General Honors
The Lindenwood faculty awards general honors to those undergraduate students who have completed all degree requirements with academic distinction. In order to be eligible for general honors, a student must have completed a minimum of 60 credit hours “in residence” at Lindenwood University. (Transferred credits and experiential learning credits do not count toward “in residence” credit hours.) Students whose Lindenwood cumulative grade point averages fall within the ranges below are eligible for the honors as follows:
- The student who achieves a cumulative grade point average between 3.70 and 3.85 receives the degree cum laude.
- The student whose cumulative grade point average is between 3.86 and 3.93 receives the degree magna cum laude.
- The student who achieves a cumulative grade point average of 3.94 or above receives the degree summa cum laude.