How does it work- at u of t or elsewhere like Ryerson or York. what is the minimum average? I want to pursue my masters in the future but my current BA is insufficient. I have done poorly and the program is not something I want to pursue. Please Help!
thanks!
Students must petition through their college by June 30 to begin a second degree. Before applying, students are urged to determine whether a second degree is actually required for their purposes; for example, a ?make-up? year as a non-degree student may satisfy admission requirements for graduate school. Students are governed by the rules of the Faculty in place at the time they commence their second degree. Students who already hold a degree from the Faculty of Arts & Science, the University of Toronto Scarborough or the University of Toronto Mississauga may complete a second degree only of an alternate type (i.e. if a student has a B.A. degree then he/she may not complete a second B.A. degree). The Faculty normally exempts students from the first year of the degree requirements (five (5.0) credits: four 100-level and one 200-level), regardless of the number of previous degrees held. Second degree candidates may not repeat courses taken in a previous degree; they may however, count such courses towards satisfying pre-requisite and program requirements, on approval of the department/programs office concerned. A new Grade Point average will commence with the second degree courses.
If I were you, the first thing I would do is contact your best friend on campus. No, I’m not talking about me, even though I am amazingly awesome and all. I meant your college registrar. If you want to do a second degree, you will eventually need to petition through your college anyway, so you might as well get your bottom over there and have a talk with someone about your future plans. Who knows – you may discover that you don’t actually need to get a second degree. There is no minimum GPA required (at least that I know of).
The second thing you must note is that your second degree must be of a different type than your first one. So if you got a BSc for your first degree, you’d have to do something else — say, a BA. Just keep that in mind.
Oh, and here’s Ryerson’s calendar… it doesn’t really say anything about second-degree students though… but you might do better to email or call their admissions office. Unfortunately, my reign of awesomeness stops outside UofT walls.