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2012-2013 Academic Year

Deferral Policy - Consecutive and Concurrent Programs
Consecutive Education Program

Deferrals of admission into the one-year BEd program will be allowed only for serious medical circumstances and for compassionate reasons.  When requesting a medical deferral, teacher candidates must submit to the Education Registrar:  1) a medical certificate to be received no later than 15 August; and 2) a medical clearance form when they are ready to return (to be received no later than 1 March). When requesting a compassionate deferral, candidates must submit documentation to support their appeal. Deferrals will be given for one academic year only.  

Applicants who have been granted deferrals are required to submit an application to OUAC/TEAS for the year of entry, and pay the TEAS application fees. However, applicants are not required to pay the university supplementary fees, or order transcripts.  Applicants must inform the Education Registrar's Office by 1 March of the following year of their intention to attend the subsequent year's program.  If they fail to do so by March 1st, they will be dropped automatically with no further eligibility. 

Those dropped would need to submit a new application if they still wish to pursue a BEd degree at Queen's.  Transcripts and other supporting documentation will be retained by the Education Registrar's Office for one more year.  This means that those re-applying will only have to complete the online application at OUAC/TEAS and Personal Statement of Experience (PSE), but will not need to resubmit their transcripts, unless they have taken additional courses.  There will be no guarantee of admission to the program at the time of re-application.   

Scholarships or student awards are only good for the year in which they were awarded.  If a teacher candidate receives a financial award and then defers her/his acceptance, the offer of the award is withdrawn automatically. 

Concurrent Education Program 

Concurrent Education students have six (6) years to complete their combined program.  If they intend to defer at any stage in their program, they must inform the Office of the Education Registrar in writing by 1 March of the academic year prior to the one they wish to defer.  Queen’s Concurrent Education students also fall within the Arts and Science policies for deferral.  Final year Concurrent Education students are requested to inform the Office of the Education Registrar in writing by 15 January of the academic year prior to the one they wish to defer if they are deferring entry into their final Education year.


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