Board of Regents Policy CT State Honors – Semester and Graduation

Semester Honors

1. Full-time students who are matriculated in a certificate or degree program and who successfully complete 12 or more credits of work in a semester with a grade point average of 3.4 or higher shall be recognized by having their names placed on a Dean’s List.
2. Part-time students who are matriculated in a certificate or degree program are also eligible for such recognition when they have completed 12 or more credits of work with a cumulative grade point average of 3.4 or higher. They may be subsequently recognized at the completion of an additional 12 or more credits of work with a cumulative grade point average of 3.4 or higher, and at successive intervals of 12 credits.
3. A course Incomplete shall make the student ineligible for Dean’s List recognition that semester. Upon completion of the coursework for which the Incomplete was granted, the student may petition the Dean of Faculty and Students within 30 days of the posting of the final grade, to have the Dean's List retroactively recognized on the student's official transcript. 
   Students who withdraw from courses may be eligible for the Dean's List. However, if the withdrawal causes them to fall below 12 credits for that term, they will not be eligible for the Dean's list for that term unless they have otherwise reached a cumulative 12-credit interval (please see #2 above).
4. Students who are in academic probationary status, or have a Dean's hold due to academic integrity issues, are not eligible for Dean’s List recognition, even if their semester grade point average might otherwise make them eligible.

Graduation Honors

Students with exemplary academic performance shall be recognized at graduation with the following designations, either in Latin or English, as the college may choose:

• Summa Cum Laude/Highest Honors for students with a 3.9 – 4.0 grade point average
• Magna Cum Laude/High Honors for students with a 3.7 – 3.89 grade point average
• Cum Laude/Honors for students with a 3.4 – 3.69 grade point average

Students with an Incomplete may become eligible retroactively for graduation honors upon completion of the course requirements, and recognition shall appear on the transcript, provided that the student has earned the required grade point average. Grades received for developmental courses may be used to determine eligibility for semester honors. However, they cannot be used to determine eligibility for graduation honors.