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DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL FACULTY
EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE
PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN THE UNIVERSITY’S HONORS CRITERIA
On behalf of the Educational Policy Committee, Co-chairs Archie
Holmes (associate professor, electrical and computer engineering)
and Paul Woodruff (professor, philosophy) have presented the following
proposal for action by the Faculty Council at its meeting on February
16, 2004.
<signed>
Sue Alexander Greninger, Secretary
The Faculty Council
Posted on the Faculty
Council Web site on February 12, 2004. Paper copies are available
on request from the Office of the General Faculty, FAC 22, F9500.
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EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE
PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE IN THE UNIVERSITY’S HONORS CRITERIA
The committee was asked by Vice-Provost Lucia Gilbert to consider
catalogue changes for honors criteria used by The University.
In response, the Educational Policy Committee makes the following
four recommendations for endorsement by the Faculty Council:1
| 1) |
The University should use in-residence GPA in all
honors criteria instead of the University GPA.
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| 2) |
The Provost office should work with the various colleges
to ensure that all graduation honors use in-residence GPA
as the criteria instead of the University GPA. |
| 3) |
The designation for College Scholars should be changed
to the following:
On Honors Day each spring, the University designates outstanding
students as College Scholars. To be designated a College
Scholar, a student must meet the following requirements:
- The student must be registered as an undergraduate
for at least twelve semester hours of coursework, unless
he or she lacks fewer than twelve hours to complete degree
requirements. Students who hold an undergraduate degree
are not eligible.
- The student must have completed at least twelve hours
in either the spring or fall semester of the previous
calendar year.
- The student must have completed at least thirty semester
hours of coursework at the University, excluding credit
by examination, and at least sixty semester hours of college
coursework, including transferred work and credit by examination.
- The student must have an in-resident grade point average
of at least 3.50.
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| 4) |
The designation for Distinguished College Scholars should
be added to the Catalog and should read as follows:
On Honors Day each spring, the University designates outstanding
students as Distinguished College Scholars. To be designated
a Distinguished College Scholar, a student must meet the
following requirements:
- The student must be registered as an undergraduate for
at least fifteen semester hours of coursework, unless
he or she lacks fewer than fifteen hours to complete degree
requirements. Students who hold an undergraduate degree
are not eligible.
- The student must have completed at least fifteen hours
in either the spring or fall semester of the previous
calendar year.
- The student must have completed at least thirty semester
hours of coursework at the University, excluding credit
by examination, and at least sixty semester hours of college
coursework, including transferred work and credit by examination.
- The student must have an in-resident grade point average
of at least 3.80.
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1At its meeting on February 16, the Faculty Council modified the
legislation to exclude credit earned through credit-by-examination
and correspondence, extension, and AP courses.
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