How to apply for waivers...... (1 Viewer)

[little-rat-boi]

I got a question with getting a waiver for MKTG202 (summer school), i need to have done STAT170 to do MKTG202, and i'd really like to do MKTG202 during this coming summer so how do i go about applying for the waiver? Is it generally hard to get waviers?

 

[xeuyrawp]

I'm sorry to be my gloomy self, but are you sure you want to do the unit at this stage?

Look at the unit outline:

This unit teaches the student to review the quantitative research techniques acquired in earlier units

I'd hope they wouldn't give students waivers unless the student were either very familiar with the content covered in STAT170, or were excellet with stats. The summer school units are very tough, you do the same content in less than half the time. If it was me, I'd really make sure I did research before enrolling in a unit which had a logical prereq. Yes, sometimes prereqs are silly and stop people from doing cool units for the sake of it, but in this case, 202 looks like it's going to draw on STAT170/171 heavily.

Anyway, if you want a waiver, you usually need to see the convener of the prospective unit. Usually they will sign a piece of paper, and tell you to get it signed by x people - usually it's the head of the department and occasionally a convener who knows you.

But yeah, I'd really talk with the convener of 202 to make sure that you can actually handle the workload.

 

[little-rat-boi]

Hmmm..

Ok, I'm currently doing SOC234 - Methods of Social Research, and I've learnt some of quantitive research as well as i did a unit in my business college diploma called market research aswell.. so i think i'll do ok in it, its just that MKTG202 is offered in the 2nd half of the year and if i do it in summer school, it leaves me to do MKTG203 in 1st sem 2007 and then i can do 3rd level MKTG units in 2nd sem of 2007, thus speeding my course.... coz i'd rather not do MKTG203 in summer school coz that'd leave me to do MKTG202 in 2nd sem 2007 and leaving me to do another year at uni instead of finishing in sem1 of 08

i hope all that makes sense

 

[xeuyrawp]

Hmmm..

Ok, I'm currently doing SOC234 - Methods of Social Research, and I've learnt some of quantitive research as well as i did a unit in my business college diploma called market research aswell.. so i think i'll do ok in it, its just that MKTG202 is offered in the 2nd half of the year and if i do it in summer school, it leaves me to do MKTG203 in 1st sem 2007 and then i can do 3rd level MKTG units in 2nd sem of 2007, thus speeding my course.... coz i'd rather not do MKTG203 in summer school coz that'd leave me to do MKTG202 in 2nd sem 2007 and leaving me to do another year at uni instead of finishing in sem1 of 08

i hope all that makes sense

Yup, makes sense.

So yeah, the main thing is to speak with the convener. You have to make sure a waiver's fine with them (a chat usually), and you go pick up a form from SES. Make sure that's the newest version of the form - ie, it might be better to pick one up.

Anyway, you take that form to the convener of 202, and they sign it. You'll probably have to get the head of the department to sign it, too. Occasionally, they will ask you to get a previous convener/lecturer/tutor to sign it. Once it's all signed, show a person at SES to make sure it's complete - make sure they look at it. Then note who looked at it and when. SES love to screw people over.

Then the waiver is processed. Make sure it shows up on WebCT, no idea when that is supposed to happen, but don't let it become too late.

You're in a different situation because it's summer school, so make sure that everything's filled out properly and that you're generally doing the right thing. Before you do all of this, I would ring up SES and ensure that you've got the same process given it's summer school.