Once admitted to degree studies in the Faculty of Arts, students wishing to take a course at Wilfrid Laurier University (Laurier) for credit toward a University of Waterloo degree must complete an Undergraduate Studies Cross-Registration Form. An Undergraduate Studies Cross-Registration Form must be approved by the student's academic advisor prior to enrolling at Laurier and is subject to faculty and departmental regulations.
Permission to take courses on cross-registration may be granted only to undergraduate degree students:
- who have successfully completed a minimum of four University of Waterloo courses, and
- who satisfied the minimum cumulative average requirements for their current academic plan and are in satisfactory standing.
A maximum total of 10 academic course units (for a four-year degree) or 7.5 academic course units (for a three-year degree) may be transferred towards an Arts degree. This maximum includes courses taken on a Letter of Permission or by Cross-Registration with Laurier (Business courses) (see Transfer Credit regulations for further details).
Courses taken at Laurier, regardless of the method of registration, require a minimum grade of D- or Waterloo equivalent (50%) in order for credit to be transferred (see Grades).
Grades of courses taken at Laurier via cross-registration will appear on the University of Waterloo record but normally will not be included in the University of Waterloo average (see Transfer Credit regulations). There are three disciplines where this regulation does not apply. The Laurier course grade is calculated in the student's average(s) and not counted as a transfer credit in the following two instances:
- students completing a major or minor in Spanish may complete Spanish courses at Laurier;
- students completing a major or minor in Anthropology may complete anthropologically-oriented Archaeology courses at Laurier.