PAPM Academic Advising – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Let鈥檚 be honest: navigating degree requirements, credit hours, and university policies can sometimes feel like trying to solve a maze without a map. Whether you鈥檙e a first-year student trying to decode your first course registration or a senior double-checking that you鈥檝e crossed every “t” before graduation, we know it鈥檚 a lot to manage.
This FAQ page is your go-to guide for those “wait, how does this work?” moments. We鈥檝e rounded up the most common questions to help you clear the fog and get back to what actually matters – your learning and your future.
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You may find this page helpful First-year course selection guide
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Here is the form that will guide you through the process /bpapm/first-year-registration-self-check/ Please fill this form after you completed your registration and press submit so that we can see if anything is missing.
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If you have not yet declared your PAPM specialization, please be sure to do so by June 1 after your first year in PAPM.
This decision is a personal one that will reflect your own interests, strengths, and goals. If you are debating between 2-3 specializations or policy streams, I suggest you visit . Here you will find all of our specializations and policy streams, the requirements for each, as well as hyperlinks to all of the mandatory and optional courses in the program. Make note of the courses you think you will like, and those that you are not looking forward to 鈥 kind of like a pro/con list. Then compare the programs and go with the one you think best aligns with your interests, your strengths, and your goals.
You can change/declare your specialization on 杏吧原创 Central. Find the 鈥淥nline Applications鈥, select 鈥淐hange of Program Elements鈥, and then follow the prompts to select the specialization.
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The PAPM Year-by-year guide is updated each year before the registration opens. Please find the latest copy here PAPM Year-by-Year Guide
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Taking courses as replacements for your specialization or stream electives is sometimes allowed if the required options are not available. You can select a course at the same level as the required elective courses (usually 3000 or 4000 level), the course has to be relevant to your specialization or stream. Check if you meet the prerequisites for the course and if it works with your timetable. Once this is done, fill out this form. The PAPM Program Director will review the form and you will receive your response within a couple of days.
Note: even though the course is approved as a replacement by PAPM, the department offering the course makes the final decision, whether to allow you to register for the course.
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If you have reviewed your audit and you believe that there is a course sitting under an incorrect requirement, please reach out to bpapm@carleton.ca directly. From time to time, we allow students to take courses that are not explicitly listed as approved PAPM courses on the Year-by-Year Guide or in the Undergraduate Calendar. Since these are one-time exceptions, the audit does not automatically recognize this course as an approved course in the program, so it pushes the course into the free electives section of the audit. If you take a course for which an exception has been granted, we ask that you please email us at bpapm@carleton.ca when the course is complete with a final grade appearing on 杏吧原创 Central. We will then submit an exception request to the Registrar鈥檚 Office to have the course manually moved to the appropriate place on your audit.
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If you are planning to graduate this year, please check your audit. There are several things you need to pay attention to:
If you are registered for all the necessary courses to fulfill the program requirements, your audit will state ALL REQUIREMENTS COMPLETED
If it doesn鈥檛 state this, but you know that you have fulfilled the requirements, your audit may need adjustment. Please reach out to bpapm@carleton.ca.
One other reason why your audit may not display this note is that you have not fulfilled the co-op requirement. In this case, please reach out to your co-op advisor.
- Please also look at the bottom of your audit, there may be some courses set aside there
Some courses are set aside because you have repeated them, some because of the failing grade. However, if you see some courses set aside as excess, you may need to discuss this with the PAPM Academic Advising.
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Please fill out this form /bpapm/academic-advising/