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10. Compensatory passes

Compensatory passes (CP) allow BSc, BASc, BBiomedSc and BSc combined course students who have failed in certain subjects to receive credit points for the subject that was failed under the following conditions:

Table 25: A CP can only be awarded for the following sequential subject pairs

	Semester 1 subject	Semester 2 subject
Biology	650-141	650-142
Biology	650-131	650-132
Chemistry	610-051	610-052
Geomatics	451-100	451-101
Physics	640-121	640-122
	640-141	640-142
	640-151	640-152
	640-161	640-162

CPs are normally only available for the sequential subject pairs listed in A CP can only be awarded for the following sequential subject pairs;
CPs only apply for the first two semesters of a student's enrolment;
a maximum of 25 points may be awarded as compensatory passes (ie. a CP can be awarded for no more than two subjects);

CPs are only available if a student obtains a mark of 45-49 per cent in the failed subject AND a combined average mark of at least 50 per cent is obtained in both subjects forming the sequential pair;

a mark of 45-49 per cent in the Semester 1 subject of a sequential pair will enable a student to enrol in the Semester 2 subject of the pair in order to seek a CP;
CPs are awarded at the end of the academic year and will appear as a letter grade NCP with the fail mark on academic transcripts;

a student may choose not to accept a CP, for example, in order to repeat the failed subject;
CPs in chemistry are only available for 610-051 and 610-052 in the Bachelor of Biomedical Science course;

CPs will be accepted as prerequisites for the 200-level subjects offered by the following departments:
Anatomy and Cell Biology; Botany; Environmental Science; Geomatics; Genetics; Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies; Optometry and Vision Sciences; Pharmacology; Physics; Zoology.
Physiology will only accept CPs in physics 640-121 and 640-122 or 640-141 and 640-142.

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