Graduation Honors

Eligibility for any graduation honor requires a CPHR based on completion of at least 90 graded hours (including courses graded "S/U") while enrolled in course work at Ohio State. No EM (credit by examination) credit hours or credit hours taken on a Pass/Non-Pass basis are counted as part of these 90 hours. All courses taken at the University will be used in calculating the CPHR to determine graduation with honors.

Latin Honors

The degrees cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude are awarded to those graduates Arts and Sciences who meet the following standards of these honors:

• Cum laude: Each student who graduates with a CPHR of 3.50 to 3.69 and completes a minimum of 90 graded hours of course work at Ohio State will receive the cum laude designation upon the diploma and transcript.
• Magna cum laude: Each student who graduates with a CPHR of 3.70 to 3.89 and completes a minimum of 90 graded hours of course work at Ohio State will receive the magna cum laude designation upon the diploma and transcript.
• Summa cum laude: Each student who graduates with a minimum 3.90 CPHR and completes a minimum of 90 graded hours of course work at Ohio State will receive the summa cum laude designation upon the diploma and transcript.

Honors Program Graduation Honors

Students in the Arts and Sciences Honors Program are required to commit to an Honors Contract (completion of which results in graduation with honors in the Arts and Sciences) and/or an Honors Thesis (successful completion of which leads to graduation with research distinction). These options are available only by application through the Arts and Sciences Honors Office in 207 Enarson Hall.

Honors Braid

Candidates for graduation with honors will receive an honors braid via U.S. mail to the local address indicated on the graduation application. If you qualify for honors, but have not received an honors braid prior to final exams week, please contact Graduation Services 141 Denney Hall, (614) 247-7194, perkins.10@osu.edu.

Dean's List

Students completing a minimum of 12 graded credit hours with a point - hour ratio of 3.50 or higher for any given quarter will be named to the Dean's List for that quarter in the college in which they are enrolled. Courses graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory ("S/U") or Pass/Non-Pass ("PA/NP") do not count toward the minimum of 12 graded hours and a grade of "U" or "NP" will disqualify you from making the Dean's List even if you meet the numerical criteria.