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If you are a new student and have never taken a course at Laurier, your first step is to apply for admission by following the instructions below. It is especially important for you to note the Application for Admission Deadline Dates identified in this calendar. We encourage you to forward all the necessary forms and documentation well in advance of the stated deadline dates. Step 1. Complete the Application for Admission and return it with the required non-refundable fee of $45 payable to: Step 2. Make arrangements for official transcripts of your academic records to be forwarded directly to the Admissions Office at Laurier. Step 3. Please note that once your Application for Admission has been processed and if you are eligible for admission to Laurier, you will receive a Part-Time Studies Student Handbook with your Offer of Admission package that includes instructions for registering on-line using Laurier's Online Registration Information System (LORIS). If you have been admitted to Laurier as a part-time student, you have 12 months in which to register and complete a course; if you have not done so within this time frame you must reapply with the form Application for Admission and mail it to OUAC. If you have been admitted to Laurier and have completed one or more Laurier courses within the last 18 months, you must submit a Program Selection Form to the Office of the Registrar in order to register for a course (and a Online Learning form if applicable). If you have been admitted to Laurier, and have completed one or more Laurier courses, but have not completed a course within the last 18 months, you must submit a Request for Re-registration form, (and a Online Learning form if applicable) to the Office of the Registrar in order to register for a course at Laurier.
For more information, please contact the Admissions Office at 519.884.0710 ext. 6887. If you wish to attend classes without receiving academic credit, you will be identified as an audit student. You must be admitted to the university and must complete the Application for Admission (and pay the application fee). Tuition fees are normally half the regular course fee, with a few exceptions that may be charged the full course fee. Fees are not refundable. (See Course Costs). Indicate the Unclassified Studies program code as your program selection. Audit students do not write final examinations, but may participate in classes to the extent allowed or required by the course professor. Students attending Laurier must have sufficient facility in the use of the English language to understand and profit from instruction given in English. Students whose native tongue is not English must submit to the Admissions Office evidence acceptable to the university of their proficiency in English. Normally, this evidence is an acceptable score on either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB), or Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL). A minimum score of 560 is required in the paper-based TOEFL; a minimum score of 220 is required in the computer-based TOEFL; a mimimum score of 83, with no component below 20, is required in the internet based TOEFL; a minimum score of 6.5 is required in IELTS; a minimum score of 85 is required in the MELAB; a minimum score of Band 70, with no band less than 60, is required in the CAEL. These tests are offered in Canada, the United States and many other countries. Applicants must make their own arrangements to write one of these tests by contacting:
Alternatively, Laurier will accept, for admissions beginning in September 2009, successful completion of an English language program provided by one of our partner institutions. Please refer to the following for details http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2256&p=9588#ESL_Partner_Programs |
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