BSW CGPA Information

Throughout your studies at Carleton you are required to meet certain academic requirements to continue with your studies. To encourage students to incrementally progress towards meeting degree requirements for graduation, there is an assessment process to evaluate academic standing in a program. Your academic standing is assessed through the Academic Continuation Evaluation process (also referred to as ACE).

The first ACE assessment will be initiated once a student has completed 5.5 Carleton credits. With subsequent assessments occurring at the end of each academic term you complete courses, ACE will assess the Overall CGPA when in the credit range of 5.5 to 15.25 completed credits (this includes credits obtained through transfer/TR, SAT/UNS, CR/NR, and all letter grades, pass or fail).

Possible outcomes of ACE

Eligible to Continue

• If the student meets the minimum Overall CGPA when they are evaluated, they receive an ACE decision of Eligible to Continue (EC). In order to be Eligible to Continue (EC) in the BSW program,
  • students must have a minimum Overall CGPA 4.0 (this is a C- average).

Academic Warning

• Falling below the minimum requirement usually leads to a decision of Academic Warning (AW). Under ACE, students can remain on Academic Warning for multiple consecutive terms, until their Overall CGPA is high enough for Eligible to Continue.
• After being placed on Academic Warning, in subsequent evaluations the student will have a Term GPA calculated in addition to the Overall CGPA. The Term GPA is defined in Section 3.2.4.1 of the Undergraduate Calendar.
• If the Overall CGPA remains below the minimum required for Eligible to Continue, but the Term GPA is equal to the minimum required Overall CGPA, the student can remain on Academic Warning until their Overall CGPA is sufficient for Eligible to Continue. If the Term GPA is not sufficient, this leads to an ACE decision of Required to Withdraw for Two Terms (WT).
• In these scenarios, students should contact the Undergraduate Administrator for advising on how to increase their CGPA and progress through their degree.

Required to Withdraw for Two Terms

Students in the BSW (Honours) follow the continuation requirements for Honours programs, as described in Section 3.2.6 of the Academic Regulations of the University, with the following addition:

• Students with 15.5 or more program credits completed, but who have a Major CGPA less than 6.00, will be required to leave the BSW program with the decision Required to Withdraw for Two Terms (WT).

Major CGPA Requirements

For the remainder of the program students will continue to receive ACE assessments at the end of each academic term that they complete courses. Once students have attempted 15.5 credits, ACE will begin to additionally assess the Major CGPA. Once a student is in the credit range of 15.5 credits or more, in order to remain in the Bachelor of Social Work program (and not receive a WT – Required to Withdraw for Two Terms – ACE decision):

• students must have a minimum Overall CGPA of 5.0 and a minimum Major CGPA of 6.0.

Students can access this information on the Registrar’s Office webpage outlining Degree Progression and Academic Continuation Evaluation information and in section 3.2.1. of the Undergraduate Calendar Regulations.

In the BSW program in order to be eligible to complete a practicum in the third and fourth year of the degree students must meet the following CGPA requirement by the date in which they apply for practicum (in addition to completing the prerequisite courses prior to starting practicum – prerequisites for SOWK 3600 Practicum I: SOWK 2001, 2005, 2100, 2202 and 2203, prerequisites for SOWK 4600 Practicum II: SOWK 2001, 2005, 2100, 2202, 2203, 3100 and 3600),

• Students must have a minimum Major CGPA of 6.0 by the term that they would apply for practicum.

This information can be found on the BSW Practicum Hub, under Placement Pre-Requisites & Requirements.

In order to graduate from the Bachelor of Social Work students must meet the following CGPA requirements,

• students must have a minimum Overall CGPA of 5.0 (calculated by final grades received in ALL completed credits counting towards your degree).
• students must have a minimum Major CGPA of 6.50 (calculated by final grades received in core SOWK completed credits counting towards your degree).