Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3341 - Bowling Green State University
Chapter 3341-3 - Graduate and Under-Graduate Policies
Section 3341-3-25 - Academic honors-undergraduate
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Policy statement and purpose
This policy provides the requirements for undergraduate academic honors. This policy applies to students graduating fall semester 2023 and thereafter.
(B) Policy
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 3.50 or above in the preceding semester with no fewer than twelve credit hours per semester included in the grade point average computation.
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 their undergraduate years at Bowling Green state university. The tentative honor, announced at commencement and released to the newspapers, is calculated without the grades from the student's last academic semester. The final honor that is on the permanent record and diploma is based on the student's Bowling Green State University academic record. To be eligible for academic honors, students must earn a minimum of sixty letter-graded credit hours at BGSU for baccalaureate degrees and a minimum of thirty letter-graded credit hours for associate degrees. Courses that are under the A-F letter-graded grading system are considered for Academic Honors calculation.
(C) Honors categories
With distinction signifies a high level of academic achievement in an associate degree program. This honor requires a minimum of thirty letter-graded BGSU credit hours and a cumulative BGSU GPA of 3.50 - 3.89.
With highest distinction signifies the highest level of academic achievement in an associate degree program. This honor requires a minimum of thirty letter-graded credit hours earned at BGSU and a cumulative BGSU GPA of 3.90 or above.
Cum laude signifies a high level of academic achievement in a baccalaureate degree program. This honor requires a minimum of eighty letter-graded credit hours earned at BGSU and a cumulative BGSU GPA of 3.50 - 3.74.
Magna cum laude signifies a very high level of academic achievement in a baccalaureate degree program. This honor requires a minimum of eighty letter-graded credit hours earned at BGSU and a cumulative BGSU GPA of 3.75 - 3.89.
Summa cum laude signifies the highest level of academic achievement in a baccalaureate degree program. This honor requires eighty letter-graded credit hours earned at BGSU and a cumulative BGSU GPA of 3.90 or above.
Graduation with university honors is one of the highest honors awarded by the university. The requirements are:
(D) Equity impact statement
The policy has been assessed for adverse differential impact on members of one or more protected groups.
Replaces: 3341-3-25
