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C.3 Recommendation for admission

The Admissions Committeeexamines the applicant’s file and considers whether:

i.the applicant has the minimum academic requirements set by the School of Graduate

Studies,

ii.the applicant has the minimum academic requirements set by the Environmental Science Board of Study, e.g. a successful applicant to the M.Env.Sci. or M.Sc. program will normally have a BSc Honours degree or a Bachelor's degree in Engineering; a successful applicant to the PhD program will normally have a M.Sc. degree,

iii.the applicant has completed background coursework or has employment experience in the research area of interest to the applicant,

iv.the letters of reference are supportive of the application,

v.the necessary laboratory and office space will be available,

vi.the applicant is eligible for a student stipend and funding is available.

 

If an applicant is considered acceptable, the next step is to match the applicant with a faculty supervisor. It is the applicant’s responsibility to find a potential supervisor. Faculty members interested in supervising a particular applicant should discuss the applicant’s file with the Program Chair. A recommendation by the Admissions Committee is recorded in the applicant's file.

 

Where agreement is reached between the Admissions Committee and a potential supervisor to recommend acceptance of an applicant, the faculty member asks at least two other faculty members to serve on a supervisory committee. In consultation with the Program Chair and, where possible, with the applicant, the supervisory committee submits to the School of Graduate Studies the following forms (Appendix E):

- Program of Study

- First Supervisory Report (including a description of the proposed research topic)

- Funding Form

 

The applicant’s file is then reviewed by the Dean of Graduate Studies, who recommend acceptance, or not, into the Environmental Science Program. The final decision rests with the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies.


Applicants for whom there is no potential supervisor are not accepted into the Environmental Science Program, and the Program Chair will notify the School of Graduate Studies that the applicant’s file should be closed.

 

C.4 Acceptance

Following acceptance by the Dean of Graduate Studies, the applicant is sent an official

letter of acceptance giving details of the proposed program along with a accept/decline form to be returned to the School of Graduate Studies. Where documentary proof that the candidate has obtained the necessary entrance qualifications is still awaited, the candidate may be sent a provisional letter of acceptance.

 

C.5 Fees and payment plans

Fees are payable at the time of registration. All graduate students must be registered in

each of the three semesters of the academic year throughout the period of their program, until all academic requirements are met and they have been deemed eligible to graduate by the School of Graduate Studies.



 

 


Date: 2016-03-03; view: 647


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