Latin Honors

No.: PROV-X-081618
Effective Date: September 10, 2018
Supersedes: *
Reaffirmed Date: N/A
Correlates to Procedure No.: N/A
Issuing Authority: Provost
Issuing Office: Office of the Provost
CLASSIFICATION: Honors

PURPOSE AND APPLICATION

Latin Honors awarded at graduation represent high student achievement through a student’s undergraduate career at Drexel University.

STATEMENT OF POLICY

All undergraduate students, whether full-time or part-time, on campus or online who have earned a minimum of 75 institutional (not transfer) credits and have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher are eligible to receive Latin Honors at commencement and on their transcripts.

GPA requirements for honors by categories are:

• Cum Laude 3.500-3.699
• Magna Cum Laude 3.700-3.899
• Summa Cum Laude 3.900-4.000

ENTITIES AFFECTED BY THIS POLICY

Undergraduate students

NOTES / CONSIDERATIONS

Latin Honors do not apply to graduate students.

PROCESS

The graduation honors designation is applied effective the term in which a student graduates. The designation is entered on the final transcript and is noted in the following University commencement publication.