{"id":83,"date":"2024-07-12T08:45:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T12:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:02:55","slug":"cumulative-grade-point-average-cgpa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/cumulative-grade-point-average-cgpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2024\/06\/stu-blkbrd.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/cgpas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Calculate My CGPA<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is calculated based on the grade points you earned and the credit values of the completed courses. It determines a student\u2019s current standing both Overall (this includes all courses counting towards the degree) and in the Major(s) (this includes only courses required for the Major) as well as minors, concentrations and specializations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on that average, your CGPA will help you, and the university, evaluate your overall progress in satisfying the requirements of your program. Ultimately, the CGPA is used as an assessment tool for the Academic Continuation Evaluation carried out each term, and, most importantly, your eligibility and class of honours for graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/cgpas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about how to calculate your CGPA<\/a> on our dedicated calculate your CGPA page and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/aac-request-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">meet with an Advisor<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is calculated based on the grade points you earned and the credit values of the completed courses. 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