Program Requirements

Courses

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PhD Thesis

• Thesis handbook
• Ph.D in Law Guide
• Thesis Regulations

Registration

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• Registration in a Second Language Course (ESL and FLS)

Deadlines 

• Important academic dates and deadlines

Tuition

• University fees

Service requests

• How to submit a service request
• Types of service requests

Forms

Enrolment

• Registration form (0.98 MB)
• Modification / Cancellation of registration (127 KB)
• Course Attendance Form (32 KB) (which must accompany your registration form, is used to identify courses that differ from the normal or minimum requirements of your program)
• Letter of permission
• Request for an exception to the 10-hour rule (582 KB)
• Request for a deferred mark (519 KB)

Directed Research forms

• Request for a directed research (45 KB)
• Evaluation of a directed research (17 KB)

Thesis

• Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) Form
• Comprehensive Exam Written Evaluation (47 KB)
• Comprehensive Exam Oral Examination (27 KB)
• Thesis Proposal Evaluation (31 KB)
• List of examiners for the evaluation of the thesis (273 KB)

Leave of absence

• Request for leave of absence (783 KB)
• Annual research progress report (1.42 MB)
• Plan of study (25 KB)

Extensions of the time limit

• Request for an extension of the time limit to complete the requirements of a graduate degree (560 KB)
• Annual research progress report (1.42 MB)
• Plan of study (25 KB)

Grading

• The passing grade in all courses is C+. Students who fail two courses (equivalent to 6 credits), or the research proposal, or the thesis proposal, or whose research progress is deemed unsatisfactory, must withdraw from the program.
• Grading scale 
• Revision of grades and appeal
• Requesting an accommodation (210 KB)

Regulations

• General regulations (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)