2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

342 UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS '-, ',REGULATIONSUN'DERGRADUATEACADEMIC AWARDSWEB ADDRESS: 'hftp:I/Sfas~mcmaster.caEMAIL ADDRESS:awards@mcmaster.caDirector, Student Financial Aid & ScholarshipsElizabeth SeymourFor information, pleClse, contact:Office of Student Financial' Aid & ScholarshipsGilmour Hall, Rpom 120, "McMaster UniversityHamilton,Ontario, LaS 4L8 'Telephone: (90S) 525-9140, ext. 24319The, University Senate, acting on behalf of generous benefactors and donorsto the University, bestows academic awards on'entering, in-course andgraduating students to encourage and recognize, high levels of, scholarship.In recognizing such scholastic achievement, the University requires 'allrecipients of academic awards to fulfill a5etof general conditions, inaddition to meeting,theparticular terms attached to individual academicawards. ,The general conditions andterrils, have been established ,toensure equity in competition and a high ,academic standing. Any interprelatiqnof the conditions attaching to academic awards is solely the, pre~, rogative of the Undergraduate Council.TERMINOLOGYAn expla~ation of the ,te~minology used to describe'AcademicAw~rdsis provided in the sections of the Calendar described below. pleaserefer to the 'Glossary section of this Calendar for defiriitions of Contin,uingStudents~ Cumulative ,Average,(CA),Level,' Post-DegreeStudents, Review and Reviewing' Period., " 'Baccalaureate, Degrees are those listed in the Degrees and Programssection of this calendar, the abb.reviationsof whi'ch start withthe letter B, such as B.A., ROom. 'Failures are determined by reviewing period, not byse,$sion. Theyinclude failures in Extra courses'., FUll-time Student for academic purpose's is an 'undergraduate~tudentwhois registered in at lepst 24 units in the Fall/Winter session,'including Extra Courses., GraduandAwards are granted to eligible students on the completion,of their graduating session. ' , -,In-Course Awcuds are granted to eligible students, based oh academicachievement in other than their graduating session. ,Part-time Studies Awards'are referred to under yategory C'. To:be eligible fo(these awards, students must have been registered in atleast 50% of all units attempted at McMaster, while fulfilling the University'sdefinition 9f a part-time student as described in the Glossarysection of this Calendar. -Session,for scholarship purposes, refers to the FalllWinter' ses~sion. The FalllWinter s~ssion is th~ period from September to April asdefined in the Sessional Dates section of this Calendar.Reviewing Period for scholarship purpo,ses, normally refers towork completed during the FalllWinter session. Please refer to the,Glossary section cif this Calendar~ , 'Sessional Average (SA) is a weighted average 'based on the, grades attained' in a session. Overload courses and Extra cpursesare included in'the Sessional Average.GENERAL~ONDITIONSFOR ACADEMIC'A~ARDS1. The' University' Acad,emic, Awardslistsd below are proVided exclusivelyfor students entering, registered in, or graduating from baccalaureatedegree, programs at McMaster University. Continuing Students,Post-degree Students, and students registered in the McMasterMedical program are not eligible for these, awards. "I2.1'0 ensure a wide distribution of the limitednumber,of awards, thereare restrictions on the number of awards that a stuqent mp.y receive.An eligible student may be' granted:a) travel scholarships and awards such as books and medals; and,b) awards granted on the basis of an application; and ,'c) awards ,continued from a previous year '(including ~ntrance scholar- 'ships); except ,as provided by the particular terms of an award; and '~) either one award greater than or eq!Jal to the value of a SenateScholarship ($800 in 2004-2005) and one award of less than the