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Successful Progress Toward a Degree

The college has identified specific performance standards to help students complete the degree requirements. Successfully meeting these standards will enable students to continue in a selected major and to graduate in a timely manner.

In those cases where the grade point average or grade in a preprofessional requirement is higher for the major or specialization than for the college, the major/specialization requirement takes precedence. Students who do not meet performance standards will have to meet with an academic adviser to determine an appropriate course of action.

Failure to meet the performance standards will result in a registration hold.

The following criteria determine qualification for the dean’s list:

• 12 credit hours exclusive of hours taken under the S-U option; nine credit hours for disabled students or full-time credit equivalency.
• 3.5 GPA for the term.
• Internship and student teaching credits are excluded.

To graduate with the distinction of cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude, a student must meet the requirements below and be recommended by the college faculty.

• The student must have completed at least 45 semester hours of credit in residence at the university. Only the junior-/senior-level GPA exclusive of internship/student teaching will be considered. Credit earned through correspondence or extension courses is not included when computing grade point averages.
• Cum Laude: To graduate cum laude, a student must have earned a 3.40 or higher GPA for all junior-/senior-level course work.
• Magna or Summa Cum Laude: Students in the college are eligible for magna cum laude or summa cum laude by earning a 3.70 or higher GPA and completing a senior paper or creative work. The student’s supervisory committee makes the recommendation for these distinctions based upon an evaluation of this work.

Students will be notified by their academic advisers of the probability that they will have a 3.70 or higher GPA. This notification includes the requirements and process for graduating magna cum laude or summa cum laude. Information is available from the academic adviser. Post baccalaureate students are not eligible to receive honors recognition.