Posthumous and Incomplete Academic Qualification Regulations
1 Council may award a qualification posthumously if a student dies after completing the requirements for their non-doctoral qualification, but before receiving their qualification.
2 Council may award a non-doctoral qualification posthumously to a student who has died before they completed the requirements of their qualification, where:
a the student has completed at least 75% of the requirements for the qualification
and
b in the case of a bachelor’s degree, the student has completed at least one of the 300-level courses required for the major or degree
and
c the Provost recommends that the qualification be awarded.
3 Council may award a non-doctoral qualification to a student who has been medically diagnosed with a terminal illness before they have completed the requirements of their qualification, where:
a the student has completed at least 75% of the requirements for the qualification
and
b in the case of a bachelor’s degree, the student has completed at least one of the of the 300-level courses required for their major or degree
and
c the Provost recommends that the qualification be awarded.
4 In extraordinary circumstances Council may award a non-doctoral qualification to a student who has not completed the requirements for the qualification, where:
a no more than 15 points are required to complete the qualification
and
b the uncompleted requirements are not practical or professional requirements
and
c the Provost recommends that the qualification be awarded on consideration of the evidence and rationale provided.