Application for Course Substitution

Course Substitution - Courses may be substituted on the following grounds:

1) When the student is following a curriculum that has been superseded by a new one and the substitution

tends to bring the old curriculum in line with the new.

2) When the required subject is not offered during the semester when the student needs it.

3) When the student transfers/proceeds to another program where courses from their previous program may be credited.

Application Period: One month before the registration.

Courses may be substituted on the following grounds: 

(1) When the student is following a curriculum that has been superseded by a new one and the substitution tends to bring the old curriculum in line with the new. 

(2) When the required subject is not offered during the semester when the student needs it. 

(3) When the student transfers/proceeds to another program where courses from their previous program may be credited.

A substitution shall be valid when: 

(1) The courses involved are within the same program, or the two courses are allied to each other. 

(2) The course being used as substitute has credit units equal to or greater than the credit units of the required course.  

(3) All applications for substitution must be submitted to the Office of the Dean concerned before or during the registration period.

(4) No substitution shall be allowed for any course prescribed in the curriculum where the student has failed or received a grade of 5.0 except when, in the opinion of the Program offering the prescribed course, the proposed substitute covers substantially the same subject matter as the required subject.

(5) All applications for substitution shall be acted upon by the Dean concerned. In case the action of the Dean is adverse to the recommendation of the Adviser and the Program Chair concerned, the student may appeal to the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, whose decision shall be final.

Application Requirements:

• Accomplished Google Form