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18th Annual Commencement Ceremony: Baccalaureate honors The University of Washington Tacoma awards the traditional baccalaureate honors:
Baccalaureate honors are awarded upon graduation to undergraduates earning their first bachelor's degree with at least 90 UW credits, of which at least 60 must be numerically graded. Correspondence credits do not count as UW credits. These honors have nothing to do with whether the students are in either the deparmental or college honors program; unlike the invitation to join Phi Beta Kappa, they do not require any particular distribution of credits. In addition, students who have earned quarterly or annual Dean's List recognition do not necessarily qualify for baccalaureate honors. All graduates earning baccalaureate honors may purchase a gold honor cord to wear in the Commencement ceremony. For students graduating in spring, the honors listed in the commencement program, as well as honor cord distribution, are based upon the student's cumulative GPA as of Winter Quarter 2008, since spring grades are not available for this determination. Spring classes are ultimately included in the credit totals and GPA calculations for honors posted to the student's final record. The GPAs for baccalaureate honors are set each year for the following year (autumn through summer) by a committee of faculty, based on statistics for the current year. Minimum GPA required for baccalaureate honors for 2007-08
Faculty honors Faculty honors are awarded to UW Tacoma graduates whose GPA is in the upper 10% of their academic program and who have earned between 43 and 89 UW credits. Faculty honors recipients may purchase a purple honor cord to wear at Commencement. Minimum GPA required for faculty honors for 2007-08
Summer 2008 graduates are not recognized for baccalaureate or faculty honors. < RETURN TO COMMENCEMENT MAIN PAGE
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