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Honor Roll
Part-time admitted undergraduate students who have successfully completed between six and
eleven credit hours during the fall or spring semester are eligible for the Honor Roll. Students
must have at least a 3.500 grade point average for the eligible semester. Students on the Honor
Roll will be listed in the student newspaper.
Graduation Honors
Graduation honors are awarded for baccalaureate degrees only. Honors for the first baccalau-
reate degree will be based on all work completed, including transfer work. Honors for the sec-
ond baccalaureate degree will be based on Avila University work only. Students must have
completed at least 64 hours of coursework at Avila after the completion of the first degree to
be eligible for honors.
Graduation honors are based on the cumulative grade point average as follows.
Summa cum laude:
3.900 4.000
Magna cum laude:
3.700 3.899
Cum laude:
3.500 3.699
Honors announced at the graduation ceremony will be based on the work completed the fall semes-
ter prior to May graduation. If a student did not attend the fall semester, the announced honors will
be based on the grade point average from the last semester of attendance prior to the fall semester.
Students eligible to graduate with honors are eligible to attend the Honors Banquet in the spring.
Official honors will be recorded on the students diploma and transcript. Official honors are
based on the final grade point average after the last semester of coursework is completed.
Official honors may be different than those announced at graduation ceremony if a students
grade point average changes the status during the last semester of coursework.
Honor Societies
DELTA EPSILON SIGMA is a national scholastic honor society for students of Catholic col-
leges and universities.
KAPPA DELTA PI is an international honor society for students majoring in education.
KAPPA GAMMA PI is a national honor society for graduating seniors of Catholic colleges.
SIGMA TAU DELTA is an international honor society for students majoring or minoring in
English.
SIGMA THETA TAU, Beta Lambda chapter, is a national honor society for nurses.
PSI CHI is a national honor society for students completing a major or minor in psychology.
Degree Requirements
General Requirements for a Bachelors Degree
Completion of at least 128 semester hours of academic work with a minimum grade point