Honors & High Honors
The college of Arts
& Sciences awards the following: Cum Laude for a GPA of 3.60; Magna
Cum Laude for a GPA of 3.75; Summa Cum Laude for a GPA of 3.90.
In addition to this,
the German Studies Department confers Honors and High Honors on its
outstanding graduates based on the result of the senior paper, and the
student's performance in his/her German courses plus an Honors paper
of 15 pages. Students who wish to graduate with Honors should
register for German 481, 482, 483 (Honors Senior Thesis) instead of
491, 492, 493, (this may be, and often is, an expanded German Studies
or German Literature Paper,).
Students must apply
for consideration for Honors in the fall of their senior year.
To qualify for Honors, a student needs to have a 3.4 overall GPA, and
a 3.6 GPA in German.
The topic of the
Honors Paper must be approved by the advisor and first reader nine months
prior to graduation. The outline and bibliography are to be submitted
by December 1, the first draft by March 1, and the final typed copy
that follows the MLA Style Sheet or the Chicago Manual of Style by April
15. (For Honors candidates, the April deadline is firm.)
