Texas A&M University Undergraduate Catalog

• Academic Calendar
• Board of Regents
  & System Adminstrative
  Officers
• TAMU Administrative
  Officers
• General Information
• International Programs
  for Students
• University Honors Program
• Environmental Program
• College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
• College of Architecture
• Mays Business School
• College of Education and Human Development
• Dwight Look College of Engineering
• College of Geosciences
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Science
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• General Academic Programs
• School of Military Sciences
• Texas A&M University at Galveston
• Graduate Studies
• Course Descriptions
• Faculty
• Appendices

University Honors Program

General Information

Honors Recognition and Graduation with Honors

All honors courses are designated on a student’s permanent transcript, showing prospective employers or graduate and professional schools that the student has participated in an enriched curriculum. University Honors and Foundation Honors are conferred at commencement upon students who have completed a substantial body of honors course work and who hold an overall GPR of 3.5 or above and an honors course GPR of 3.25 with no grade less than a C in an honors course. Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude and Cum Laude, University Honors, Foundation Honors and completion of the University Undergraduate Research Fellows are recorded on a student’s transcript. Students may graduate with any combination of Foundation Honors, University Honors and University Undergraduate Research Fellows and should consult an honors advisor about fulfillment of graduation with honors requirements.