Bachelor of Applied Science and Bachelor of Software Engineering Specific Degree Requirements

The following rules are applied when students' performance is assessed; unless otherwise stated the rules apply to reduced-load 1A, reduced-load, and full-load terms.

1. All (full-load) students are expected to enrol in at least the number of courses specified in this Calendar for the corresponding term of their plan. A reduced-load student may drop one elective course per term (as defined by their plan) by obtaining the approval of their academic advisor. These are the courses used to calculate the term average, which is the basis of promotion decisions. Courses not included in the degree, term average, or failure count must be identified at the time of enrolment (see Rule 12). See Rule 16 for information regarding changing a course's designation. The designation of these courses may be changed (with the approval of the department) at any time prior to four weeks before the first day of the Final Examination Period for that term. Reduced-load 1A students must enrol in three courses (a load of at least 1.5 and normally less than a full load) as specified by their academic advisor. Normally, the reduced-load 1A term will be composed of at least two core courses from the 1A term with other courses specified by the academic advisor in consultation with the student.
2. The term decision is based on the student's course load during the term, the previous term decision, the term average for the current term, and the number of courses taken that term with grades below 50. The term average is calculated using the weight of the course, the status of the course (e.g., DRNA), and the interpreted course grade. All grades above 32 are interpreted as the submitted grade. Courses with a submitted grade below 32 are interpreted for averaging purposes, as having a value of 32. Both the number of courses below 50 in the current term as well as the cumulative number of To Be Cleared courses (the TBC count) on a student's record can be part of the decision.

Full- and reduced-load terms (excluding reduced-load 1A terms):

For students in full-load terms and reduced-load terms, the term decision is based on the current term average, the number of courses taken during the term with a grade below 50%, the previous term decision, and in some cases one or more of, the course load, the level, and the TBC count.

1. Students with a term average of 60% or greater and no course grades below 50% are promoted with a term decision of Satisfactory, Good, or Excellent.
2. Students with a term average of 60% or greater with one or more course grades below 50% who are in their first term of Engineering or whose previous term decision was not Failed – Must Repeat Term, the term decision depends on the level and, for students at level 2A or above, on the TBC count. The TBC count includes courses in the current term with grades below 50%. There are several decision descriptors that can be added to the decision described in the rules below.
   
   1. Students in 1A or 1B, the term decision depends on the course load and the number of course grades below 50%.
      1. Students on a full-course load with no more than two course grades below 50% are promoted with a term decision of Conditional.
      2. Students on an elective reduced-course load with no more than one course grade below 50% are promoted with a term decision of Conditional.
      3. Students on a full course load with more than two course grades below 50% have a term decision of Failed - Must Repeat Term.
      4. Students on an elective reduced-course load with more than one course grade below 50% have a term decision of Failed - Must Repeat Term.
   2. Students in 2A and beyond with a TBC count below three, the term decision depends on the course load and the number of course grades below 50%.
      1. Students on a full course load with no more than two course grades below 50% are promoted with a term decision of Conditional.
      2. Students on an elective reduced-course load with no more than one course grade below 50% are promoted with a term decision of Conditional.
      3. Students on a full course load with more than two course grades below 50% have a term decision of Failed - Must Repeat Term.
      4. Students on an elective reduced-course load with more than one course grade below 50% have a term decision of Failed - Must Repeat Term.
   3. Students in 2A and beyond with a TBC count above two have a term decision of May not Proceed.
3. Students with a term average below 60% and/or one or more course grades below 50%, whose previous term decision was Failed – Must Repeat Term have a term decision of Failed - Required to Withdraw.
4. Students with a term average of 50% or greater, but less than 60% who are in their first term of Engineering or whose previous term decision was not Failed – Must Repeat Term, have a term decision of Failed - Must Repeat Term.
5. Students with a term average less than 50% who are in their first term of Engineering have a term decision of Failed - Required to Withdraw from 1A.
6. Students with a term average less than 50% who are not in their first term of Engineering have a term decision of Failed - Required to Withdraw.

Reduced-load 1A terms:

For students in the 1A Reduced-Load Program (RLP), the term decision depends on the term (i.e., the first 1A RLP term or the second 1A RLP term) and is based on the current term average, the number of courses taken during the term with a grade below 50%, and the previous term decision.

1. Students with a term average of 60% or greater and no course grades below 50%, the term decision depends on the term.
   1. Students in the first 1A term of the Reduced-Load Program (RLP), the term decision depends on the previous term decision.
      1. Students in their first 1A RLP term continue in the RLP with a term decision of Continue in 1A.
      2. Students whose previous term decision was Failed – Must Repeat Term continue in the RLP with a term decision of Continue in 1A With Penalty.
   2. Students in the second term of the Reduced-Load Program are promoted with a term decision of Promoted.
2. Students with a term average of 60% or greater and one course grade below 50%, and whose previous term decision was neither Failed – Must Repeat Term nor Continue in 1A With Penalty, the term decision depends on the term.
   1. Students in their first 1A RLP term continue in the RLP with a term decision of Conditional.
   2. Students in their second 1A RLP term are promoted with a term decision of Conditional.
3. Students with a term average of 60% or greater and more than one course grade below 50%, and whose previous term decision was neither Failed – Must Repeat Term nor Continue in 1A With Penalty, the term decision depends on the term.
   1. Students in their first 1A RLP term have a term decision of Failed - Must Repeat Term.
   2. Students in their second 1A RLP term have a term decision of Continue in 1A With Penalty.
4. Students with a term average below 60% and/or one or more course grades below 50%, and whose previous term decision was Failed – Must Repeat Term or Continue in 1A with Penalty, the term decision is Failed - Required to Withdraw.
5. Students with a term average of 50% or greater but less than 60%, and whose previous term decision was neither Failed – Must Repeat Term nor Continue in 1A With Penalty, the term decision depends on the term.
   1. Students in their first 1A RLP term have a term decision of Failed - Must Repeat Term.
   2. Students in the second 1A RLP term have a term decision of Continue in 1A With Penalty.
6. Students with a term average less than 50%, and whose previous term decision was neither Failed – Must Repeat Term nor Continue in 1A With Penalty, are Required to Withdraw from 1A.
3. If an academic decision of Conditional is used in place of a Promoted or May Continue in 1A decision, the condition may be satisfied only by successfully clearing the failed course(s) (see the Introduction). Once the condition is satisfied, the Conditional is replaced with a decision of Promotion Granted or May Continue in 1A. No student may obtain the Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) or Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE) degree with an academic decision including Conditional remaining on their record.
4. (Aegrotat) is appended to Promoted, May Continue in 1A, and Proceed on Probation decisions if one or more courses are graded as AEG (Aegrotat, credit granted under extenuating circumstances) and the other conditions for the decision are met.
5. (No Penalty) may be appended to the decision to repeat a term. In this case, the requirement to stay out for two terms before repeating the term is waived and the term is not counted as a repeat term with regard to the number of times a term can be repeated or in the calculation of the total number of terms of full-time study in the plan. This condition is normally applied as a result of extenuating circumstances which significantly affect the student's performance in the failed term.
6. While repeating a term, a student shall be excused from repeating individual courses in which a grade of 70% or better has been achieved. If this occurs, substitute courses, as approved by the department, must be taken, such that the student takes at least a reduced load in the repeat term.
7. Normally, a student with an academic decision of May Not Proceed will enrol in a non-degree term devoted to retaking or replacing all or as many as possible of the TBC courses. If some of the TBC courses are not available, the department may specify equivalent or appropriate alternative courses to be taken in their place. If the student is otherwise in good standing, the academic decision will be changed to Promoted when the number of TBC courses has been reduced to none. If the student is otherwise in good standing, the academic decision will be changed to Promoted (Conditional) when the number of TBC courses has been reduced to one. A student clearing TBC courses under this rule must achieve a minimum grade of 50% for failed courses and a minimum grade of 60% for dropped courses, otherwise the student will be Required to Withdraw from Engineering.
8. The plan must be completed in no more than 10 terms of full-time (full-load or reduced-load) study; that is, no more than two repeat terms are allowed. A student receiving a third failed term academic decision will be Required to Withdraw from Engineering. Both full-load and reduced-load students are in this category.
9. In extraordinary circumstances, a student with a term average below 60% may be allowed to Proceed on Probation or if any course grade is AEG (see Rule 3) may be allowed to Proceed on Probation (Aegrotat).
10. A student may be Required to Withdraw from Engineering at any time if in the opinion of the Faculty the student is unlikely to benefit from further participation in Engineering, the student leaves the plan without notification and fails to write examinations (receives a grade of DNW [Did not write examination, no credit granted, value 32] for some courses), or the student has made two or more unsuccessful attempts to clear the same failed course.
11. Courses taken by students during work terms will not be included in the average for any term. However, the grades for the courses taken at the University of Waterloo or at another university on a Letter of Permission will be reported on the student's transcript. Courses taken during work terms are eligible to be used towards a reduced-load term.
12. There are five types of courses applicable to Engineering undergraduate plans (BASc or BSE): depending on whether the course is part of the degree requirements, or not; whether the course will be included in term average calculations, or not; and whether the course is in the TBC count, or not. These courses are shown on the student record and transcripts as follows:



Description	Designation	Degree Requirement	In Average	In To Be Cleared (TBC) Count
Plan requirement, included in average	blank	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plan requirement, not included in average, in TBC count, supplemental exam (SUPP) not permitted	DRNA	Yes	No	Yes
Plan requirement, not in average, and not in TBC count	DRNC	Yes	No	No
Not required for plan, in average, not in TBC count	TRIA	No	Yes	No
Not required for plan, not in average	NRNA	No	No	No


With the exception of work-term reports (see Rule 18), a mixture of courses of type DRNA and courses of type TRIA will not be permitted in a single term. Grades for courses that are not included in the term average or not required for the plan will be reported on the student's transcript. Undergraduate students (BASc or BSE) are not permitted to enrol in any course in an audit category. The Faculty of Engineering does not permit other undergraduate students to enrol in Engineering courses in an audit category.
13. DRNC courses, while not in the TBC count, are normally associated with courses that must be completed by a certain point (i.e., must be completed before the end of 3A). That point is referred to as the completion date and is provided in the plan description portion of this Calendar for those plans that use DRNC courses. A student that has not completed the course successfully by the completion date will receive a May Not Proceed decision.
14. Although it is the Senate of the University that confers degrees, the Faculty of Engineering does recommend students for degrees in Engineering. A student who has successfully met all of the requirements will be Recommended for the BASc or BSE degree. The degree awarded will be the one associated with the plan of registration. A student who has demonstrated exceptional performance will be Recommended for the BASc or BSE Degree with Distinction. This recognition is granted to a student who has a cumulative average of 80% or greater, starting with their first enrolment in the 3A term, of those courses that are requirements for their plan, and that have been included in a corresponding term average (i.e., those courses of type blank above). Courses taken while on exchange, or terms for which the academic decision has Aegrotat added as a qualifier, do not contribute to the cumulative average. In such cases, the cumulative average will include the most recent four academic terms completed at Waterloo for which a numerical average is available.
15. Most courses at the University of Waterloo are assigned a numerical grade (between zero and 100) by the examiners. Any grade from zero to 32 is treated as having a value of 32 when averages (for promotions and awards) are calculated. Non-numerical grade definitions and university-level processes are included in the Grades section of this Calendar.
16. Changes to the set of courses included in the term average, which students take in a particular term, may be permitted at the discretion of the student's department. Such changes must normally be arranged and approved before the end of the Drop/Add Period, specified in the Calendar of Events and Academic Deadlines. After this period, only exceptional cases will be considered. Courses not included in the average in any academic term may be dropped at any time prior to the start of Drop with WF Period, and courses will be graded as WD (withdrew).
17. Students are expected to maintain a balance between the number of academic terms completed and the number of work-term credits earned. Situations that are defined as out of balance are characterized in the table below. For example: 1 (4) - meaning one work-term credit, four work-term opportunities, that would otherwise earn a decision permitting them to enrol in the next academic term, will receive a term decision of May Not Proceed COOP and will be unable to enrol in an academic term until they have completed at least two more work terms. Normally, this will require an absence from academic study for one year. During the one year following the academic term with this decision, the student is expected to find employment that can be treated as (at least) two work terms, recovering the work-term credits required to continue academically.

May Not Proceed COOP

Number of Credited COOP courses (minimum number of opportunities)
Current Academic Term (Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Conditional)

Stream	2B	3A	3B	4A	4B
4	0 (3)	1 (4)	2 (5)	3 (6)	3 (6)
8	not applicable	0 (3)	1 (4)	2 (5)	3 (6)
4D	0 (3)	1 (4)	1 (4)	3 (6)	3 (6)
8D	not applicable	0 (3)	2 (5)	3 (6)	3 (6)
4F	0 (3)	1 (4)	1 (4)	2 (5)	3 (6)
4S	0 (3)	1 (4)	2 (5)	2 (5)	3 (6)
8S	not applicable	0 (4)	1 (4)	3 (6)	3 (6)
8X	not applicable	0 (3)	1 (4)	3 (6)	3 (6)

Once the student has earned credit for two or more additional work terms, the term decision will be changed to the normal academic decision for the term.

18. Work-term report requirements are plan dependent and may be met through technical reports, reflective reports, presentations, or some alternative method. If the plan specifies its own courses then those courses may be included in the term average, or excluded from the average. Some plans may use the common work-term report courses (WKRPT 100, WKRPT 200, WKRPT 300, and WKRPT 400). For the plans using the shared courses, the following regulations are in place.
    
    Work-term reports submitted as one of the WKRPT courses are due seven days after the first official day of lectures of the academic term in which the report is required. Reports submitted after the deadline will receive grades of Unacceptable (38) and will be carried forward to the following academic term for evaluation, and are not eligible for prizes. Failed work-term reports are cleared by retaking the WKRPT course and passing it in a subsequent term.

Work-term report courses WKRPT 100, WKRPT 200, WKRPT 300, and WKRPT 400 are considered to be required courses of type DRNA: failed work-term report evaluations contribute to the accumulated failed course count (see Rule 7). For failed work-term reports, the original grade will appear in the grade field. The failed course will be corrected by retaking and passing the course in a subsequent term.

When a work-term report (submitted as one of the WKRPT courses) has been submitted and the grade obtained is Resubmit, the student must provide any subsequent submissions by the date lectures end for that term, as specified in this Calendar, in order for those submissions to be considered in that term. Failure to clear a Resubmit by the lectures end date will result in a grade of Unacceptable (38). Any submissions after the lectures end date will be deemed to be new submissions and to have been submitted for consideration in the following term.