Academic Honors - CAS and Pre-licensure Undergraduate Candidates

Graduation Honors are awarded to bachelor's degree level students at commencement to acknowledge outstanding cumulative grade point averages earned. Academic honors are not awarded to associate or master's degree level students. Honors listed in the commencement program will be calculated on cumulated hours of academic work completed one semester prior to the student's final semester. Academic honors listed on the official transcript and diploma will reflect all applicable academic work at time of conferral. Honors are calculated based on the following criteria:

1. A minimum of 80 graded hours from a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting body or the Association for Biblical Higher Education (formerly the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges).
2. A minimum of 40 graded hours must be from Indiana Wesleyan University.
3. All graded qualified coursework transferred and transcripted are used solely in the calculation of the Honors GPA.
4. For students with transfer work, the Indiana Wesleyan University GPA will appear on the transcript and in the shaded portion of the Grade Report; the Honors GPA, which will include grades from transferred courses, will appear below the shaded portion on the Grade Report.

Baccalaureate degree candidates will be awarded Honors as follows:

1. GPA of 3.5 or higher - “cum laude” (with honors)
2. GPA of 3.7 or higher - “magna cum laude” (with high honors)
3. GPA of 3.9 or higher - “summa cum laude” (with highest honors)