2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Academic Honors

Academic honors include the Dean’s List and Graduation Honors.

Dean’s List

The Dean’s List is calculated on a semester basis. A part-time student completing a minimum of 6 credits and a full-time student completing a minimum of 12 credits in a reporting term  with a GPA of 3.6 or better is eligible for the Dean’s List. In addition, there is no grade below a ‘C’ and there is no Incomplete (‘I’), Incomplete Extension (IX), Withdrawal (‘W’), NO Pass (‘NP’) or No Grade (‘NG’). If the ‘NG’ grade is replaced with a letter grade, Dean’s List eligibility will be reviewed at the request of the student. Students who complete fewer than six credits per semester are not eligible for the Dean’s List. Students who receive an incomplete grade in a course and later complete the coursework are not eligible for the Dean’s List. 

Graduation Honors

Upon graduation, students who complete the undergraduate program of study with the following cumulative GPAs are eligible for these honors, provided that at least 60 credits for a bachelor’s degree or 30 credits for an associate’s degree were completed at Sacred Heart University.

Summa Cum Laude: 3.8 or higher

Magna Cum Laude: 3.6 to 3.799

Cum Laude: 3.5 to 3.599