Graduation with Latin Honors
To receive a bachelor’s degree with Latin honors, students must first have
completed 60 units of undergraduate work at Towson University with the
following cumulative GPA:
3.75 to 4.00 Summa Cum Laude
3.55 to 3.74 Magna Cum Laude
3.40 to 3.54 Cum Laude
In addition, transfer students must have a cumulative 3.40 or better
average for all work completed at other institutions.
Students who do not qualify for Latin honors because their TU or transfer
GPA is not a 3.40 or higher will be evaluated based on their last
60 units at Towson. These students must have a cumulative average
of 3.55 or higher in their last 60 units and will only be eligible for
Cum Laude honors. Latin honors are evaluated automatically
according to both the regular and alternate honors
policies.
Please
Note:
- Based on the
preliminary evaluation, honors are listed in the
commencement program.
- FINAL honors
evaluations are done AFTER the ceremony and, when
awarded, honors appears on your transcript and your
diploma.
- Graduates with Honors College designation or
with departmental honors receive a diploma with a
gold honors seal.
Effective May 2009
Effective with the May 2009 graduating class, the following latin Honors policy will be implemented:
- Summa Cum Laude honors will be awarded by college to students with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) equal to the highest 2% of the graduating class.
- Magna Cum Laude honors will be awarded by college to students with a CGPA equal to the next highest 3%.
- Cum Laude honors will be awarded by college to students with a CGPA equal to the next highest 5%.
- NO student with a CGPA of less than 3.50 will be considered for Latin Honors.
- The graduating CGPA will be based on students' performance in the final 60 units earned at Towson University. The final 60 units will include the entire term in which the total of 60 units was attained. At least 45 of these 60 units must have calculable grades.
Graduation Office
Office of the Registrar
Enrollment Services, Room 220
Phone: 410-704-2095
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