#upper year

[yorkulife]

Hi , will there be a problem if I do not finish my general education courses within first 54 courses? Can I do them during 4th year or its not allowed?

It could be a problem because you would need those courses to graduate in addition to whatever your other requirements are, but I don’t think there’s anything that will stop you from enrolling in gen eds as a fourth year; I had fourth-year students in mine.

- W

[yorkulife]

I am a 4th year student. In my second year my GPA dropped and I got kicked out of my program. Each year I try to bring my GPA up and I don't get it to where it needs to be. I am running out of time. I was thinking just to petition marks from past years off my transcript and beg the committee council for a fresh start. What do you think? There were no medical reasons or anything. Just me asking for mercy

Unfortunately, it’s honestly too late to petition second year courses at this point, and even if you wrote a heart felt letter they likely won’t accept your petition because it’s past the deadline and it wouldn’t be fair to other students.

Your best option is to finish with a Bachelors if you can meet a 4.0 GPA, and you might have to settle for the program you were either switched to or changed to yourself. You can always come back to York after graduating and upgrade your GPA by doing courses as a non-degree student, or doing a second undergrad degree.

The other option is to repeat the courses you did poorly in, or to petition courses that you did poorly in recently (that is, courses that you finished this year).

- H

[yorkulife]

hey, i'm a 4th year student. i was wondering if it was possible to remove i did exceptionally bad in during my first year.

It’s too late to do that now, the time limit for petitioning a course is 1 year with a reason as to why the petition is being submitted late. Ideally, you should’ve petitioned within 30 days of the course ending.

- H

[yorkulife]

Hi there! If we need a certain number of credits for electives, does it matter what level courses they are? Also, is there like a limit to the number of first year or 1000-level courses we can take? I am in my second year and am taking 3 mandatory 2000-level courses and 2 1000-level courses for my electives, and last year I took a 1000-level 6 credit course for my elective as well. Is that fine?

It doesn’t really matter no, but you do have to be careful because you usually need two upper year (3000/4000) electives in an Honours. You should talk to an academic advisor to confirm.

- H

[yorkulife]

Hey, I've noticed a lot of the General Education courses are only Level 1 courses. I'm going to be starting 2nd year this fall and I don't have my sosc or nats credits because all the courses are fuIl. I know there's a one up/one down policy when it comes to choosing courses. So my question is, does the one up/one down policy apply to required courses? Would I be able to take my required SOSC and NATS courses in the summer or next year, or would it not be possible because of the policy? - Thanks

The one up/one down is a general rule of thumb, it’s not a policy. Yes you can still take your gen eds next year, it’s just recommended that you finish gen ed requirements before third year because it’s harder for upper year students to get into first year courses later on; new students are given priority in 1000 level courses instead of upper years.

- H

[yorkulife]

hey I tried using the degree progress report but it isn’t working for me so I found this chart thing (http://www.yorku.ca/laps/comn/documents/ChecklistforHonoursBASeptember2014.pdf) with the requirements for my program and i’m slightly confused and was wondering if you could help me figure this out

- I only took 21 credits in my first year (9 elective credits and 12 gen ed credits ) -I’m taking COMN 1000 6.0 this year so I can’t take any other COMN class until next summer. -For my gen eds I just need a 9.0 HUMA or SOSC to complete them (can I take two 6.0 credit courses instead of one 9.0 credit?) -and I need 9.0 Elective credits to finish those ^^i’m taking these during f/w 15-16^^ but what else can I take so I don’t fall more behind?  this is what i’m confused on what the heck are “other credits”?  can you please explain the upper level requirement section? i’m really confused about the part where it says “Including credits earned in major, Students must complete at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, at least 18 of which must be at the 4000 level.” but it only has a spot for one 6.0 3000 course and one 6.0 4000 course  hopefully one of you can help me☺️ and thanks in advance!😊

Hi anon, 

For my gen eds I just need a 9.0 HUMA or SOSC to complete them (can I take two 6.0 credit courses instead of one 9.0 credit?)

Yes you can.

what the heck are “other credits”?

I can only assume that they’re referring to electives because all the major courses/credits are already accounted for in the check-list.

can you please explain the upper level requirement section? i’m really confused about the part where it says “Including credits earned in major, Students must complete at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, at least 18 of which must be at the 4000 level.”

Basically, you would need 18 credits in 4000 level courses and 18 credits in 3000 level courses.

The including term, refers to taking electives at the upper year level along with major courses.

If you need further explanation then I strongly recommend seeing an academic advisor as we can’t answer all questions regarding specific majors, especially concerning requirements.

H

[yorkulife]

Is it possible to take an upper year course while I'm still in second year?

Yes, but as long as you have the prereq.

- H

[yorkulife]

Hi! Upper year anon again, on ouac 105, which is where I applied to york through, I applied to the psych program and put the year I wanted to get to as upper year not first year. And I got accepted into that like I said but this lady from york that I talked to said I can get into second year with my diploma program that I have and transfer credits over, but I just wasn't sure of how many like just a years worth or maybe 1.5? But upper year is really third year?

Hello anon,

I’m actually not familiar with this process of applying to upper year actually, and especially as a transfer student. Like I said previously, there’s no way for me to tell you how many transfer credits you’ll get because it’s assessed case by case. So, I would strongly encourage you to talk to Undergraduate Admissions and get some clarification from them.I know someone who applied through OUAC 105 before and they never had the option to choose which year level they’re enrolling in only which session, so it might be different for you as a college transfer.

As far as I’m aware upper year would be considered third year and up.

- H