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Course work taken at other post-secondary institutions may be eligible for transferable WQB designations provided the courses meet the following criteria:

• Courses must first articulate to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV as either assigned credit (e.g. CHEM 121), unassigned credit (e.g. HIST 2XX) or general education credit (e.g. GE 1XX), before consideration for one or more of the WQB designations. Courses that have not yet been articulated to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV must go through that procedure before being reviewed for WQB designation.
• Students must have achieved a minimum C- grade in the transfer course to receive designation credit.
• Transfer courses for review for W designation must have been taken from September 2004 onward for pedagogical reasons. Courses taken prior to September 2004 will not be reviewed for W.  Courses for review for Q and B designations are not affected by the September 2004 date because they are content-based designations.
• Transfer credit received for International Baccalaureate or Advanced Placement programming may be eligible for Q and B designations, but not W designation.

Transfer for Q and b designations

• Courses that transfer as assigned credit (e.g. POL 241) receive the designation already attached to the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV course, if applicable. If the assigned ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV course is not designated Q or B, then the transferring course is not eligible for review. 
• Additionally, designation effective dates may come into play with assigned transfer of Q and B designations if the corresponding ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV course was designated after 2006 and after the time in which the student took the course (e.g. ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV KIN 110 B-Sci was not effective until Sept 2009 at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV, therefore transfer courses taken prior to Sept 2009 that transfer to KIN 110 do not receive the designation).
• Courses articulating as unassigned transfer credit or GE credit will be reviewed by the admissions and curriculum offices upon request, please see the process below. 

transfer for w designation

W designation is not automatic, even if a course articulates for assigned transfer credit and the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV course is a W. The W will not appear on the student's transfer list unless the transfer course has already been approved as W. W designation is based on the way in which a course is taught, and the way in which writing assignments are used to teach the particular discipline, and therefore courses must be individually reviewed to determine if they meet the W criteria. Students wishing to have a course evaluated for W must be prepared to provide detailed material on course pedagogy and writing assignments, including contact information for course instructors.

Requesting Evaluation for WQB Designation of a Transfer Course

1.    Before submitting a request please be sure the course meets the criteria and descriptions listed above.

2.   Students may apply for a WQB designation review of a transfer course by submitting a request to the UCIL Office (ucil_office@sfu.ca) along with the following information:

• A completed Application for WQB Designations for Transfer Courses 

Note: it is possible to request more than one designation for a course (W, Q, and/or B), however, a course can only be used to meet one B-type requirement (B-Hum, B-Sci or B-Soc).

• Supporting documents (full course syllabus including course outlines, assignment lists, etc.)  

Please note: incomplete applications will not be reviewed and will be returned to the student. Please ensure that your request is complete in order to prevent a delay.

3.   Upon receipt of the request and supporting documentation, the UCIL Office will review the application to confirm WQB designation eligibility. Please note that this process may take up to three weeks.

4.   The UCIL Office will communicate the decision to the Transfer Credit Coordinator or the ISS Exchange Credit Team, who will update the student's transcript. 

5.   The student will be notified by the UCIL Office once the decision has been finalized and the student’s record has been updated.