Institutional Honours

a.Dean’s Honour List

Students with outstanding academic performance are recognized on the Dean’s Honour List. The list is compiled twice yearly at the end of the fall and winter terms.

Students enrolled in an Arts and Science program completing four or more graded courses (12.0 credit hours) in one term must achieve a GPA of 3.75 or higher on these courses to qualify. Of the four or more courses noted above, a minimum of three courses (9.0 credit hours) must be offered by the Faculty of Arts and Science, Faculty of Fine Arts, or School of Liberal Education.

b.Standards for Distinction and Great Distinction

Students who have displayed outstanding academic performance during their undergraduate degree programs are awarded their degrees ‘With Distinction’ or ‘With Great Distinction.

Students with an award GPA of 3.50 to 3.74 are awarded their degree ‘With Distinction.’ Students with an award GPA of 3.75 or higher are awarded their degree ‘With Great Distinction.

For purposes of awarding degrees ‘With Distinction’ or ‘With Great Distinction,’ the Faculty of Arts and Science determines an award GPA by factoring into the University of Lethbridge cumulative GPA, actual grades on transfer courses, and ‘A+’ grades as 4.30 grade points.