Course Load Requirements
In order to maintain your registration eligibility, you must register for at least one course in the Winter Session. All students are restricted to a maximum of 36 credits per winter session AND a maximum of 21 credits per term. If you wish to take more than the maximum number of credits allowed, please see Candace Parsons, FSC 2615.

Required Courses
Regardless of the number of credits you register for, you are expected to register for the core courses that are required for the degree to which you were admitted. Each September, Student Services reviews your course registration to ensure you are correctly following your degree program. If you are found to be registered in courses that are not required by your degree, you will be notified in writing immediately and given the opportunity to correct your registration. If, following a second review in May, your course registration is still not consistent with the program to which you were admitted, your eligibility to continue in the Faculty of Forestry will be permanently revoked.

Course Exemptions   
It may be possible for you to receive an exemption from a course, provided you can demonstrate that you have sufficiently mastered the course material. Your instructor will require either a description of the equivalent course you completed at another institution or a detailed description of equivalent work experience. Exemptions require the approval of both the course Instructor AND the Program Advisor/Program Director.

Exempted courses do not appear on your UBC transcript; however, the degree requirement is considered complete.

Please note that course exemptions WILL NOT be granted for FRST 452, under any circumstances.

Course Challenges
In special circumstances, you can challenge a required course by writing the final exam for course credit. If your request is approved by your Program Advisor and the course Instructor, you would be required to register for the course and pay the applicable tuition fees. The grade you earn on the challenge exam is recorded on your official academic transcript as your final grade in the course.

Distance Education Courses
All students are blocked from registering for Continuing Studies Distance Education courses. If you are interested in taking a course by correspondence through UBC you will need the permission of your Program Advisor or Program Director. Once you have been given written permission, please see Candace Parsons, FSC 2615 in order to register for the course.

Courses at another Institution
In special circumstances, you may seek permission from your Program Advisor or Program Director to take a required course at another institution. Permission will only be granted under the following conditions:

1. You have previously failed the UBC course
2. A conflict exists between required courses that cannot be resolved
3. Completion of the off-campus course will speed up your graduation by at least one term.

Please note that First Year students will not be granted permission to complete courses at another post secondary institution while attending UBC.

Letter of Permission
In order to take a course at another Institution, you must obtain a Letter of Permission from your Program Advisor, Program Director, or Student Services. Without this Letter of Permission, the Faculty of Forestry is under no obligation to grant transfer credit.

Student Services can advise you on the transferability of the course you are hoping to take or you can look online through the B.C. Council on Admission and Transfers.

Leave of Absence
You do not need permission to take a Leave of Absence from your studies; however, it is recommended that you discuss your decision with your Program Advisor before leaving. If you plan to take an entire winter session off, you will have to apply for re-admission to the University before June 30 of the year you intend to return. In order to be eligible to re-apply, you must be in good academic standing at the time of your departure; otherwise, you need to appeal your readmission based on medical grounds. You will not be eligible for readmission if, at the time of your departure, you were not following your degree program requirements.