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2006-2007- Volume 81, No. 1

GRADUATION
Table of Contents
Entrance procedures
Board of Trustees

Academic Calendar

Locations

Terms

Full table of contents
General Information
Admissions
Academic Information
Student Services
Specialized Academic Programs and Services
Office of Special Programs
Student Rights and Responsibilities
Student Fees - SSFA - Veterans
Electronic Campus
Continuing Education/Non Credit Programs
Corporate Training
Graduation

Graduation Requirements for all Degrees, Certificates and Diplomas
Graduation with Honors
Substitute Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities
College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST)
Writing Requirements
Foreign Language Requirements
Articulation Agreements

Degree Requirements
Course Descriptions

Graduation with Honors
  1. Each student graduating with an associate degree from St. Petersburg College with a GPA of 3.30 or higher on all college work will receive a special notation on their diploma indicating graduation with honors.


  2. Associate degree candidates (A.A. candidates who have completed at St. Petersburg college at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation; and A.S. and A.A.S. degree candidates who have completed at least 25% of the credit hours required including at least 12 hours in the major area) who have earned an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 or higher shall be considered for Latin Honors at graduation. Honors are conferred based on the following scale:

    1. Cum Laude - a diploma designation for candidates with an overall GPA of at least 3.50 but below 3.70 (with honors).


    2. Magna Cum Laude - a diploma designation for candidates with an overall GPA of at least 3.70 but below 3.90 (with high honors).


    3. Summa Cum Laude - a diploma designation for candidates with an overall GPA of 3.90 or higher (with highest honors).


    4. The GPA is not rounded up when determining honors for graduation (e.g., 3.49 is not the same as 3.50).

  3. Eligibility guidelines for Graduation with Honors Diploma or Honors Certificate are as follows:

    A student should:


    1. have earned 24 credit hours of honors-designated courses with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the Honors Diploma; OR have earned 11 credit hours of honors-designated courses with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher for the Honors Certificate; AND


    2. have completed one service-learning project and/or participated in one extra-curricular activity per each term; AND


    3. maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.3 in honors-designated courses.


  4. Bachelor’s degree candidates who have completed 40 credits of upper-division graded coursework at St. Petersburg College and have earned an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 or higher shall be considered for Latin honors at graduation. Honors are conferred based on the following scale:


    1. Cum Laude - a diploma designation for candidates with an overall GPA of at least 3.50 but below 3.70 (with honors).


    2. Magna Cum Laude - a diploma designation for candidates with an overall GPA of at least 3.70 but below 3.90 (with high honors).


    3. Summa Cum Laude - a diploma designation for candidates with an overall GPA of 3.90 or higher (with highest honors).


    4. The GPA is not rounded up when determining honors for graduation (e.g., 3.49 is not the same as 3.50).

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