Effective May 1, 2026, for Engineering Change of Program Elements (COPE) requests for the 202630-calendar year.
The tables below include the minimum requirements for Engineering COPE requests to be considered by each department. Please review these important notes before submitting a COPE request:
COPE request approvals are never guaranteed; consideration is given to requests that meet minimum requirements, subject to space availability in the requested program. Updates to these requirements may be made throughout the academic year.
We strongly suggest running a “what-if” audit in your requested program to check (i) year standing, (ii) Overall CGPA, and (iii) Courses in Excess at the bottom of the audit.
These minimum requirements apply only to students already enrolled in a Bachelor of Engineering program. Students from other degree programs must contact admissions@carleton.ca to apply for admission to BENG as an internal transfer student.
Department of Civil and Environmental Eng. (CEE) Programs
Program
Students currently within the CEE department
Students currently in a different engineering department
Ex: Civil changing to Environmental
Ex: Aerospace changing to Civil
Civil
Completion of all first year courses (ECOR 103X, ECOR 105X, MATH, CHEM and PHYS)
Minimum 9.00 CGPA and Completion of all first year courses (ECOR 103X, ECOR 105X, MATH, CHEM and PHYS)
Environmental
Completion of all first year courses (ECOR 103X, ECOR 105X, MATH, CHEM and PHYS)
Minimum 6.00 CGPA and Completion of all first year courses (ECOR 103X, ECOR 105X, MATH, CHEM and PHYS)
Architectural Conservation and Sustainability Engineering
Completion of all first year courses (ECOR 103X, ECOR 105X, MATH, CHEM and PHYS)
Minimum 9.00 CGPA and Completion of all first year courses (ECOR 103X, ECOR 105X, MATH, CHEM and PHYS)
Department of Electronics (DOE) Programs
Program
Students currently within the DOE department
Students currently in a different engineering department
Ex: Eng. Physics changing to Electrical
Ex: Civil changing to Electrical
Electrical
Second year standing
Minimum 6.00 CGPA and Second year standing
Engineering Physics
Second year standing
Minimum 6.00 CGPA and Second year standing
SREE-Stream A: Smart Technologies for Power Generation and Distribution
Second year standing
Minimum 6.00 CGPA and Second year standing
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng. (MAE) Programs
**Note – COPE requests into MAE programs will be closed to students from different engineering departments until May 1, 2027. Any requests received in the interim will be cancelled.
Program
Students currently within the MAE department
Students currently in a different engineering department**
Ex: Mechanical changing to Aerospace
Ex: Electrical changing to Aerospace
Aerospace (all streams)
Second year standing (including stream changes)
Minimum 10.00 CGPA and Second year standing
Mechanical
Second year standing
Minimum 10.00 CGPA and Second year standing
Biomedical-Mechanical
Second year standing
Minimum 10.00 CGPA and Second year standing
SREE-Stream B: Efficient Energy Generation and Conversion
Second year standing
Minimum 10.00 CGPA and Second year standing
Mechatronics (MECT) Engineering
Program
Students currently within MECT
Students currently in a different engineering department
N/A
Ex: Electrical changing to Mechatronics
Mechatonics
N/A
Only students admitted 2025 Fall: Minimum 10.00 CGPA and ECOR 1031 with C- or higher and Second year standing.
Department of Systems and Computer Eng. (SCE) Programs
Program
Students currently within the SCE department
Students currently in a different engineering department
Ex: Software changing to Computer Systems
Ex: Electrical changing to Software
Communications
Second year standing and ECOR 1031 with C- or higher
Minimum 6.00 CGPA and ECOR 1031 with C- or higher and Second year standing
Software
Second year standing and ECOR 1031 with C- or higher
Minimum 8.00 CGPA and ECOR 1031 with C- or higher and Second year standing
Software – Stream: Artificial Intelligence
Minimum 10.00 CGPA and fourth year standing in Software Engineering
N/A (must already be in Software for this Stream)
Computer Systems
Second year standing and ECOR 1031 with C- or higher
Minimum 8.00 CGPA and ECOR 1031 with C- or higher and Second year standing
Biomedical-Electrical
Second year standing and ECOR 1031 with C- or higher
Minimum 6.00 CGPA and ECOR 1031 with C- or higher and Second year standing