BSW CGPA Information

Throughout your studies at Carleton you are required to meet certain academic requirements to continue with your studies, and 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, 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, AU, and all letter grades). In order to be Eligible to Continue (EC) in a degree program,

• students must have an minimum Overall CGPA 4.0

Having below an Overall 4.0 CGPA would result in an AW – Academic Warning – ACE decision. In these scenarios, students should contact the Undergraduate Administrator for advising on how to increase their CGPA and progress through their degree. Students can access this information on the Registrar’s Office webpage outlining Degree Progression and Academic Continuation Evaluation information and on the Undergraduate Calendar Regulations section 3.2.1.

For the remainder of the program students will continue to receive ACE assessments at the end of each academic term. ACE only assess Overall CGPA, so once students have attempted 15.5 credits, an additional evaluation will be completed to 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.

This information can be found on the Undergraduate Calendar Social Work Program Academic Continuation Evaluation section.

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).