• Progression and Graduation Requirements: General Degree Programs
• Academic Probation: General BA Degree Programs
• Academic Probation: General BSc Degree Program without Major
• Progression and Graduation Requirements: Honours Degree Programs
• Academic Probation: Honours Degree Programs
• Additional Requirements for Options
• Admission to Limited Enrolment Honours Programs: Arts & Science
• Unclassified Studies

Students in a general BA degree program without designation may progress and graduate if they achieve an overall grade point average (GPA) of 4.00. A student whose cumulative GPA is less than 4.00 but not less than 2.00 (D) will be allowed to proceed on academic probation for 4.0 further credit attempts. Refer to the Academic Probation: General BA Degree Programs section which follows.

Students in a general BSc degree program without designation, may progress and graduate if they achieve an overall grade point average of 3.00. A student whose cumulative GPA is less than 3.00 but not less than 2.00 (D) will be allowed to proceed on academic probation for 4.0 further credit attempts. Refer to the Academic Probation: General BSc Degree Programs section which follows.

A student whose cumulative GPA is less than 2.00 must withdraw from the university.

Academic decisions are made at the completion of each full year of study in May or upon completion of 4.0 credit attempts (passed or failed attempts).

Students who fail more than 5.0 credits (or equivalent, including repeated courses) will be required to withdraw from the university.

Students are placed on academic probation when they have completed 4.0 credits at Laurier, and achieve a grade point average (GPA) between 2.00 (D) and 3.99.

In order to clear probation, students must raise the cumulative GPA to at least 4.00 (C-) by the end of the probationary period, which will extend to the end of the term (May, June, August, December) in which they complete a fourth 1.0-credit attempt (or equivalent) after being placed on probation. The cumulative GPA calculated to determine whether or not the student has cleared probation will include all (be there 4.0 or more) credits completed by the end of the probationary period. A student who fails to clear probation after completing 4.0 credits will be required to withdraw from the university. Exceptions to this rule are described below.

A student who has been placed on probation and who at the end of the probationary period obtains a GPA of at least 5.00 (C) on a minimum of 4.0 credits taken after being placed on probation, but whose cumulative GPA is less than 4.00 will have until the end of an additional probationary period to raise the cumulative GPA to 4.00.

If a student's cumulative GPA falls below 4.00 (C-) after probation has been cleared, the student will be required to withdraw from the university.

Students enrolled in general degree programs who are on academic probation require written permission from the dean to take more than five 0.5-credit courses or equivalent in any term.

Students on academic probation in General BA programs (except adult probation) may not cross-register in courses at the University of Waterloo, nor attend another university on a Letter of Permission.

Students who fail more than 5.0 credits (or equivalent, including repeated courses) will be required to withdraw from the university.

General BSc students are placed on academic probation when they have completed 4.0 credits at Laurier, and achieve a grade point average (GPA) between 2.00 (D) and 2.99.

In order to clear probation, students must raise the cumulative GPA to at least 3.00 (D+) by the end of the probationary period, which will extend to the end of the term (May, June, August, December) in which they complete a fourth 1.0-credit attempt (or equivalent) after being placed on probation. The cumulative GPA calculated to determine whether or not the student has cleared probation will include all (be there 4.0 or more) credits completed by the end of the probationary period. A student who fails to clear probation after completing 4.0 credits will be required to withdraw from the university. Exceptions to this rule are described below.

A student who has been placed on probation and who at the end of the probationary period obtains a GPA of at least 5.00 (C) on a minimum of 4.0 credits taken after being placed on probation, but whose cumulative GPA is less than 3.00 (D+) will have until the end of an additional probationary period to raise the cumulative GPA to 3.00.

If a student's cumulative GPA falls below 3.00 (D+) after probation has been cleared, the student will be required to withdraw from the university.

Students enrolled in general degree programs who are on academic probation require written permission from the dean to take more than five 0.5-credit courses or equivalent in any term.

Students on academic probation in a General BSc program (except adult probation) may not cross-register in courses at the University of Waterloo, nor attend another university on a Letter of Permission.

Students who fail more than 5.0 credits (or equivalent, including repeated courses) will be required to withdraw from the university.

Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science - Faculty of Arts, Brantford Campus and Faculty of Science
Bachelor of Arts, Applied Economics - School of Business & Economics

Effective for honours degree programs offered by the Faculty of Arts, the Brantford Campus, the Faculty of Science and the Applied Economics program in the School of Business & Economics, these are the grade point average (GPA) requirements:

BA students progress from year to year in an honours subject, if they achieve a GPA of 5.00 (C) overall and 5.00 in that honours subject. Students in an honours BA degree are able to graduate in an honours subject if they achieve a grade point average of 5.00 overall and 7.00 (B-) in that honours subject.

BSc students progress and graduate in an honours subject, if they achieve a grade point average of 4.00 (C-) overall and 4.00 in that honours subject.

Notwithstanding the preceding, in those departments offering both BA and BSc degree programs in an honours subject (Departments of Biology, Geography & Environmental Studies, Kinesiology & Physical Education, Mathematics and Psychology), the departments will choose for each program to have students either:

(A) progress and graduate in the honours subject if they achieve a grade point average of 4.00 (C-) overall and 4.00 in their honours subject: The Departments of Biology and Mathematics have applied Option A to the BA and BSc honours programs.

(B) progress from year to year if they achieve a grade point average of 5.00 (C) overall and 5.00 in the honours subject, and graduate if they achieve a grade point average of 5.00 overall and 7.00 (B-) in the honours subject. The Departments of Geography & Environmental Studies, Kinesiology & Physical Education and Psychology have applied Option B to the BA and BSc honours programs.

Exceptions are detailed in the Honours Psychology Research Specialist, Honours Political Science Research Specialization and the joint Honours Biology and Psychology programs.
 

Bachelor of Business Administration

Progression to Year 2 requires completion of the 5.0 required and elective credits of Year 1 with a minimum cumulative GPA of 7.00 (B-) in Business courses and a minimum cumulative GPA of 5.00 (C) in non-business courses. GPA requirements for Business and non-Business courses must be achieved by August 31. Total course attempts may not exceed a maximum of 6.0 credits.

Progression to Year 3 requires completion of the 5.0 required and elective credits of Year 2 with a minimum cumulative GPA of 7.00 in Business and a minimum cumulative GPA of 5.00 in non-business. These GPAs must be achieved by August 31 and course attempts may not exceed a maximum of 12.0 credits.

Progression to Year 4 requires completion of the 5.0 required and elective credits of Year 3 with a minimum cumulative GPA of 7.00 in Business and a minimum cumulative GPA of 5.00 in non-business. Regular-stream students must achieve the GPAs on course attempts that may not exceed a maximum of 17.0 credits by August 31 and by co-op stream students by December 31.

Graduation requires completion of the 5.0 required and elective courses of Year 4 with a minimum cumulative GPA of 7.00 in Business and a minimum cumulative GPA of 5.00 in non-business. Students who have not met the required GPA to graduate must meet the requirements within one calendar year. If they do not do so, they must re-apply to enter the Honours Business Administration program. A student who has passed all the courses of the BBA program but who has not obtained the necessary GPA may elect to receive a Bachelor of Arts – General degree without major notation.
 

Bachelor of Arts - Honours Economics Programs

Progression requirements for the Honours BA Economics, Honours BA Economics and Accounting, Honours BA Economics and Administration, and Honours BA Economics and Financial Management programs are stated in the School of Business & Economics chapter, Economics section. The Honours BA Applied Economics requirements are also stated at the beginning of this subsection.
 

Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Therapy

Progression requirements for these honours programs will be based on grade point averages obtained from all courses taken and will be calculated on a cumulative basis. For progression from Year 1 to Year 2 the requirement will be a minimum GPA of 6.00 (C+) in each of the honours subject(s) of specialization and a minimum GPA of 4.00 (C-) overall. The requirement for progression to Year 3 and Year 4, and for graduation, will be a minimum GPA of 7.00 (B-) in each of the honours subject(s) of specialization and a minimum GPA of 6.00 overall.

Students enrolled in honours BBA, BBSc, BMus, BMusTh programs (Year 1 BBA students are excluded), who fail to achieve the standing required for admission to the subsequent year of their program, may upon the recommendation of the chair and the appropriate dean, proceed on academic probation. The terms of the probation will be determined by the chair and the dean. The approval for academic probation will be communicated to the student on LORIS by the Office of the Registrar. An honours student in the above degrees may proceed on probation only once.

NOTE: Students enrolled in Honours BA or BSc programs, or students completing Year 1 in the Honours BBA program are excluded from academic probation regulations.

Refer to the Children's Education and Development Option in the Laurier Brantford chapter. Also, refer to the descriptions of the Administration and Environmental Science Options in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science chapters and the Applied Mathematics Option and the Honours Mathematics: Finance and Accounting Option in the Faculty of Science chapter, for progression regulations.

There may be instances where student demand for entry or progression into Year 2 of an honours program in the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Science exceeds the availability of student spaces. Students who meet the minimum criteria for progression from Year 1 to Year 2 will be considered for admission.

A student's overall GPA calculated from all courses taken at Wilfrid Laurier University will be used to determine admission to these limited enrolment honours degree programs. Departments which intend to use other methods of determining GP(A) criteria for entry to honours programs will so advise students no later than October 1 in the fall term of the student's first year.

The regulations for the general degree programs will apply except where additional requirements are specified.