Degrees of Distinction

Three degrees of distinction are granted to graduating students (undergraduates only), based on all college-level work attempted (excluding physical education activity courses) and including the term’s work in which baccalaureate degree requirements are completed:

Cum Laude for an overall average of 3.500;

Magna Cum Laude for an overall average of 3.700; and

Summa Cum Laude for an overall average of 3.900.

Degrees with distinction are granted to transfer students who meet all three of the following requirements:

  1. The student must complete at this University at least forty (40) semester hours of graded work, including the final term’s work;
  2. The student must have the required average on all work taken at this University; and
  3. The student must have the required overall average on all work attempted, including any transfer credit excluding any physical education activity courses or vocational courses, regardless of how many years have elapsed since the credit was earned. Transfer credit cannot raise a student’s Florida State University grade point average.