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3.6 Advanced Standing Policies and Requirements
Fanshawe College has well‐defined advanced standing policies and requirements, partially described in
Policy 2‐A‐03. Advanced standing is credit granted on a course‐by‐course basis for a program level or
levels on the basis of previous academic achievement at another institution and/or prior learning
assessment and recognition.
Applications for advanced standing are reviewed by the academic program coordinator, a faculty
member with relevant expertise and qualifications in the Lawrence Kinlin School of Business, to ensure
the program of earlier studies is relevant for advanced standing and is based on 75% similarity in
curriculum content and in level of instruction and evaluation.
Applicants to the Bachelor of Commerce (Digital Marketing) program who have completed a diploma
program at a college other than Fanshawe, and who have achieved an appropriate level of cumulative
GPA, will be considered for advanced standing into Level 3, 4 or 5, depending on their program of origin.
Graduates of 2‐year diploma programs will require a cumulative GPA of 3.5 (75%), and graduates of 3‐
year advanced diploma programs will require a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (70%).
Applicants who have completed a degree program at either a college or university will be considered for
advanced standing provided they have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (70%).
Advanced Standing Entry Level and GPA Requirements
Program of Origin
Entry
Level
GPA
Required
Percentage of
Credit Granted
Business Administration – Marketing advanced diploma
programs (3‐yr.)
5 3.0 54%
Business – Marketing diploma programs (2‐yr.) 4 3.5 38%
Business Administration (other than Marketing) advanced
diploma programs (3‐yr.)
4 3.0 38%
Business (other than Marketing) diploma programs (2‐yr.) 3 3.5 27%
College or university degree program
Individual
assessment
3.0
3.7 Program Transfer Policies and Requirements
Program transfer is a transfer from one Fanshawe College post‐secondary program to another. Diploma
students who have successfully completed a 2‐ or 3‐year diploma program in the Lawrence Kinlin School
of Business and who have achieved the minimum cumulative GPA will be allowed to transfer into the
Bachelor of Commerce (Digital Marketing) program into either Level 4, 5 or 6, depending on the
program of origin.
Students choosing to transfer, having completed a Fanshawe diploma program at the 3.5 GPA level
(75%) but from a program delivered by a school other than the Lawrence Kinlin School of Business (e.g.
Travel and Tourism, Law Clerk, etc.), will be considered for transfer on a course‐by‐course basis only.
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