Admission Requirements are for the 2004-2005 year
only, and are based on the Ontario High School System. Holding the
minimum admission requirements
only establishes eligibility for consideration. The cut-off averages
for admission may be considerably higher than the minimum. See also
the Admission Requirements
for Undergraduate Degrees and Certificates section
of this Calendar for more specific information.
4.
English language requirements
Note: there has
been a post-publication update to this section. Consult the Updates
page for details.
The language of instruction at Carleton University is English. In their
own interest, students whose first language is not English must demonstrate
that they can cope with the language demands of an English language
university, and they can do so by following one of two options:
Option 1
In order to be eligible for admission to an undergraduate degree program
at Carleton University without any English as a Second Language Requirement,
all international applicants and Canadian citizens and residents whose
first language is not English or French are required:
- to present
transcripts to indicate that they have studied for the last three
years (full-time) in a high-school, college or university
in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom or any other country
in which the primary language is English and where the language of
instruction in the relevant educational institution was exclusively
English; or
- to present
a Regular (R) placement category on the Canadian Academic English
Language (CAEL) Assessment; or
- to present
a minimum score of 237 on the computer based Test of English as
a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or 580 on the Test
of English
as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL); or
- to present
a minimum score of 6.5 overall on the International English Language
Testing System (IELTS), with a minimum score of 6.0 on each band.
Applicants whose first language is French must present transcripts
to indicate that they have taken four years of anglais (English)
in a Canadian
secondary school in order to be admitted without an English
as a Second Language Requirement.
Option 2
International
applicants and Canadian citizens and residents who do not meet the
requirements stated in Option 1, are required
to complete
an approved assessment of English as a Second Language administered
by the University’s School of Linguistics and Applied Language
Studies. Depending on the results of this assessment, and based on
the recommendations
of the School, these applicants may be:
- admitted
to a degree program without further English as a Second Language
Requirements; or
- admitted
to a degree program in which they will be required to complete
the English as a Second Language Requirement.
Such students
will be
permitted to register for a program of either full- or part-time
studies, which
will include one or more credit courses in English as a Second
Language for Academic Purposes beginning in the first term
of study; or
- permitted
to register as Special (non-degree) students on the condition that
they enrol in appropriate credit courses
in English
as a Second
Language for Academic purposes; or
- permitted
to register in non-credit intensive courses in English as a Second
Language offered by the School.
To satisfy the English as a Second Language Requirement, students
must earn a grade of B- or better in either Advanced English as
a Second
Language for Academic Purposes ESLA 1900 or in Advanced English
as a Second Language
for Engineering Purposes ESLA 1905.
Students are expected to complete the English as a Second Language
Requirement within one calendar year of their initial enrolment
in credit courses.
Students are able to satisfy this requirement at anytime during
the year by achieving a Regular (R) placement category on the
Canadian Academic
English Language (CAEL) Assessment or by achieving a minimum
score of 237 on the computer based Test of English as a Foreign
Language
or 580
on the Test of English as a Foreign Language. In exceptional
circumstances, permission to continue in a second fall/winter term
registration
in ESL courses may be granted by the Registrar (in consultation
with
the
School
of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.) Subsequent registration
will be denied to students with the English as a Second Language
Requirement if the requirement has not yet been met and if they
do not show both
continuous enrolment and continuous progress in ESL courses (as
determined by the School of Linguistics and Applied Language
Studies).
For further information regarding the English as a Second Language
Requirement and admission, contact Admissions Services.
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