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Environment Shared Academic Plans

Bachelor of Sustainability and Financial Management
Co-op Regulations and Requirements

General Regulations

  1. Successful completion of four work terms is required.
  2. Students who have attempted to secure employment for all four available work terms, but are successful in doing so for only three work terms, may be considered for a co-op degree, provided they have received credit for all three of their work terms and they have successfully completed all academic requirements. This decision is at the discretion of the School of Accounting and Finance, Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE), and the Faculty of Arts Examinations and Standings (E&S) Committee.
  3. Students are required to follow only prescribed academic/work-term sequencing options through to graduation. Students may not end their sequence with a work term.
  4. Students who meet all the academic requirements for this plan, but who do not meet the minimum requirements for a co-op degree may, in exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of the School of Accounting and Finance and the Faculty of Arts Examinations and Standings (E&S) Committee, be awarded a regular Honours Sustainability and Financial Management degree.

Professional Development (PD) Courses

Students must complete four Professional Development (PD) courses. PD 1 must be completed in the term prior to the first work term and PD 12 must be completed during the first work term. A third PD course must be completed during the second work term and a fourth PD course must be completed in the third work term.

Legend for Study/Work Sequence Information Chart

Key Description
F,W,S Terms: F=September-December; W=January-April; S=May-August
1,2,3,4
plus A or B		 Denotes academic year and term.
WT Work term.
off Neither an academic term nor a work term.
Sequences Sequence 1 is the default sequence assigned to all Sustainability and Financial Management students at admission. Requests to change sequence are considered individually following the 2B and 3B terms respectively.

Study/Work Sequence Information Chart

Sequence F W S F W S F W S F W S F
1 1A  1B  off  2A WT 2B WT 3A 3B WT 4A WT 4B
2 1A 1B  off  2A WT 2B WT 3A 3B 4A WT WT 4B
3  1A  1B off 2A WT 2B WT 3A 3B WT WT 4A 4B
4 1A  1B off 2A WT 2B 3A WT 3B WT 4A WT 4B
5 1A  1B off 2A WT 2B 3A WT 3B 4A WT WT 4B
6 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B 3A WT 3B WT WT 4A 4B

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