Standing Deferred and Supplemental exams

BIOL 200 SD exams must be written with the final exam of a subsequent offering of the course. For more information about the date and location of these exams, please contact the BIOL 200 coordinator at biol200@zoology.ubc.ca.

SD exams for CHEM 121, 123, 233, and 235 should be written during the next formal exam period in which the course is offered. Students should write their exam with the next course offering’s class.

For Winter Session Term 1 (September to December) courses, the Chemistry Department offers a special SD exam writing session in the first 2 weeks of January (Term 2). Otherwise, students write during the Summer SD exam period.

All other Chemistry SD exams for winter courses must be written during the Summer SD exam period by submitting an application on the Student Service Centre (SSC).

Chemistry SD exams for summer courses must be written either in December with the Term 1 course, or during a special exam writing session in the first 2 weeks of January.

The Chemistry Department only participates in the Summer SD exam period, not in the Winter SD exam period.

Do not contact the course instructor. For detailed information about the regular exam schedule, please review the UBC Exam Schedule. If you have additional questions about these courses, please submit an online request to the Chemistry Department.

Students must contact their home faculty’s academic advising office to request an academic concession. Once your SD status is approved, deferred exams must be written with the subsequent challenge exam or final exam of the subsequent offering of CPSC 107 or CPSC 110. For more information about challenge exams, visit the CPSC 110 Info page.

For permission to write the exam and the exam date and location, contact the instructor or course coordinator for the appropriate course at least 1 month before the exam.

Note that CPSC 107 and CPSC 110 students write equivalent final exams.

Deferred exams must be written with the final exam of the subsequent offering of the course, if the final exam occurs before the deadline for completing the SD exam. 

For permission to write the exam and the exam date and location, contact the instructor or course coordinator for the appropriate course at least 1 month before the final exam period.

If there is no course offered before the deadline for completing the SD exam, contact your own term’s course instructor or Scheduling Services at student.exams@ubc.ca to schedule an exam before the deadline. You may also be able to request an extension to your SD through your faculty’s advising office.

DAP SD exams are scheduled with the final exam of a subsequent offering of the course. DAP students who have been approved for an SD exam should review the confirmation email received at the time of SD approval for further details on the scheduling of the given SD exam. Any questions related to the scheduling of this exam should be sent to the DAP office at askdap@sauder.ubc.ca.

Students having a SD exam for a DSCI 100 course are expected to take the exam in the next term when the course is offered. For example, if you have a deferred exam from a Winter term 1 course and that course is also offered in Winter term 2, you will take your exam with the term 2 cohort. Any SD exams for term 2 courses should be taken with any summer section of the course that is offered.

Please contact the instructor of the course in the term that you will be writing your SD exam. For example, if you will be writing your SD exam in 2022/23 Winter Term 2, contact the instructor who is instructing that course in that term to arrange for you to write the exam with that class.

For Winter Term 2 SD exams, you’ll be expected to write them during the summer exam period, if the course is offered.

If you have a SD exam for a Winter term 1 course that is not offered in either Winter term 2 or the summer session, you may take the exam with the next Winter term 1 cohort or, should that not possible, during the official SD exam period during July.

LAW Distance Learning Courses (Sections 99A, 99C, & 98A) SD/S exams will be scheduled by the Allard Online Learning Program. Please email distancelearning@allard.ubc.ca to confirm the date of your exam.  For all other law exams, students will be advised by the Director, Academic Services, Allard School of Law, about the date of their SD exams. Do not apply through the Student Services Centre (SSC) to write your Law SD exams.

For all Math SD exams, please email the Math Undergraduate Coordinator at ugrad-coord@math.ubc.ca for your next steps. Do not contact your instructor.

The Math Department expects students with deferred standing to write the final exam at the next regularly scheduled exam. This is usually at the end of the following term. 

For any course offered in the following Summer Term, the Math Department will not offer an additional examination during the Summer SD exam period.

The Math Department only participates in the Summer SD exam period, not in the Winter SD exam period.

Students having a SD exam for a STAT course are expected to take the exam in the next term when the course is offered. For example, if you have a deferred exam from a Winter term 1 course and that course is also offered in Winter term 2, you will take your exam with the term 2 cohort. Any SD exams for term 2 courses should be taken with any summer section of the course that is offered.

Please contact the instructor of the course in the term that you will be writing your SD exam. For example, if you will be writing your SD exam in 2022/23 Winter Term 2, contact the instructor who is instructing that course in that term to arrange for you to write the exam with that class.

For Winter Term 2 SD exams, you’ll be expected to write them during the summer exam period, if the course is offered.

If you have a SD exam for a Winter term 1 course that is not offered in either Winter term 2 or the summer session, you may take the exam with the next Winter term 1 cohort or, should that not possible, during the official SD exam period during July.