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At the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, certificate, diploma, undergraduate & postgraduate degree training are available in a wide range of specializations. The student experience is enhanced when teaching and scholarship are offered in a research-rich environment.
Consisting of degree-level courses, diplomas ladder directly into specific degree programs in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources. Students completing a Diploma can choose to complete an additional two years of university-level study to obtain a B.S.A. (Agronomy Major) or B.Sc.(Agribusiness) degree. Diploma graduates are eligible for professional designation as Agricultural Technologists (AT) with the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists.
Three separate four-year applied science degree programs are available. Choose from the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, the Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness, or the Bachelor of Science in Renewable Resource Management.
Students who wish to apply to the U of S Western College of Veterinary Medicine may complete the required courses for this program through the College of Agriculture and Bioresources.
One year certificates are available in specific areas.
Students pursuing two undergraduate degrees must consult with the Dean's office in each college to determine program requirements and to select courses which could be credited towards each degree.
Students enrolled in the Diploma in Agribusiness or Diploma in Agronomy program who have a Sessional Weighted Average of 78% or better on a minimum of 18 credit units of course work will be placed on the Dean's Honour Roll. The requirement for degree-level students to make the Dean's Honour Roll is to be in the top 7% of the first-year, second-year or third-year class groups of the program.
Students achieving high levels of academic performance will be awarded their
B.S.A. degree as follows:
Cumulative Weighted
Average:
70.00-74.99%
Major: No Academic
Award
Honours: Honours
(option)
75.00-79.99%
Major: Distinction
Honours:
Honours (option) with Distinction
80.00% or
better
Major: Great Distinction
Honours: Honours (option) with
Great Distinction
Note: Honours students must pass an Honours Oral Examination.
Humanities
| Classics | Latin |
| English | Philosophy |
| French | Religious Studies |
| German | Russian |
| Greek | Sanskrit |
| Hebrew | Spanish |
| History | Ukrainian |
| Art Drama Music |
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| Anthropology | Native Studies |
| Archaeology | Political Studies |
| Economics* | Psychology |
| Geography** | Sociology |
| Linguistics | Women's and Gender Studies |
The Agrologists Act, 1994, requires that persons practicing agrology in the
Province of Saskatchewan be registered members of the Saskatchewan Institute of
Agrologists.
University of Saskatchewan graduates who intend to practice
agrology within the meaning of the Act, must apply to be registered as articling
agrologists immediately upon graduation. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and
Bachelor of Science (Agribusiness) students are eligible to join as student
members. Further details on the Agrologists Act, the definition of practicing
agrology, and the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists may be obtained from the
Executive Director, Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists, 29-1501 8th St E,
Saskatoon SK S7H 5J6; Website: www.sia.sk.ca.
All Bachelor of Science in
Agriculture specializations offered by the College of Agriculture and
Bioresources were granted full accreditation by the Agricultural Institute of
Canada in 1999 and again in 2007. Graduates are thus eligible for admission to
the professional practice of Agrology in Canada.
The Bachelor of Science
in Agribusiness degree was granted full accreditation in 2007.
In 1998
the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists established a category of membership
for Diploma graduates - Agricultural Technologist. For information on membership
in the Institute contact the Executive Director, Saskatchewan Institute of
Agrologists, 29-1501 8th St E, Saskatoon SK S7H 5J6, Tel: 306-242-2606,
Website: www.sia.sk.ca.
1. Admission Deficiency Removal: All deficiencies in
admission subjects must be removed before a student will be allowed to register
for the second year.
2. Course
Scheduling: Degree students must have completed all first-year courses
prior to entering third year.
3. Promotion Average
Calculations: A student's weighted average for a year's work is based on
all courses attempted during the Fall and Winter Terms. Spring and Summer Term
marks are not included. Attempted courses are defined as those continued beyond
the last day for dropping courses without academic penalty. Fall Term 1 marks in
failed courses will be replaced by Winter Term 2 marks for average calculation
purposes, if the failed courses are repeated and passed in Winter Term 2. Grades
of ABF (Absent Failure), INF (Incomplete Failure), WF (Withdrawal Failure) and
actual marks of less than 30%, awarded prior to May 2005 will be assigned a mark
of 30% for average calculation purposes.
Where Academic Dishonesty has
been proven, the actual grades assigned by the College Discipline Committee will
be used in the calculation of promotion averages.
4. Minimum Regular Session Average Required for
Promotion: These provisions apply to all students who at any time during
the September to April period are registered in 18 or more credit units.
Students not meeting the following averages will be Required to
Discontinue.
a. Non-Probationary Students
| Credit Units to September of current year | Avg Req'd |
| 0 - 18 Credit Units | 57.00% |
| 21 - 48 Credit Units | 58.50% |
| 51 - 120 Credit Units | 60.00% |
b. Probationary Students* | 60.00% |
*Defined as those who have not previously met the minimum average required for
promotion or who have previously been advised or Required to
Discontinue. (See Academic Regulations [7]).
Required to
Discontinue (RTD1): Sessional Weighted Average less than the minimum annual
promotion requirement with no previous faculty action at the university or
any other post-secondary institution.
Penalty: Required to
Discontinue from the college for the upcoming academic year (July 1 to
April 30). Students will lose credit for courses in which a grade of less than
60% was obtained during the session the action was based
upon.
Required to Discontinue (RTD2): Sessional Weighted Average
less than the minimum annual promotion requirement when the discontinued student has had a previous faculty
action by the university or any other post-secondary institution; or are on
Probation.
Penalty: Required to Discontinue
from the college. Students will lose credit for courses in which a grade of less
than 60% was obtained during the session the action was based upon. RTD2
students require special permission of the Dean of Agriculture and Bioresources
to obtain readmission to the college. Should they reapply for admission (through Admissions, Student
and Enrolment Services) they must submit a letter explaining the reasons for
their previous poor performance and indicating why they may do better if
readmitted.
5. Evaluation of Students with a Partial
Load: The records of partial students pursuing a diploma or degree will be
evaluated for promotion purposes when a cumulative total of 18 credit units of
course work has been attempted since the student started taking courses, or
since the student's record was last evaluated, whichever is the later date.
Failure to meet the applicable minimum annual promotion requirement will result
in the student being Required to Discontinue. At the discretion of
the College, the previously unevaluated record of a student who has attempted
less than 18 credit units of course work, may be omitted for purposes of
calculating a Cumulative Weighted Average if the student subsequently returns to
the college and obtains a weighted average of 60.0% or higher on the next 18
credit units or more of course work attempted in a regular
session.
6. Probationary Students: A student is
on Probation in the first year of registration after failing to meet
the minimum promotion average or after being advised or Required to
Discontinue by the university or any other post-secondary institution. At
the discretion of the Dean of Agriculture and Bioresources a student
on Probation may be Required to Discontinue attendance at the
end of the first academic term if the student obtains a weighted average of less
than 60.0% or has two or more failures in first term final examinations. While
on Probation, the maximum course load is 30 credit units during the
Regular Session. Students on Probation are not eligible for
supplemental examinations.
7. Promotion Regulations
(Returning Students): A student returning to the College of
Agriculture and Bioresources after an absence of one year or more will be placed
under the most recent promotion regulations in
effect.
8. Curriculum Provisions (Returning
Students): A student returning to the College of Agriculture and
Bioresources after an absence of five years or more will be placed under the
curriculum requirements in effect, as of the date that the student is readmitted
to the college.
9. Transfer Students and Advanced
Standing: (regardless of advance standing granted).
Diploma transfer
students may be allowed up to a maximum 30 credit units advanced standing toward
the Diploma in Agribusiness or Diploma in Agronomy programs.
Students
transferring to a degree in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources must
complete at least 30 credit units of approved senior course offerings while
registered in the College.
10. Supplemental
Examinations for Potential Graduates: Diploma students failing to achieve a
Cumulative Weighted Average of 60% on 120 credit weights in the Diploma in
Agriculture or 60 credit units in the Diploma in Agribusiness or Diploma in
Agronomy in the graduating year will be permitted to write a supplemental
examination in a failed course provided they have achieved a Cumulative Weighted
Average of 59%. Supplemental examinations may be granted to degree students in
their final undergraduate year (those with potential to graduate in May or
October of that year) if the minimal promotion requirements have been met in
that year, the mark in the failed course is 40.0% or better, and there is a
final examination in the failed course(s). Supplemental examination results
replace the previously failed grade(s) for average calculations. When a
supplemental examination is granted the only part of the course being rewritten
is the final examination. Other determinants (labs, mid-term tests, term papers,
etc.) retain their original weight in computing the final grade for the course.
Students on Probation are not eligible to write supplemental
exams.
11. Supplementals for Non-Graduates:
Supplemental examinations may be granted to students who are not in their final
undergraduate year, in courses taught in the College of Agriculture and
Bioresources and for which there is a final examination. To be eligible for
consideration, the student must meet the minimum promotion requirements, the
final mark in the failed course or courses must be 40.0% or better, and it must
be shown that lack of a supplemental examination will cause extreme academic
difficulty. For courses taught by other colleges, the supplemental examination
regulations of those colleges will prevail, except that the College of
Agriculture and Bioresources eligibility requirements must also be met. Students
on Probation are not eligible to write supplemental
exams.
12. Maximum Course Loads: A student will
not be permitted to take more than a normal course load unless a Sessional
Weighted Average of 70.0% was obtained in the previous year. Program-normal
course load is defined as 30 credit units for first-year students and 36 credit
units for upper-year students.
13. Make-up Courses
to Meet Diploma or Degree Requirements: A student who has completed 60
credit units for a diploma or 120 credit units for a degree but has a Cumulative
Weighted Average of less than 60.0% may take up to 18 additional credit units
(18 credit weights) in order to remove this deficiency. The course(s) taken must
be approved by the college in advance and for degree students only 6 credit
units may be courses numbered 110 - 199. The other 12 credit units must be
numbered 200.0 or greater.
14. No Repeat of Credited
Courses: A student who has credit for a course is not permitted to repeat
that course to obtain a higher grade.
15. Limitation
on Kinesiology Activity Courses: A student may take a maximum of three
credit units with the approval of the program
advisors.
16. Appeal Procedures: Students
wishing to appeal decisions of the College must do so in writing to the Dean of
Agriculture and Bioresources prior to June 30 of each year.
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