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A student will be placed on the Dean's List if she or he attains a grade point average for the academic year of 3.75 or higher and no NCs or Incompletes at the time the list is calculated. To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must complete seven units, excluding adjuncts, in the academic year (six for graduating seniors), all seven of which (or, in the case of seniors, six) must be taken for a letter grade. Only credits completed at Colorado College or within an affiliated study abroad program will be used in determining eligibility. Certain departments in the College grant a special award of distinction to majors who have done especially outstanding work in their major field and who also have superior records in all their college work. The departments may offer special courses of independent work for students admitted to these programs. The bachelor's degree with honors (cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude) may be conferred upon those students who receive the recommendation of the Committee on Instruction. The degree summa cum laude is conferred only by a special vote of the faculty after individual consideration of each case. Honors at graduation will be determined on the basis of grade point average computed from the last 22 units taken under the "G" or grade track at Colorado College, including credit earned in ACM Programs and the College's approved programs at the American University, the Kansai Gaidai, and the Manchester Program. Any transfer student who completes at least 18 units for graduation, and no more than 2 units on the pass/no pass option, will be automatically considered for honors. Courses taken for less than one-half unit credit shall be excluded from the 22. For purposes of computing the grade point average the following schedule will be used: A=4.0; A-=3.7; B+=3.3; B=3.0; B-=2.7; C+=2.3; C=2.0; C-=1.7; and NC=0.0. A grade of No Pass is not figured into the grade point average. The Committee on Instruction may consider individually the cases of transfer students with fewer than the required 22 units at Colorado College. The Registrar will notify departments about students who have the required grade average to be considered for honors, but would not automatically be considered using the above criteria, and these students will be considered if recommended by a minimum of three faculty members. A minimum of three faculty members may also recommend students for honors to the Committee on Instruction even if they do not qualify for honors based on the above criteria. The Committee on Instruction will recommend to the faculty students who should be awarded their degree summa cum laude, magna cum laude or cum laude. The total number recommended by the Committee on Instruction will normally be equal to approximately 20 percent of the graduating class. Faculty approval is not required except for the granting of the degree summa cum laude. Phi Beta Kappa: Standards for Election |