Graduating with Honors
To graduate with university honors for baccalaureate and Juris Doctor degrees you must have earned 56 credits at University of Idaho and a cumulative institutional GPA that meets the criteria below. Juris Doctor GPA is based exclusively on the student's 大学 of 法律 transcript.
Graduate students are not eligible for honors.
Credits earned through correspondence study, CLEP, experiential learning or technical competence may not be counted among these required credits.
The Office of the Registrar will notify honors-eligible students approximately eight weeks before the end of the term and provide honor cord distribution instructions.
Summa 以优等成绩毕业者, “With Highest Distinction”, represents students whose GPA places them in the top 3% of graduates from their respective college within the last five years.
优等生, “With Great Distinction”, represents students whose GPA places them in the top 6%, but below the top 3%, of graduates from their respective college within the last five years.
以优等成绩毕业者, “With Distinction”, represents students whose GPA places them in the top 10%, but below the top 6%, of graduates from their respective college within the last five years.
| 大学 | Summa 以优等成绩毕业者 金质荣誉奖章 |
优等生 Silver Honor Cord |
以优等成绩毕业者 Bronze Honor Cord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Life 科学s | 4.00 | 3.97 | 3.93 |
| Art and Architecture | 3.98 | 3.94 | 3.91 |
| Business and Economics | 4.00 | 3.93 | 3.85 |
| Education, 健康 and Human 科学s | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.95 |
| 工程 | 4.00 | 3.96 | 3.92 |
| 法律 | 3.84 | 3.74 | 3.64 |
| Letters, 艺术 and Social 科学s | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.94 |
| Natural 资源 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.95 |
| 科学 | 4.00 | 3.97 | 3.95 |
Every summer, each college's 5-year average GPA is recalculated for the three award levels. When the average of the top 6% of graduates is 4.00, no silver honor cords are awarded.