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11. Compensatory passes

Compensatory passes (CP) allow students enrolled in a Faculty of Science course who have failed in certain subjects to receive credit points for the subject that was failed under the following conditions:

Table 26: 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 in a science course;
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% in the failed subject AND a combined average mark of at least 50% is obtained in both subjects forming the sequential pair;

a mark of 45-49% 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. If a student accepts a CP and subsequently enrols again in the failed subject, the CP and associated credit will be deleted;
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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