Special Permissions
A recommendation for Special Permission must be obtained from the department offering the course, and then approved by the Academic Counselling Team in NCB 280, before you can register for a course without the prerequisite, despite a timetable conflict, etc.
If special permission is granted for you to take a particular course, then try to register for it online as soon as your enrolment date arrives. You may need to call the Helpline at 519.661.2100 for assistance, depending on the permission granted. There is some new functionality that is used by some departments and faculties to allow more students to register for courses online but it is not available for all special permissions.
Go to "Special Permissions" on the Academic Counselling Team's website for the procedure to request permission to register in an increased/unbalanced load (e.g. 5.5 courses) and/or for a course:
- that is full
- for which you don't have the prerequisite
- that has a timetable conflict with another course, or
- that is offered at Brescia, King's and Huron and requires home faculty permission
FAQs about requesting special permission and basic medical science courses:
Will permission be granted to register in a course without meeting a constraint (priority or restriction)?
Special permission to waive a constraint will likely will not be granted by any Basic Medical Science department. Any recommendation to waive a constraint must be subsequently approved by the BMSUE Office.
See the Access to Courses page for information about the constraints.
Will permission be granted to take another course in place of a modular course?
You may ask the department offering the module to send a recommendation to use another course in place of a stated modular course to the BMSUE office. If approved by the BMSUE Office, then the recommendation will be sent to the Academic Counselling Office in NCB 280 for final approval.
