Graduate Policy and Regulations

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research

The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research  

• Policies and Regulations  
• Responsibilities Related to Graduate Programs  

Members of the Faculty  

General Information  

• Graduate Programs Offered  
• Thesis-Based Master’s and PhD Learning Outcomes  
• Graduate Teaching and Learning Program  
• Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Community Volunteer Program   
• Information for International Students  
• Fees  

Regulations of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research  

• Application for Admission  
• Aboriginal Applicants  
• Graduate Program Entrance Requirements  
  • Academic Requirements  
  • English Language Requirement  
• Graduate Admission  
  • Admission with Conditions  
  • Readmission  
• Classification of Graduate Students  
• Registration  
  • Registration Procedure  
  • Registration Status  
  • Maintenance of Registration​  
  • Minimum Registration Requirements  
  • Regulations of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research  
  • End-of-Program Registration Deadlines for Thesis-based Students  
  • Courses Extra-to-Degree  
  • Registration in More than One Degree Program  
  • Registration at the Completion of the Program  
• Transfer Credit, Course Exemption/Substitution, and Credit by Special Assessment   
• Change of Program  
• Approved Leave of Absence  
• Academic Integrity and Ethics Training Requirement  
• Professional Development Requirement  
• Academic Standing  
• Language Requirement  
• Residence Requirement  
• Time Limit for Completion of Graduate Programs  
• Extensions   
• Convocation  
• Intellectual Property  
• Appeals and Grievances  
• Course-based Master’s Programs  
  • Laddering of Freestanding Graduate Certificates and Diplomas into a Course-based Master’s Degree  ​  
• Thesis-Based Master’s Programs  
• Doctoral Degrees  
• Doctoral Program Three-year Progress Requirement  
• Shared Credential Master’s and Doctoral Degrees  
• Individual Interdisciplinary Studies  
• Diploma and Certificate Programs  

Supervision and Examinations  

• Supervision and Supervisory Committees  
  • Appointment of the Supervisor  
  • Eligibility for Appointment as Supervisor  
  • Resolving Conflicts in Supervisor-Student Relationships  
  • Supervisory Committees  
• The Role of and Structure of Examining Committees  
  • Categories of Examiners and Eligibility  
  • Conflict of Interest Guidelines for Supervisory and Examination Committees   
  • Size and Composition of Examining Committees  
• Conduct of Examinations  
  • Common Examination Protocols  
  • Conduct of Thesis and Candidacy Examinations  
  • Thesis Based Master’s Program Examination  
  • Doctoral Candidacy Examination  
  • Decision of the Candidacy Committee  
  • Final Doctoral Examination  
  • Decision of the Doctoral Final Examining Committee  
• Thesis Requirements  

Graduate Financial Support  

• Graduate Teaching or Research Assistantships  
• University-Administered Awards—General Information  
• Loans and Bursaries  

Programs

Graduate

• •  Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science [Graduate]
• •  Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine [Graduate]
• •  Anthropology [Graduate]
• •  Art and Design [Graduate]
• •  Biochemistry [Graduate]
• •  Biological Sciences [Graduate]
• •  Biomedical Engineering [Graduate]
• •  Business [Graduate]
• •  Cell Biology [Graduate]
• •  Chemical and Materials Engineering [Graduate]
• •  Chemistry [Graduate]
• •  Civil and Environmental Engineering [Graduate]
• •  Communication Sciences and Disorders [Graduate]
• •  Communications and Technology [Graduate]
• •  Community Engagement [Graduate]
• •  Community-Based Research and Evaluation (CBRE) [Graduate]
• •  Comparative Literature Program [Graduate]
• •  Computing Science [Graduate]
• •  Dentistry [Graduate]
• •  Digital Humanities [Graduate]
• •  Drama [Graduate]
• •  Earth and Atmospheric Sciences [Graduate]
• •  East Asian Studies [Graduate]
• •  Economics [Graduate]
• •  Education [Graduate]
• •  Educational Policy Studies [Graduate]
• •  Educational Psychology [Graduate]
• •  Educational Studies [Graduate]
• •  Electrical and Computer Engineering [Graduate]
• •  Elementary Education [Graduate]
• •  English and Film Studies [Graduate]
• •  Faculté Saint-Jean [Graduate]
• •  Health Sciences Education [Graduate]
• •  History and Classics [Graduate]
• •  Human Ecology [Graduate]
• •  Internetworking [Graduate]
• •  Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation [Graduate]
• •  Laboratory Medicine and Pathology [Graduate]
• •  Law [Graduate]
• •  Library and Information Studies [Graduate]
• •  Linguistics [Graduate]
• •  Mathematical and Statistical Sciences [Graduate]
• •  Mechanical Engineering [Graduate]
• •  Medical Genetics [Graduate]
• •  Medical Microbiology and Immunology [Graduate]
• •  Medical Sciences [Graduate]
• •  Medicine [Graduate]
• •  Mining and Petroleum Engineering [Graduate]
• •  Modern Languages and Cultural Studies [Graduate]
• •  Music [Graduate]
• •  Native Studies [Graduate]
• •  Neuroscience [Graduate]
• •  Nursing [Graduate]
• •  Obstetrics and Gynecology [Graduate]
• •  Occupational Therapy [Graduate]
• •  Oncology [Graduate]
• •  Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences [Graduate]
• •  Paediatrics [Graduate]
• •  Pharmacology [Graduate]
• •  Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences [Graduate]
• •  Philosophy [Graduate]
• •  Physical Therapy [Graduate]
• •  Physics [Graduate]
• •  Physiology [Graduate]
• •  Political Science [Graduate]
• •  Psychiatry [Graduate]
• •  Psychology [Graduate]
• •  Public Health [Graduate]
• •  Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging [Graduate]
• •  Rehabilitation Medicine [Graduate]
• •  Religious Studies [Graduate]
• •  Renewable Resources [Graduate]
• •  Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology [Graduate]
• •  Secondary Education [Graduate]
• •  Sociology [Graduate]
• •  Surgery [Graduate]
• •  Women’s and Gender Studies [Graduate]