 Bachelor of Science 7.4 Master of Science 7.5 Bachelor of Commerce 7.6 Bachelor of Music 7.7 Bachelor of Fine Arts 7.8 Certificate of Bilingualism 7.9 Certificat De Bilinguisme 7.10 Pre-Professional Requirements 7.11 Study Abroad Programmes 8. Programmes and Courses of Instruction American Studies Anthropology Art History Biochemistry Biology Canadian Literature in English and French Canadian Public Policy Canadian Studies Chemistry Classics Cognitive Science Commerce Computer Science Drama Economics English Literatures Environmental Studies/Science Fine Arts Geography History International Economics and Business International Relations Mathematics Modern Languages and Literatures Music Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Religious Studies Science, Technology and Society Sociology / Anthropology Women's Studies 9. Continuing and Distance Education 10. Student Life 10.1 The Student Union 10.2 The Argosy Weekly 10.3 CHMA FM 10.4 Garnet and Gold Society 10.5 Windsor Theatre 10.6 Student Activities Office 10.7 Residence Council 10.8 The Tantramarsh Club 10.9 Student Employment 10.10 Accommodation 10.11 Department of Physical Recreation and Athletics 10.12 Religious Life on Campus 10.13 Student Services 10.14 Counselling Services 10.15 Meighen Centre for Learning Assistance and Research 11. General Information 11.1 The Mount Allison University Libraries 11.2 The Libraries' Endowment Funds 11.3 The Mount Allison Federated Alumni, Inc. 11.4 Lectureships, Trusts and Fellowships 11.5 Faculty Awards 11.6 Computer Facilities 11.7 Mount Allison University Bookstore 11.8 Banking Services 11.9 Performing Arts Series 12. Personnel 12.1 Officers of the University 12.2 The Regents of Mount Allison 12.3 The Senate of Mount Allison 12.4 Officers of Administration 12.5 Chancellors Emeriti 12.6 Presidents Emeriti 12.7 Registrars Emeriti 12.8 Professors Emeriti 12.9 Librarians Emeriti 12.10 Academic Staff	5. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 5.1 SCHOLARSHIPS Mount Allison is well known for its scholarship programme, resulting primarily from the generosity of numerous benefactors. 5.1.1 Eligibility The University awards scholarships to entering students for academic achievement. Students need not apply for these scholarships, as consideration for scholarship eligibility is automatic and part of the Admissions process. All students who have financial need are urged to apply for the Sharp and Goodridge scholarships which are based on academic achievement and financial need by completing Section C of the application form. The deadline for application for the September 2002 session is March 15. 5.1.2 Entrance Scholarships Scholarships awarded to entering students are tenable as long as the student is carrying a full course load, and all other conditions of the award are fulfilled. Some scholarships are renewable if stated in the scholarship offer. 5.1.3 The Bell Scholarship The Bell Scholarship is an entrance scholarship that was established in 2002 as the premier entrance scholarship at Mount Allison. It was established to perpetuate the memory of the Bell Family and their significant contributions to Mount Allison. The scholarship celebrates students who have demonstrated strong academic ability, leadership potential, volunteer work, extracurricular activities, work experience and good citizenship. Students interested in this scholarship must submit their completed application form by March 15th, following the criteria outlined on the Mount Allison application for admission form. 5.1.4 Scholarships for Returning Students All students who attend Mount Allison will be considered for scholarships after their first year of study. These scholarships will be awarded annually to the very best students enrolled in a full course load in each faculty. Alumni Entrance Scholarship Alumni Life Membership Scholarship Dr. George Anderson Scholarship Mary Mellish Archibald Scholarship E. Louise Arnett Memorial Scholarship Anne Whittaker Bailey Scholarship Percy Simpson Bailey Scholarship W.W. Beer Scholarship Marjorie Young Bell Scholarship Ralph Pickard Bell Scholarship Lord Bennett Scholarship Malcolm Bent Memorial Scholarship Herbert Blair Scholarship Mary MacNutt Blaikie Scholarship Borden-Macoun Scholarship C.N. Brown Scholarship S.A. Brown Scholarship S.J. Budden Scholarship G. and G. Cameron Scholarship Clark Memorial Scholarship Class of 1941 Scholarship Class of 1951 Scholarship Class of 1960 Scholarship Class of 1965 Millennium Scholarship Class of 1978 Scholarship Nathan Cohen Memorial Scholarship Nina F. Cohen Scholarship John Dixon Copp Scholarship Crake Scholarship William S.A. Daley Scholarship Edgar Davidson Memorial Scholarship Dawson Scholarship Marguerite Deinstadt Scholarship L.G. DesBrisay Scholarship C.F. Dixon Scholarship Ebbutt Memorial Trust Scholarship Ellis Family Fund Lavinia Estabrooks Scholarship Faculty Scholarship Fred S. Fountain Scholarship Jeff 'Skip' Fraser, Memorial Scholarship William Thomas Ross Flemington Scholarship Ronald and Frances Ford Family Scholarship Gairdner Scholarship F.W. and H.R. George Scholarship Dr. L.A. Goodridge Scholarship G. Gosnell Scholarship Anna Gough Scholarship Graduating Organ Student Scholarship Wallace and Rosena Hill Scholarship Sidney W. Hunton Scholarship R.A. Jodrey Scholarship Allison Heartz Johnson Scholarship Ron Joyce Scholarship Khaki Scholarship James Alan Killiam Scholarship Karl and Judy Larsen Scholarship Jeannie Forbes Leslie Memorial Scholarship Donald Corbel LeQuesne Scholarship R.W. and Ruth Lister Scholarship Grace Annie Lockhart Memorial Scholarship London Life Business Education Scholarship Rouie Adair Long Student Research Award Elizabeth Lovett Scholarship Stuart Lowerison Scholarship L.A. Machum Scholarship MacIntyre Memorial Scholarship Robert A. Marsh Scholarship Ralph Marshall Scholarship L. W. McAnn Scholarship Harrison McCain Scholarship M. McKean Scholarship Nathaniel Morgan Scholarship Donald MacGregor Scholarship Margaret and Malcolm MacIntyre Scholarship Alastair MacLeod Scholarship Maple Leaf Foods Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Mitra Scholarship Mount Allison Scholarship Music Faculty Artists Scholarship Gladys Muttart Scholarship MTT Scholarship NB School Trustees Association Scholarship NB Tel Centennial Scholarship NB Tel Mobility Freedom Fund Scholarship NB Tel Student Research Scholarship David Neale Scholarship Shirley J. (Cumming) Nolan Scholarship Nova Scotia Power Research Scholarship Graduating Organ Student Scholarship G. J. Oulton Scholarship T.B. Parlee Scholarship Donald D. Patterson Scholarship H. P. and L. G. Patterson Scholarship Mary Emerancy Pickard Scholarship H.L. Pottle Scholarship E. B. Pulford Scholarship J.R. Quinn Scholarship Charles Gordan Rand Scholarship The Rand Family Scholarship Jennie Robinson Quinn Scholarship Sally Rodd Scholarship R.H.W. Foundation Scholarship John J.E. Risser Scholarship George Victor Ross Scholarship Ruggles-Gates Scholarship Sharp Scholarship E. Sharp Scholarship Shell Canada Recruitment Scholarship Shenton Scholarship Smith Scholarship Edgar Sparkes Scholarship Edgar F Sparkes Memorial Scholarship Stiles-Towse Scholarship J. J. Stewart Scholarship TD Bank Financial Group Scholarship George J. Trueman Scholarship Canadian University Women's (Sackville) Scholarship Wallace Weekend Scholarship Sterling Walls Scholarship Mae Taylor Walshman Scholarship Jean T. Ward Scholarship E. Westhaver Scholarship Weston Family Scholarship R.G.G. Wilkinson Scholarship Robert H. Winters Scholarship Wood Memorial Scholarship C. and M. Wry Scholarship Don Wright Scholarship Angus Stuart Young Scholarship 5.2 BURSARIES The Mount Allison bursary programme provides assistance to full-time and part-time students who demonstrate financial need and who have exhausted all other avenues of support. Prior to applying for a Mount Allison bursary, applicants should apply to their Province or Country of residence for financial aid. Bursaries are awarded on the basis of financial need to students who have made satisfactory academic progress. Students needing assistance are encouraged to obtain an application form early in the semester. Application forms are found on the web under Student Administrative Services. (http://www.mta.ca/sas/) 5.2.1 Entrance Bursary Programme Mount Allison's Entrance Bursary Programme has been established to offer assistance to students who have financial need in order to provide access to post-secondary education and to help them successfully complete their studies within a reasonable time period. Bursaries "are determined based on financial need and are intended to supplement, but not replace, the student's own resources and the resources of the applicant's immediate family." Financial need is established when a student can demonstrate that his/her expenses exceed his/her resources. This financial aid component was developed and implemented in 2001. It has been designed to help entering students with exceptional financial need who show academic promise. Students are encouraged to send in their completed entrance bursary application prior to mid-April in order to be considered. Students must first be accepted for admission at Mount Allison before his/her Entrance Bursary application is processed. To maintain their eligibility, students must also apply to their province for a student loan. Students starting in January are not eligible for this award. George Anderson Bursary Aramark Canada Bursary Athletic Achievement Bursary Kay Beaman Memorial Bursary Clifford Belding Bursary Stephen Bird Bursary Birks Family Bursary J.J. Blackburn Bursary Charles H. Blakeney Bursary Borden Family Bursary John Bourinot Bursary George T. Bowser Bursary Brecken Bursary W.A. and Emma Broidy Bursary Catherine Callbeck Bursary Aubrey and Nancy Cameron Bursary Kathleen Cameron Bursary Guardian Capital Inc. Bursary D. Carlisle Music Bursary S. and J. Clark Bursary John T. Clarke Bursary Class of '33 International Student Bursary Class of '43 Bursary Class of '48 Bursary Class of '52 Bursary Class of '58 Bursary Class of '59 Bursary Class of '63 Bursary Class of '89 Bursary Class of '93 Bursary Coca Cola Bursary E.R. Cogswell Bursary Purdy Crawford Bursary Dr. William (Bill) Crawford Bursary Eric Dennis Memorial Bursary Annie A. Dickson Bursary J.L. Dixon Bursary Margaret Duvar Bursary David Ebert Bursary Margaret Evans Memorial Bursary Facilities Management Bursary John A. Fraser Memorial Fund Fundy Bursary Harvey Gilmour Bursary Donald T. Goodwin Bursary Guardian Capital Inc Bursary A.and T. Harrison Bursary G.R. Hart Bursary James C. Healy Bursary E.L. Heighton Bursary H.E.Y. Day Bursary J. R. Howard Bursary Annie Inch Hunton Bursary International Student Bursary Rev. J.A. Jardine Bursary Herbert Williams Kimball Bursary Louisbourg Investment Bursary Dr. Warren Langille Music Bursary W. Holly and E. Francis Lister Bursary Terrance C. Lockwood Bursary David McArel MacAulay Award Allan MacBeth Bursary Margaret Jean MacCallum Bursary E. and W.C.S. MacDonald Bursary Iver MacIver Bursary Adele MacLennan Bursary Jean Manuel Memorial Bursary Ralph Marshall Bursary Mature Student Bursary A.R. McClellan Bursary Christine McInnis Memorial Bursary J. William McLaggan Bursary Mt.A. Staff Association Bursary W.O. Lloyd Allison Munson Award Music Bursary Robert M. Ogilvie Bursary Doris M. Pickup Memorial Bursary Muriel F. Pottle Bursary Ivan C. Rand Bursary Regents Bursary M. and P. Rice Bursary Marjorie Wry Robertson Bursary Jean L. Rose Bursary E. Rossinger Bursary Sackville Business Bursary Sawdon Bursary Scoudouc Bursary Craig Sears Memorial Bursary Arthur and Evelyn Simpkins Bursary J. Wesley Smith Bursary R.L. and M.L. Stailing Bursary Harriett Starr Stewart Bursary Tantramar Drama Bursary Rodger Taylor Bursary United Church Bursary Joseph Samuel and Cora Vallis Bursary Avard Wells Bursary Westmorland Bursary James Wheeler Memorial Bursary Rev. Arthur Whiteside Memorial Bursary WUSC Student Bursary Angus Stuart Young Bursary Chris Young Memorial Bursary F. Young Bursary 5.3 PRE-THEOLOGICAL BURSARIES Various forms of financial assistance are available to students at Mount Allison who intend to study theology and enter some form of Christian Ministry. Through the generosity of donors over the years, the following endowed funds are available: Dr. E. Baker Theologue Laura M. Baxter Theologue Andrew M. Bell Theologue Harold S. Bishop Memorial Theologue Mary Jane Bowser Pre-Theological Theologue Rev. Dr. G. Roy and Olive Scott Bragg Theologue Annie Maud Cann Theologue F.O. Creighton Theologue Rev. Edwin Evans, D.D. and Martha E. Evans Memorial Theologue Ella Mersereau Evans Theologue Nancy M. Fraser, R.N. and Norman S. Fraser Theologue Jairus Hart Theologue Jerusalem Theologue R. B. MacLellan Theologue F.R. Matthews Theologue Pre-Theological Theologue Robert Robertson Theologue James Edward Shanklin Memorial Theologue Howard M. Silver Memorial Theologue John Wesley Smith Theologue Richard W. Weddall Memorial Theologue 5.3.1 The Mount Allison Theological Fund The Mount Allison Theological Fund is administered by the Pre-Theological student advisor and is used in a variety of ways for the benefit of pre-theological students. Monies from the fund are available to students in the form of loans and bursaries. Various denominations provide assistance to students in Arts who intend to study for some form of Christian ministry. Information can be obtained from the Pre-Theological student advisor. In addition, some theological schools offer scholarships and bursaries to students in Arts who undertake to study theology at the theological school concerned. Pine Hill Divinity Hall (the United Church component of the Atlantic School of Theology) offers grants to students preparing for the ministry in the United Church. Students must commit themselves to taking full courses in Theology at the Atlantic School of Theology and plan to work for at least two years thereafter for the United Church of Canada. Students who do not fulfill these conditions are expected to arrange for repayment of monies received. 5.3.2 Application Procedure Advanced applications are not necessary for Pre-Theological bursaries, but students who wish to avail themselves of these funds should contact the Pre-Theological student advisor at the beginning of the academic year. 5.4 PRIZES Francis S. Allison Award D. A. Anderson Prize C.F. Allison Avard Prize John P. Asimakos Award Ada Ayer Prize David Beatty History Prize Allison Watson Beveridge Prize Katherine (Shaw) Bigelow Prize Lady Banting Prize Bio Med Society Prize Birks Medal David Blackwood Prize Brooks Psychology Prize James Noel Brunton Prize Canadian Association of Geographers Undergraduate Award A.D. Carter Prize CGA Prize David Chalmers Memorial Prize Chancellor's Prize Society of Chemical Industry Award J.H. Chase Prize Colpitts Prize Commerce Marketing Prize Dr. J.E.A. Crake Award in Fine Arts, Music and Drama W.S.H. Crawford Prize James A. Daniel Prize Deloitte and Touche Prize David Ebert Memorial Prize Ernst and Young Prize Lillian May Fancy Award Fensom Research Prize Ambassador of France Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Donald T. Goodwin Prize Governor General's Gold Medal Graham Atlantic Writing Prize Graham Memorial Prize Benjamin Heartz Prize I.O.D.E. Prize James R. Inch Memorial Prize Henry D. Larsen Prize Hibbert C. Laurence Prize Alden Leard Memorial Prize Reverend Stephen Lisson Award Bruce I. MacDonald Prize H.W. McKeil Prize John Wesley McLeod Prize Gordon Manson Award George Everett Matthews Award J.W. McLeod Prize John C.G. Moore Prize Mount Allison Conservatory Prize Music History Essay Prize N.B.I.C.A. Prize Newbould Prize in British History E. George Nichols Prize in Psychology Don Norton Memorial Award Ogden Memorial Prize Harold Oxley Prize Charles H. Paisley Prize Allison Patterson Prize Ethel Peake Memorial Prize Peters Prize Philos Prize Muriel Hewson Philp Prize David Pickard Prize Donna L. Purdy Memorial Award Province of Quebec in the Atlantic Provinces W. J. Robinson Prize Harold M. Rogers Memorial Prize R. Ruggles-Gates Award Murray Sears Memorial Prize Sheffield Prize Simpson Memorial Prize Dr. A. Smith Classics Book Prize Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology Prize Ambassador of Spain Robert L. and Mabel Stailing Prize Reverend E.R.and Ross Stanway Prize Steeves Memorial Prize F. A. Surbey Prize in Psychology Ambassador of Switzerland Minnie Evans Tait Memorial Prize Florence Webb Tate Prize Grace Tomkinson Memorial Prize Dr. Gordon Treash Prize William Morley Tweedie Medal Tyler Prize Weeks Prize Wightman Prize Laura Sofia Wood Prize 5.5 SPECIAL SUMMER SCHOLARSHIPS Bell Junior Research Fellowships Dr. Harold E. Bigelow Scholarship Class of '46 Summer Scholarship Crake Junior Research Fellowships Petrocan Research Fellowships Universitas Research Fellowships Goodridge Summer Fellowships 5.6 THE DONALD A. CAMERON STUDENT LOAN FUND Donald A. Cameron served this University as Registrar from 1959 to 1986, following a term as Assistant Professor of Education. He obtained a B.Sc. in 1950 from Mount Allison University. In 1952-53, he held a Lord Beaverbrook Overseas Scholarship and received a Diploma in English Educational Thought and Practice from the University of London in 1953. Upon his retirement as Registrar in 1986, and in recognition of his long and distinguished service, the University established the Donald A. Cameron Student Loan Fund from which students with financial need and good academic standing might be able to obtain assistance. Interested students may apply at the Office of Student Administrative Services.


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