Academic Honors

Graduating with Honors

Undergraduate students who complete their degree requirements with exceptionally high institutional scholastic averages will be eligible to graduate from Texas A&M University - San Antonio with honors. To  graduate with honors, students must have completed at least 30 semester (credit) hours at A&M-SA and achieved an institutional grade point average in accordance with the following scale:

Undergraduate students under a catalog year of 2017 - 2018 or later will be required to meet the following grade point average scale:

Cum Laude: Institutional GPA must fall between a 3.50 to 3.69.

Magna Cum Laude: Institutional GPA must fall between a 3.70 to 3.89.

Summa Cum Laude: Institutional GPA must fall between a 3.90 to 4.00.

---Grade point averages are not rounded up to achieve these figures---

Undergraduate students under catalog years of 2016-2017, 2015 -2016, 2014-2015, 2013-2014 and 2012-2013 will be required to meet the following grade point average scale:

Cum Laude: Institutional GPA must fall between a 3.40 to 3.59.

Magna Cum Laude: Institutional GPA must fall between a 3.60 to 3.79.

Summa Cum Laude: Institutional GPA must fall between a 3.80 to 4.00.

---Grade point averages are not rounded up to achieve these figures---

For Preliminary Determination of Graduation with Honors

Honors candidates are identified by a preliminary institutional grade point average at the end of the semester immediately preceding the semester in which the student is a candidate (Ex: Applied to graduate in the fall, and spring was the last semester you earned credit in. Your spring institutional GPA will be used to determine honors eligibility).

The grade point average for preliminary honors determination will be calculated only on courses taken at A&M-SA.

Prior to the fall or spring commencement ceremony students will be notified if they are eligible to participate with honors at the commencement ceremony via email.

**Note- if attending commencement, student is responsible for purchasing the honor cords. This should be done at the same time the cap and gown is purchased.

Participation with honors at commencement does not infer or imply that the student will be awarded honors. Students must achieve an honors eligible GPA once final grades are posted for the semester in which the student is a candidate.

For Final Determination of Graduation with Honors

As all final grades are updated and our office completes end of term processing, we will verify your institutional GPA to ensure eligibility was met, and update honors statuses accordingly to record on transcripts and your diploma.

Post-baccalaureate students earning a second baccalaureate degree may graduate with honors in accordance with the same criteria used for students earning their first baccalaureate degree.