Academic honors
Dean's
list
Full-time undergraduate students who demonstrate a high
level of excellence in academic work have their names
placed on the academic dean's list. The requirement for
achieving the academic dean's list is a grade point average
of 3.5 or above in the preceding semester with no fewer
than 12 credit hours per semester included in the grade
point average computation.
Graduation
with honors
The record of each undergraduate candidate for graduation
with a very high grade point average is carefully reviewed
by the University Committee on Honors and Awards so that
appropriate recognition and honor may be accorded each
student who has achieved outstanding academic success
throughout his or her undergraduate years. The tentative
honor, announced at commencement and released to the newspapers,
is figured without the grades from the student's last
academic term. The final honor that is put on the permanent
record and diploma is based on the student's entire academic
record. Note that graduation with honors does not imply
that the recipient has participated in the University
Honors program. For further details about graduation with
University honors, contact the University Honors Program.
In
determining academic honors, total letter-graded
credits (TLC) are credits for those courses
that determine the student's grade point average.
The GPA requirement will be higher than the
minimum of 3.50, 3.75, or 3.90 for those students
who have completed fewer than 110 TLC (or 55
TLC for associate degree candidates). See formula
below.
More
than 12 semester hours of "S/U" grades
may increase the grade point average needed
for graduation with honors. Courses taken under
advanced placement, credit by exam, CLEP, etc.
are considered "S/U" and do not count
as letter-graded hours.
With
distinction
With distinction signifies a high level of academic achievement
in an associate degree program and graduation with praise.
The honor requires a minimum of 28 TLC and a cumulative
GPA at least as high as the larger of 3.5 and [4.5 - (TLC/55)].
With
highest distinction
With highest distinction signifies the highest level of
academic achievement in an associate degree program and
graduation with great praise. This honor requires a minimum
of 50 TLC and a cumulative GPA at least as high as the
larger of 3.9 and [4.9 - (TLC/55)].
Cum
laude
Cum laude signifies a high level of academic achievement
in a baccalaureate degree program and graduation with
praise. This honor requires a minimum of 55 TLC and a
cumulative GPA at least as high as the larger of 3.5 and
[4.5 - (TLC/110)].
Magna
cum laude
Magna cum laude signifies a very high level of academic
achievement in a baccalaureate degree program and graduation
with great praise. This honor requires a minimum of 83
TLC and a cumulative GPA at least as high as the larger
of 3.75 and [4.75 - (TLC/110)].
Summa
cum laude
Summa cum laude signifies the highest level of academic
achievement in a baccalaureate degree program and graduation
with great praise. This honor requires a minimum of 99
TLC and a cumulative GPA at least as high as the larger
of 3.9 and [4.9 - (TLC/110)].
Transfer
credit
In the case of transfer credit, each record from the transfer
institution(s) is studied and evaluated individually.
In general, the following principles serve as guides:
- A
student entering the University with transferred credit
must meet the cumulative grade point average standard
for honors in all hours completed, transferred and otherwise.
In addition, the grade point average of all work taken
at Bowling Green State University must be of honors
quality;
- A
student must have completed at least 56 hours at BGSU
(28 hours for an associate degree candidate). At least
30 of these hours (21 hours for an associate degree
candidate) must be in letter-graded courses;
- A
candidate should be in residence at least one academic
year (one academic term for an associate degree candidate)
or 30 hours in consecutive summers (attending either
the full summer session or both of the terms each summer)
immediately preceding graduation. A student with written
permission to participate in an approved combination
curriculum in cooperation with a professional school
or college of another institution is exempt from this
requirement.
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