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 50 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 certain ranges are eligible for 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 who achieves a cumulative grade point average 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.
This policy was updated after publishing per the addendum.**