Courses

See also the "Course Selection" section of this Calendar and "How to Read a Course Description" below.

Exclusions, Prerequisites and Corequisites

1. Exclusions
   Students may not register for credit in a course which lists as an exclusion a course they are currently taking or have already passed. (This includes credit awarded for work at other institutions.) Courses are not always mutually exclusive, so it is important to check the entries for both courses when one lists the other as an exclusion. Where students enrol in an excluded course, the second course will be marked as an extra course (see "Standing in a Course" in the Registration section of this Calendar) and, although it will appear on the transcript, it will not count towards the degree.
   Notes:
   1. Students should be aware that ROSI does not automatically check for exclusions. Although courses will be identified as extra courses as soon as the exclusion is discovered, this could happen without warning at any time during the student's studies at U of T Scarborough.
   2. Although they may not appear in this Calendar, some Faculty of Arts & Science or U of T Mississauga courses may be exclusions of U of T Scarborough courses and vice versa. Similarly, some U of T Scarborough courses, particularly ones that are no longer in the curriculum, may not appear in this Calendar as exclusions. If U of T Scarborough, U of T Mississauga and Faculty of Arts & Science courses have similar titles or content, contact the Departmental Office offering the course(s) to determine if the course(s) content is so similar that the courses should be considered as exclusions. It is always good practice to consult an academic advisor or program supervisor before taking courses on other campuses.
2. Prerequisites
   Students must have passed the prerequisite course before enrolling in the course being described. Instructors are permitted to waive prerequisites if they feel that there are adequate grounds for so doing. The Registrar's Office does NOT require notification of a prerequisite waiver. However, when the course being waived is listed as a program requirement, students should discuss the matter in advance with their program supervisor - a program exception form may be necessary. If a student registers in a course without meeting its prerequisite and without obtaining a specific waiver, the student may be withdrawn from the course at any time without warning. Students who are not withdrawn from the course remain in it at their own risk for lack of the prerequisite is not grounds for special consideration. Students who complete courses for which they have obtained a waiver of specific prerequisites may not subsequently obtain credit for the less-advanced prerequisite courses. Students may not register for credit in a course that is a specific prerequisite for a course they have already passed. In these instances, the course will be counted as "extra" (see the section of this Calendar on extra courses).
3. Corequisites
   Students must either already have passed the corequisite course, or must enrol in it at the same time as they take the course being described. Instructors are permitted to waive corequisites if they feel that there are adequate grounds for so doing. If students register in a course without meeting its corequisite, or if they withdraw from the co-required course without obtaining a specific waiver of the corequisite, they may be withdrawn from the course at any time. Students who are not withdrawn from the course remain in it at their own risk for lack of the corequisite is not grounds for special consideration.
4. Prerequisites in Square Brackets
   Square Brackets are used in prerequisites to indicate aggregate or alternate choices example: [ECMB01H3 or ECMB02H3] & [ECMB05H3 or ECMB06H3]
5. Recommended
   In addition to prerequisites and corequisites, other background material or courses that enhance a student's understanding of a course may be listed in the course description as "Recommended".
6. Exclusions, Prerequisites and Corequisites in Parentheses
   Some exclusions and some prerequisite and corequisite courses are enclosed in parentheses; example (MGTC03H3). This indicates that the course is no longer in the curriculum. Students who have already passed an excluded course contained in parentheses may not take the course being described. Students who have completed, in a previous session, a prerequisite or corequisite course contained in parentheses may make use of the course to meet the requirements of the course being described.

Supervised Reading, Supervised Research and Independent Study Courses

Students in these courses work under the direction of a faculty member with whom they meet periodically or in whose laboratory they work. Students must obtain written permission of instructors before enrolling in them. (Forms are available from the Registrar's Office.) Please note that some disciplines require submission of their own special application forms for courses of this type in addition to the Supervised Study form.

WebOption Courses

Some U of T Scarborough courses have webOption sections intended to provide enhanced flexibility with respect to how and when students attend lectures. These sections are normally created by taping instructors as they give their traditional lectures, then posting these taped lectures, along with any slides shown in class, on the internet for students to watch online. Thus, students can make these classes fit their lives and their schedules.

Credit/No Credit