The requirements for a KIN minor are modified to lower the minimum grade in lower division courses from C to C-, and to add a compensating overall 2.0 GPA requirement for KIN courses, as follows.
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Application RequirementsApplication for a minor in kinesiology requires the following.
Program RequirementsStudents must complete the following for a minor in kinesiology.
At least seven credit hours of upper division kinesiology courses used toward the minor must have been completed at Simon Fraser University. |
Application RequirementsApplication for a minor in kinesiology requires the following.
Program RequirementsStudents must complete the following for a minor in kinesiology.
At least seven credit hours of upper division kinesiology courses used toward the minor must have been completed at Simon Fraser University. |
This lowers the required grade in lower division courses to C-, to be consistent with the majors program. With this lowering, it becomes technically possible to have a lower division GPA of less than 2.0 in KIN courses, so wording as added to ensure that an overall 2.0 on all KIN courses is maintained. (Previously, this was automatically true because of the minimum C grade on all lower division courses, together with the minimum 2.00 over upper division courses).
The admission requirements for the KIN Majors program are changed to introduce the following rules.
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Admission RequirementsEntry to the bachelor of science (kinesiology) program is possible via
Admission requirements for high schools and transfer from post-secondary institutions are described in the Admission and Readmission section. Current Simon Fraser University students will be eligible for formal acceptance into the kinesiology major program (BSc) if they
one of one of one of one of one of Approval into the kinesiology program is based on academic performance in the courses listed above. The minimum GPA for acceptance may vary from semester to semester depending on the number of available spaces and the number of qualified applicants. Admission is competitive. |
Admission RequirementsEntry to the bachelor of science (kinesiology) program is possible via
Admission is competitive. A separate admission average for each of the three entry routes is established each semester, depending on the number of spaces available and subject to the approval of the Dean of Applied Sciences. Admission averages are calculated over four required courses from high school or eleven or more required post-secondary courses. If one or more courses have been duplicated (repeated), the grades from all course attempts will be used equally in calculating the Kinesiology admission GPA. Direct Admission - High School and Direct Transfer - Post-secondary InstitutionFor the provisions governing direct entry from high school or direct transfer from another post-secondary institution, see the appropriate Kinesiology entry in the Admission and Readmission section of this calendar. Internal TransferSimon Fraser University students applying for admission to the School of Kinesiology must complete the following courses: one of one of one of one of one of Applicants are selected based on an admission GPA calculated over these eleven required courses together with any of the following four courses taken. Students may apply for admission as soon as the eleven required courses have been completed. Unsuccessful applicants may take any of the four additional courses to improve the admission GPA. Students who do not meet the Kinesiology admission GPA upon completion of all four additional courses will be advised regarding alternative degree options. For students transferring some of the core courses from another post-secondary institution: only courses completed at SFU (and not previously taken elsewhere) are used in the Kinesiology admission GPA. Normally, at least 15 credits from core courses are required to establish a basis for the GPA calculation; exceptions must be approved by the School. Application ProcedureStudents should complete a program approval form available at the Kinesiology general office and submit it to the kinesiology advisor by July 1 (for fall semester approval), November 1 (for spring semester approval), or March 1 (for summer semester approval). |
The change in how the Kinesiology admission GPA is calculated with respect to duplicate courses is designed to improve the fairness of the competitive admission process. At present, the system discriminates against a student who has for example a 2.5 GPA with no duplicates vs. a student who has a 2.6 GPA with 5 duplicates. In addition, the GPA benefits of the standard course duplication rule make duplication (of even C or C+ courses) a better strategy for admission than getting good grades in new courses. The new rule will mean that the GPA benefit of getting a B in a duplicated course will have precisely the same benefit (for KIN admission purposes) of getting a B in a new course.
New language is also added to explicitly define how the admission process works for students who have transfer credit for some of the courses required for KIN admission. At least 15 credits must be taken (for the first time) at SFU in order to establish an admission GPA. An alternative would be to discount college GPA's by 0.3, but this seems arbitrary and contentious.
In addition, the possibility of using KIN 201, 205, 207 and STAT 301 grades to improve admission GPAs gives both SFU students and college transfer students some flexibility.
This will not affect good students transferring from other post-secondary institutions. Those who have completed all of the required courses and who meet our direct admission GPA will be approved outright. Those who meet the direct admission GPA but are short of some of the required courses won't have any trouble completing those courses with the required GPA. This will only affect those college students whose transfer GPA is borderline. They will have to demonstrate that they can do well in required courses at SFU and thus have a chance to succeed in the Kinesiology program under the current competitive climate.