Degree Requirements

Successful Progress Toward a Degree

The college has identified specific performance standards to help students progress toward completion of degree requirements. Successfully meeting these standards will enable students to continue in a selected major and to graduate in a timely manner.

In those cases where the grade point average or grade in a preprofessional requirement is higher for the major or specialization than for the college, the major/specialization requirement takes precedence. Students who do not meet performance standards will have to meet with an academic adviser to determine an appropriate course of action.

Failure to meet the performance standards will result in a registration hold. Students seeking teacher education are reminded of the SAT/ACT requirements.

Dean's List and Graduation with Honors

The following criteria determine qualification for the Dean's List:

• 12 credit hours exclusive of hours taken under the S-U option; 9 credit hours for disabled students or fulltime credit equivalency
• 3.5 GPA for the term
• Internship and student teaching credits are excluded

Graduation with honors, high honors or highest honors is awarded upon meeting the requirements below and a recommendation from the college faculty.

• The student must have completed at least 45 semester hours of credit in residence at UF. Only the junior/senior level GPA exclusive of internship/student teaching will be considered. Credit earned through correspondence or extension courses is not included when computing grade point averages.

Honors: To graduate with honors, a student must have earned a 3.40 or higher GPA for all junior/senior level coursework.

High Honors/Highest Honors: Students in the college are eligible for high or highest honors by earning a 3.70 or higher GPA and completing a senior paper or creative work. The student's supervisory committee makes the recommendation for high or highest honors based upon an evaluation of this work.

Students will be notified by their academic advisers of the probability that they will have a 3.70 or higher GPA. This notification includes the requirements and process for graduating with high or highest honors. Information is available from the academic adviser. Post baccalaureate students are not eligible to receive honors recognition.