Athabasca University Grades

[LawFatality]

Hey everyone! 

After the completion of my first undergradute, I took a full year (27 credits) worth of courses at Athabasca University in their bachelor of science program. Would UofA consider the grades from this year as part of a recognized program or would I be classified as a special or uncalssified student? I now realize that a lot of the courses I completed transfer to UofA as 1XX level courses so being a special student would kinda suck as UofA wont count them. My understanding is that they would count if they recognize it as a degree program, but I was not sure how the university views BSc students at Athabasca so was wondering if anyone has experience here. 

Appreciate any insights in this, thanks! 

Edited February 10, 2022 by LawFatality

[EmbeddedClause]

I was wondering this as well, actually! I took a few courses at Athabasca (registered in a BA program) prior to transfering to UofA.

I don't have any concrete insight for you about how UofA looks at AU courses/programs, but I expect that your courses will be counted, because you were registered in a BSc program.

At the top of my AU transcript, it says: Current Program of Study: Bachelor of Arts - 4 Year Major(s) in Psychology. I expect (hope) that this is enough for UofA to be able to identify that my courses were taken as part of a program.

Good luck!!

[Renerik]

Save yourself some heartbreak, give admissions a call. Quick 5 minute conversation and you'll get a concrete answer instead of best guesses from other applicants.

[mj1995]

On 2/10/2022 at 2:09 PM, Renerik said:

Save yourself some heartbreak, give admissions a call. Quick 5 minute conversation and you'll get a concrete answer instead of best guesses from other applicants.

i can answer this, they count no need to save yourself the heartbreak I already looked. Last 20 courses including masters degrees and summer courses are used to calcualte your admission gpa. I also completed a degree at Athabasca prior to applying. 

[TheDevilIKnow]

On the flip side of this coin, I forgot to include my Athabasca transcript in my application (because I only took one course years before, and it wasn't in a degree context). I got a rather stern e-mail from Admissions about the fact that I had withheld marks from them. So you can bet that they care about receiving them. 😉 

[mj1995]

16 hours ago, TheDevilIKnow said:

On the flip side of this coin, I forgot to include my Athabasca transcript in my application (because I only took one course years before, and it wasn't in a degree context). I got a rather stern e-mail from Admissions about the fact that I had withheld marks from them. So you can bet that they care about receiving them. 😉 

They want every single mark so I am not entirely sure why someone would comment that it doesn't matter. Best of luck to you all!