Academic Exemption Request Form

PERSONAL INFORMATION

EXEMPTION REQUEST INFORMATION

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Four to six weeks are required to process an exemption request. Make sure all supporting documents are included to avoid a longer processing time.

Please note that a non-refundable processing fee of $275 per course, plus any applicable taxes, is required. We encourage you to follow the instructions on the Course Indication form as this fee is non-refundable.

Ineligible for an exemption:

  • Transcripts of courses with no proctored examination
  • Unofficial transcripts (not accepted)
  • Transcripts of courses completed more than seven years ago*
  • Work experience
*Accounting, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics courses may qualify for exemption with no restriction on their completion date.

Courses and designations ineligible for exemption
  • All designations (exemptions granted per course only)
  • CSI Licensing courses, including certification exams, and Capstone courses (see list below):
    1. Advanced Investment Strategies (AIS)
    2. Advanced Mutual Funds Advice Certificate Examination
    3. Applied Financial Planning Certification exam
    4. Branch Compliance Officer’s Course (BCO)
    5. Canadian Securities Course (CSC®)
    6. Conduct and Practices Handbook Course (CPH®)
    7. Derivatives Fundamentals and Options Licensing Course (DFOL)
    8. Financial Planning Integration Course (FPIC)
    9. Investment Dealer Supervisors Course (IDSC)
    10. Investment Management Techniques (IMT®)
    11. Law, Estate and Tax Supplement (LETS)
    12. Lending, Retirement and Insurance Supplement (LRIS)
    13. Life License Qualification Program Insurance Course (LLQP)
    14. Partners, Directors and Senior Officers Course (PDO)
    15. Portfolio Management Techniques (PMT®)
    16. Wealth Management Essentials (WME®)
If you have completed CIFC via the IFSE Institute, you may qualify for an exemption from the Investment Funds in Canada (IFC) course. Please note that a non-refundable processing fee of $100, plus any applicable taxes, is required.

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Each form must include the following:
  • An Official transcript
  • A copy of the table of content or course syllabus is required for all courses that are requested for evaluation
1. Download and complete the “Course Indication Form” to indicate which courses you are requesting an exemption.
2. Upload the “Course Indication Form” along with your supporting documentation for this request.

Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 20 files.

PRIVACY POLICY

I have read CSI’s Policies and Guidelines including the Refund Policy, Privacy Policy and Student Code of Conduct described on the website at www.csi.ca and agree to abide by the rules and regulations outlined in it.

CSI’s privacy policy is designed to protect your personal information. This policy describes the personal information that CSI requires, how it will be used and under what circumstances it may be distributed to third parties. Very briefly, CSI needs to obtain certain information about you to enrol you in a course and to match your results to your academic file. Without it, we cannot accept you as a student as we wouldn’t be able to create a student record for you. We will ask for information such as your name, address and credit card number. We will only ask for the information we need, we will keep it safe and we will not sell or distribute it to anyone else. We may share it with our suppliers to better serve you, to compile records or to report to the regulators. We will not give any information to your employer unless you complete the information release consent form, or breach CSI’s Student Code of Conduct.

By signing and submitting this document, I confirm that I understand and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of my personal information by CSI and I agree to abide by the CSI Student Code of Conduct.

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INFORMATION RELEASE CONSENT (Release of your information to employers or educational institute)

In addition to CSI’s Privacy Policy above, I hereby consent to CSI disclosing to my current or future employer or educational institute my personal information as to: (i) my status with CSI and (ii) my performance in CSI courses. I acknowledge I may be eligible for preferred pricing rates negotiated between CSI and my employer and I understand that I must accept this agreement to receive such pricing. I further understand that CSI may contact my employer about my eligibility for discounted pricing rates. Further, I consent that from time to time I may be contacted by my employer or CSI for the purpose of (i) providing personal information to CSI to allow it to consolidate and calculate my compliance with regulators’ education requirements of me, and (ii) disclosing such information to my employer to facilitate management of its compliance requirements with regulators. The consent provided herein may be revoked, in whole or in part, by me by providing CSI with ten (10) business days prior written notice delivered to 625, René-Lévesque Blvd West, Suite 400, Montreal (Quebec) H3B 1R2, CANADA, attention: Customer Support. By doing so, I acknowledge that I may continue to enrol in and subscribe for CSI’s academic services but that (i) CSI’s academic services will not be made available to me at a discount, and (ii) I will be responsible for paying the incremental fees applicable to private students.