Students enroled at Mount Saint Vincent University and wishing to take courses at other institutions for credit must obtain formal approval on an Authorized External Course (AEC) form prior to registering at the host institution.
Authorized External Courses may be approved providing the following conditions are met:
- Students must be registered in courses at the Mount; exceptional cases will be considered on an individual basis;
- Student is in good academic standing and has successfully completed 3.0 units of coursework at the Mount;
- Student has not exceeded the allowable number of transfer credits of 50 percent of any undergraduate credential;
- Course at the host institution is acceptable for transfer to the student’s academic program.
The following are conditions under which AEC requests are not normally granted:
- Student is not registered in a diploma, certificate or degree program at the Mount;
- Credit does not meet program and/or major requirements at the Mount;
- Student is not in good academic standing at the Mount;
- Student has been academically dismissed from the Mount;
- Credit was taken at another institution without prior approval of the AEC;
- Course is offered at the Mount during the session being requested except in the following situations:
- Schedule conflict that can not be resolved;
- Course at the Mount is full;
- Course at the Mount is not offered through Distance Learning;
- Taking the course at the Mount would cause undue hardship.
A grade of “P” (pass) will be assigned to all AEC credits, except for credits taken while in an approved formal exchange program, which may transfer in an alpha format and will be considered in the Mount’s GPA based on program requirements. If the host institution’s grading scheme is in numeric format, marks will transfer in as “P”, which holds a neutral GPA value.
Note: Upon approval of the AEC by the Registrar’s Office, the course is added to the student’s academic transcript. If the student does not take the course she/he must submit, to the Registrar’s Office, written proof from the host institution that the course was not taken in order for the course to be removed from the transcript.
Students with questions or concerns about Authorized External Courses may contact the Registrar’s Office at msvu.ca.
Visiting StudentsOrdinarily, no student may register at Mount Saint Vincent University if concurrently registered at another educational institution without the explicit approval of the home university.
Students from other institutions who want to register in Mount Saint Vincent University courses for credit at “home” must obtain the appropriate approval form from their “home” institution and present the form when registering at the Mount. Students with an approval form from the home institution are not required to formally apply for admissions at Mount Saint Vincent University. Students must complete the Visiting Student Application/Registration form, which can be found online at msvu.ca/regofficeforms.
Students with questions or concerns about becoming a visiting student at Mount Saint Vincent University may contact the Registrar’s Office at msvu.ca.
Minimum Mount Saint Vincent University Credit RequirementsFifty percent of the coursework required for any undergraduate credential at the Mount.