HONORS.
Recognition of students for high academic achievement is made in the following manner:
Academic Distinction
General academic attainment of graduating seniors will be recognized through the awards of With Distinction, With Highest Distinction, Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and Summa Cum Laude, based solely on the student’s academic average at the University of Mary Washington. The level of attainment required for each award is as follows:
| Cum Laude | 3.25 | With Distinction | 3.30 |
| Magna Cum Laude | 3.50 | With Highest Distinction | 3.75 |
| Summa Cum Laude | 3.75 |
To be graduated Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, or Summa Cum Laude, a student must have earned at least 60 credits on which quality points can be computed (UMW graded credits, not pass/fail and not transfer credits).
To be graduated With Distinction or With Highest Distinction, a student must have earned at least 30 credits, but less than 60 credits, on which quality points can be computed (UMW graded credits, not pass/fail and not transfer credits).
Departmental Honors
(See DEAN'S LIST and PRESIDENT'S LIST.)
Students may earn honors in their major subject. Each department establishes its own requirements for honors projects or theses. During the junior year, interested students consult the department chair for details. All departments require that a student intending to undertake an honors project have a specified minimum grade point average in their major subject and a minimum grade-point average for all work taken at UMW. The department chair must notify the Office of the Registrar of recipients of departmental honors no later than the day that senior grades are due. This notification should cite departmental action certifying the award, and the action should also be recorded in departmental minutes. If a paper, research project, or a piece of creative writing is the direct result of the honors project, the student must deposit a copy of this written work in the library by the last day of exams.