CCLCS EXEMPTION POLICIES / PROCEDURES
An Exemption Committee has been formally established and charged with the final responsibility for dealing with matters of exemptions. Students are hereby informed:
- That CCLCS will publish a list of recognized institutions whose qualifications it accepts for exemptions in CCLCS programmes.
- That the age of the applicant’s qualifications be no more than seven (7) years for former CCLCS and five (5) years to non-CCLCS Students.
- That students should submit transcripts and detailed course outlines when applying for exemption/s.
- That the deadlines for applying for exemptions for Semester I and II coincide with the last day of registration in the first semester. Where a valid reason is offered or known and the applicant/s make a late entry into the programme, his/her application for exemption would still be considered by a special sitting of the Committee. Such sitting however should not continue beyond the first month of Semester I. The Committee reserves the right to determine the validity of the reason/s for late applications.
- That application for exemptions for Semester I and II would be considered at the beginning of Semester I.
- That one of the criteria should be a minimum of Grade ‘B’ for previous relevant certificate course/sand minimum Grade ‘C’ for previous Diploma course/s. No grade below ‘C’ will be considered for exemption.
- That a maximum of 30 credits may be transferred from another institution. All credits previously earned with passing grades of C or higher, excepting OSH B are transferable provided they are applicable to the student’s programme of study at CCLCS.
- That students who previously completed the College’s National Diploma in Labour Studies or the National Diploma in Co-operative Studies will not be allowed to transfer credits obtained between the period 1988-1998.
- That students who completed the National Diploma in Co-operative Studies and National Diploma in Labour Studies prior to 1988 will not be allowed to transfer any credits to or receive exemption from courses in the Associate of Arts Degree in Labour Studies or Cooperative Studies.
- Transfer credits will not be used in the computation of the students grade point average (GPA).
- That the point value for each course transferred must be a minimum of 2.0.
- That normally, no grade below a “C” will be accepted for courses done at another institution.