2004-05 Undergraduate Catalog
A Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree requires a minimum of 120 credits. In addition, students must have university and junior-/senior-level GPAs of 2.0 or higher.
Students must complete the General Education and major requirements in effect at the time of their initial enrollment at UF.
Seniors must file an application for degree in the Office of the University Registrar early in the semester in which they expect to graduate. Deadlines for degree applications are listed on UF’s application deadlines calendar in this catalog.
Graduating with Honors
Cum Laude: To graduate with honors, a student must have a UF minimum grade point average of 3.5 on all courses taken at the university after earning 60 credits.
Postbaccalaureate students are not eligible for honors recognition.
Magna Cum Laude or Summa Cum Laude: To graduate magna cum laude or summa cum laude, the grade point average required is 3.75 and 3.85, respectively. In addition, each academic unit requires completion of an approved research project or creative work. Students seeking magna cum laude or summa cum laude recognition should contact their adviser and the dean’s office for specific requirements.
Residence
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the School of Natural Resources and Environment and the School of Forest Resources and Conservation require completion of 60 semester hours or more of 3000-level or above course work at the university for award of a baccalaureate degree. Some course work can be taken at other accredited four-year institutions, with approval of the associate dean.
The last 30 semester hours applied toward a degree must be completed in residence in the college. In special cases, the associate dean can waive this requirement.
Students can complete six of the required 30 credits of residence work by correspondence, but each course must be approved in advance by the undergraduate coordinator for the major and the associate dean. The college will not accept correspondence credit unless a student has a minimum junior-/senior-level GPA of 2.0 in all work attempted in residence.