Academic Honors
Dean's List
The names of students who are enrolled in full-time baccalaureate study and who have attained a minimum semester index of 3.5 are published on the Dean's List at the end of each semester and each A.B.S.N. trimester. The names of part-time students in the regular sessions who have earned a minimum of 12 credits, exclusive of courses carrying "P" grades, with a minimum cumulative index of 3.5 for the academic year are published on the Dean's List at the end of each Spring semester. Weekend College and ACCEL students who have earned a minimum of 17 credits, exclusive of courses carrying a "P" grade, with a minimum cumulative index of 3.5 are eligible for the Dean's List at the end of each academic year.
Annual Honors Convocation
Each fall, at an annual Honors Convocation, the President publicly recognizes students who have attained the Dean's List for one or more academic years. This recognition is extended to full-time students who have maintained Dean's List status for both semesters of the preceding year; to Weekend College and ACCEL students who have earned that status for the year after completing at least 24 credits; and to part-time students who have attained the Dean's List twice in a two-year period and completing at least 36 credits .
Commencement Honors
Degrees are conferred:
Summa cum laude |
to students who have achieved a cumulative index of 3.9. |
Magna cum laude |
to students who have achieved a cumulative index of 3.7. |
Cum laude |
to students who have achieved a cumulative index of 3.5. |
Program Honors |
to students who achieve a cumulative index of 3.0 and a 3.5 index in their major field. |
For cum laude commencement honors (any level), students must have completed at least 45 credits at Dominican College. For program honors, students must have completed at least 24 credits in their majors at the College.
The four-year transcript is considered in the computation of the cumulative index for program and baccalaureate honors for both transfer and four-year Dominican College students. In the computation of commencement honors, all college-level work taken by students at institutions other than Dominican College is taken into account even if some work is not transferable. A student must be eligible for honors on the Dominican College work alone, and on the combined average of Dominican College and all work completed at other institutions. A stu-dent may not obtain a higher honor than the Dominican College index indicates. Thus if a student achieves a 3.5 index at Dominican College and the combined index is 3.7, cum laude is granted.
