Full time status on 40 per cent course load

Students with permanent disabilities

Students who have a verified permanent disability and who have registered with Accessibility Services may receive the accommodation status of full-time on a 40 per cent course load. This accommodation is provided due to the impact of a disability.

Students who have applied for provincial/federal student loan funding may be required to provide the funding agency with supporting documentation that verifies a permanent disability to qualify as a full-time student on a 40 per cent course load. For this reason, students should contact their provincial/federal student loan funding agency for more information. Students receiving funding through other sources (sponsorship agreements, employer funding for courses, insurance funding, etc.), your funding/sponsorship agency may also apply additional conditions regarding the required course load to maintain full-time status. You must discuss this matter with the agency providing your funding.

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Students receiving provincial/federal student financial aid funding

Students who apply for and receive provincial/federal student loan funding to attend courses receive a shortened contract term. Three-credit courses are shortened to 4 months (instead of 6), and 6-credit courses are shortened to 8 months (instead of 12). Full-time on 40 per cent course load status requires that students be registered in a minimum of 6 credits over 4 months for 1 semester or 12 credits over 8 months for 2 semesters. All courses in each semester must have the same start date.

To maintain full-time status on 40 per cent course load as a student receiving provincial/federal student financial aid funding, you must successfully complete at least 1.5 credits per month or 6 credits in any 4-month registration period (for example, 2 courses x 3 credits per course = 6 credits term. 6 credit term/4-month contract term = 1.5 credits per month).

Your financial aid advisor is required to report to your provincial/federal student loan funding agency if you are not meeting the minimum completion requirements.

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Students not receiving provincial/federal student financial aid funding

For students with permanent disabilities who are not receiving provincial/federal student financial aid funding to be granted full-time status on a reduced 40 per cent course load, the minimum course load required is 1.5 credits per month.

Students must be actively registered in 3, 3-credit courses, all commencing on the same start date (for example, 3 courses x 3 credits per course = 9 credits term. 9 credits term/6-month contract term = 1.5 credits per month) to be qualified as full time on reduced 40 per cent course load.

Should you require clarification regarding what constitutes full-time status on a reduced 40 per cent course load, please contact Accessibility Services