Definitions

Academic Concession shall mean the provision of a variance in the timing or nature of a course or program requirement on the basis of one of the grounds defined in this policy.

Academic Advising Office shall mean for undergraduate students, students in professional programs, and graduate students in programs administered by disciplinary faculties, the academic advising office or unit in the student’s home faculty or school, or the dean’s office in faculties where there is no academic advising office. For graduate students in programs administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, academic advising office shall mean the Office of the Dean and Vice-Provost, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Course shall mean course of instruction.

Dean shall mean the dean of the student’s home faculty (or the dean’s designate), and for graduate programs administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Dean and Vice-Provost of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, except in cases of a student appeal of the decision of a course instructor when dean shall mean the dean of the faculty offering the course or the dean’s designate.

Graduate Supervisor shall mean the faculty member with primary responsibility for overseeing a graduate student’s program of study.

Graduate Advisor shall mean the appointed faculty member in a graduate program who takes administrative responsibility for ensuring that faculty supervising or teaching graduate students, and graduate students are aware of, and adhere to, applicable policies and procedures. The graduate advisor acts as the primary liaison with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Instructor shall mean the instructor of record for a course or the supervisor responsible for a practicum, internship, or field work.