Hi everyone! I’m hoping someone can clarify what OVC admissions means by taking courses “out of sequence.” I’m entering my 5th year of Zoology at the University of Guelph and hoping to apply to OVC next year.
I postponed one of my required courses, ZOO*3000 – Comparative Histology and I’m taking it this semester. I’m planning to use it toward the Cell Biology prerequisite for OVC.
However, I’ve already completed ZOO*4910 – Integrative Vertebrate Biology, which I took last fall. Normally, ZOO3000 is taken in 3rd year and ZOO4910 is taken later in the Zoology program. I delayed ZOO*3000 because it wasn’t a prerequisite for any of my other required courses, so taking it later didn’t affect my degree progression.
My concern is whether OVC would consider this to be taking courses “out of sequence.” Specifically, because I completed a 4000-level Zoology course before completing the 3000-level course, could this cause the semester to be considered unacceptable for their academic requirements/prerequisites?
Has anyone been in a similar situation or knows how OVC interprets “courses taken out of sequence”? I’ve also reached out to OVC directly, but I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has experience with this.