[Prevscilist] Course waivers and Transferred Credits

[Atika Khurana]

Hello Prev Sci Faculty and Students,

I have received several queries about course waivers and would like to 
clarify a few things. This builds on what Dr. Krista Chronister has 
already shared with you. The information below has been confirmed by UO 
Grad School and COE Leadership.

_*Course waivers:*_

*Who approves the waiver? *- The instructor of the course (i.e., the 
person who the dept. has determined to deliver the content) is the one 
who decides whether a course can be waived or not.  Most programs also 
require the Program Director to approve the course waiver. For the PREV 
program, Program Director approval is also required for course waivers.

*What criteria need to be met? *- Besides the content (waivers are 
usually based on coursework and rarely based on previous experience or 
field work), the course needs to be taken within a 7 year window from 
the course being waived. i.e., if you are waiving a course in Fall 2017, 
you should have taken the previous course in Fall 2010 or later.

*What is being waived? - *In case of course waivers, only the content is 
being waived, not the credit hrs. Students still need to meet min credit 
requirements for the program (doctoral = 81; masters = 45) regardless of 
courses waived.  See more details about UO Grad School PhD and Masters 
requirements here - 
https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/policies-procedures/enrollment-residency 
(PhD) and https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/node/216 (Masters)

*What are the steps involved? - *1) Student seeks approval for waiver 
from the course instructor by submitting the previous course syllabus 
and gets the "petition to waiver" form signed (see attachment). 2) The 
Program Director approves it (for PREV). 3) The student provides the 
signed petition to waiver form, Program Director's written approval, and 
course syllabus to the SSC (student services coordinator) to include as 
documentation in their file.

_*Transferred Credits:*_

According to UO Grad School, students enrolled in a PhD program CANNOT 
transfer any credits towards the 81 cr. min.

Masters students can transfer up to 15 credits, provided the credits 
being transferred were not satisfying requirements for another awarded 
degree. Find more details here - 
https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/policies-procedures/masters/transfer

For transferring credits, the course needs to be taken 7 years from time 
of program completion/graduation. If the student takes longer to 
graduate, the transferred credits from courses taken prior to 7 years 
would no longer be valid.

Please feel free to contact us in case you have any questions.

Atika & Leslie


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