Academic Regulations and Evaluation All students are evaluated academically as they
for a student transferring from another faculty
progress through their Engineering program.
or university, the ESGPA and ECGPA would not
Evaluation takes place in May, once all Fall and
include any courses taken before they registered as a
Winter term grades are in. There are two important
Queen’s Engineering student].
GPA calculations that are used to evaluate Engineering students—the Engineering Sessional
Engineering Sessional GPA (ESGPA): Includes Fall and
GPA (ESGPA) and the Engineering Cumulative GPA
Winter courses for the previous academic session
(ECGPA). [Note: The “Engineering” addition to the
(while registered in Queen’s Engineering).
GPA—i.e. the ESGPA and ECGPA—is included to
Engineering Cumulative GPA (ECGPA): Includes ALL
distinguish courses that are taken while a student is registered in Queen’s Engineering. For example,
Fall and Winter courses you have done at Queen’s while registered in Queen’s Engineering.
Some important regulations to note:* n All
core courses for your program must be taken
and passed in order to graduate. In addition,
n Academic
you must follow the structure outlined for your
l Students
placed on academic probation must
follow a special program for the following
program in terms of taking and passing technical electives and complementary studies courses. If
probation:
academic session:
l
Students with an ECGPA < 1.3 must
you wish to deviate from the program structure
repeat all courses from their previous
in any way, it is important that you see an
academic session for which they
academic advisor. n Passing
received less than a C grade.
a course: The passing grade for an
individual course is a D- (see previous table). n ECGPA
dean.
for honours and scholarships:
l Yearly
l Requirement
l First
l Second
ECGPA ≥ 3.5 class honours at graduation:
on academic probation who
next academic session will be released from
to retain entrance scholarships:
class honours at graduation:
l Students
achieve an ECGPA ≥ 1.6 by the end of their
Dean’s Honour List: ESGPA ≥ 3.5
ESGPA ≥ 3.5
Students with 1.3 ≤ ECGPA < 1.6 must repeat courses specified by the associate
for graduation: A minimum ECGPA of 1.6
is required for graduation. n GPAs
l
probation.
l Students
on academic probation who do not
achieve an ECGPA ≥ 1.6 by the end of their next academic session will be required to withdraw.
2.0 < ECGPA < 3.5 n GPAs
dealing with academic progression:
l ESGPA <
0.7: Student is required to
withdraw. (RTW)
l ECGPA <
1.6: Student is placed on academic
probation *A complete listing of all of the Engineering regulations can be found on the Faculty website: http://www.engineering.queensu.ca. Look under Current Students > Calendar > Regulations and Policies.
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