Dean's List / College Honors

Dean’s List of Academic Excellence

Each semester, CLA students are recognized for high academic achievement by being placed on the CLA Dean’s List of Academic Excellence. A memo is placed on their transcript indicating this achievement. To be eligible for this honor, students must have a 3.50 minimum term GPA and 12 graded credits. Incompletes, Ns, and Fs disqualify a student from eligibility.

College Honors

At UMD, a maximum of 15 percent of the graduating class can graduate with college honors. In CLA, the top 3 percent of the graduating class is designated summa cum laude, the next 5 percent magna cum laude, and the next 7 percent cum laude.

At the beginning of each year, GPAs necessary to achieve these honors are posted in the CLA Student Affairs and Advising Center. The GPAs are based on those of the previous spring semester’s graduating class. In addition, students receiving honors must have a coefficient of course completion of at least 90 percent. The GPA and coefficient of completion are calculated for UMD coursework as well as for total undergraduate work, including that completed at other institutions. To be eligible for honors, students must earn at least 30 credits at UMD.
For more information, contact the CLA Student Affairs and Advising Center (SAAC).

Department Honors

Honors are awarded to graduates who have successfully fulfilled the additional requirements of the special honors program in the department offering their major programs. For information, see American Indian studies, communication, English, foreign language and literature, geography, history, philosophy, political science, sociology-anthropology.