Ontario Visiting Graduate Students (OVGS)
It is possible for a graduate student registered at McMaster University to take a graduate course at another Ontario university for credit toward the McMaster degree. To do so, the student must review the Information Booklet, complete the form for an Ontario Visiting Graduate Student (both available on the Council of Ontario Universities website http://cou.on.ca/key-issues/education/graduate-education/ontario-visiting-grad-students) and describe the course to be taken, the term in which it will be taken, and the reasons for taking the course.
Approval of the student’s Department Chair, MBA Program Director and Academic Advisor are required before the form is submitted for approval to the School of Graduate Studies, which will send it to the host university. The course selected must be required for the student’s program, must be a graduate level course, and must not be available at McMaster University. Auditing of courses or registration for “extra” courses is not permitted.
Courses Taken in Ontario
If the course will be taken at a University in Ontario, the process is as follows:
Courses Taken Outside of Ontario (do not fall under OVGS)
If the course will be taken at a University outside of Ontario, the process is as follows:
Permission will not be granted for requests to take a course at another institution for the purpose of reducing course load in a future term. The maximum number of MBA courses that a McMaster University MBA student may take at another University is two, for their entire MBA degree.