{"id":8400,"date":"2009-09-14T22:14:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T22:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=8400"},"modified":"2025-11-25T23:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:56:47","slug":"honors-bacc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc","title":{"rendered":"Baccalaureate Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-3-font-size\">On this page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GPA Requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Honor\">Honor Cord for Commencement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baccalaureate honors are awarded at graduation to undergraduates earning their first bachelor\u2019s degree with at least 90 UW credits, including 60 numerically graded credits. Distance Learning courses count towards baccalaureate honors. Dean\u2019s List recognition does not guarantee baccalaureate honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"GPA\">GPA Requirements (Autumn 2025-Summer 2026)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Program<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" scope=\"col\">Cum Laude*<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" scope=\"col\">Magna Cum Laude*<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" scope=\"col\">Summa Cum Laude*<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th scope=\"row\">Business Administration<\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.81<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.90<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.97<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Educational Studies<\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.97<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences<\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.94<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Interactive Media Design<\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.87<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.95<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Nursing and Health Studies**<\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.98<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (includes Computer Science and Software Engineering and Earth System Science)<\/th><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.87<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.95<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.00<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*Students must also earn 90 matriculated credits in residence at the UW and at least 60 credits must be graded. <strong>Summa Cum Laude<\/strong> is the top 0.5%, <strong>Magna Cum Laude<\/strong> is the next 3%, and <strong>Cum Laude<\/strong> is the next 6.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**RN to BSN students do not earn enough UW credits to qualify for Baccalaureate Honors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GPAs for baccalaureate honors are set each year for the following year (autumn through summer) by a subcommittee of the Faculty Council on Academic Standards, based on statistics for the current year provided by the Office of the University Registrar. The GPA cutoffs may be different for each of the degree programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Honor\">Honor Cord for Commencement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For spring\/summer graduates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible to wear a Baccalaureate Honor Cord during the commencement ceremony, an undergraduate student must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete 75 UW credits by the end of winter quarter, of which at least 60 are numerically graded<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meet the cumulative GPA requirement by the end of winter quarter (see chart above)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may qualify to wear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-fac\">Faculty Honors<\/a> cords if you do not meet the above Baccalaureate Honors requirements by the end of the winter quarter. Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-fac\">Faculty Honors<\/a> web page for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this page Baccalaureate honors are awarded at graduation to undergraduates earning their first bachelor\u2019s degree with at least 90 UW credits, including 60 numerically graded credits. Distance Learning courses count towards baccalaureate honors. Dean\u2019s List recognition does not guarantee baccalaureate honors. GPA Requirements (Autumn 2025-Summer 2026) Program Cum Laude* Magna Cum Laude* Summa Cum&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":4926,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8400","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":"","link_2":"","link_3":"","link_4":"","link_5":""},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":"","button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"Office of the Registrar","email":"uwbreg@uw.edu","phone":"425.352.5000","box":"Box 358501","address_line_1":"18115 Campus Way NE","address_line_2":"Bothell, WA 98011-8246","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baccalaureate Honors - Office of the Registrar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Baccalaureate Honors - Office of the Registrar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On this page Baccalaureate honors are awarded at graduation to undergraduates earning their first bachelor\u2019s degree with at least 90 UW credits, including 60 numerically graded credits. Distance Learning courses count towards baccalaureate honors. Dean\u2019s List recognition does not guarantee baccalaureate honors. GPA Requirements (Autumn 2025-Summer 2026) Program Cum Laude* Magna Cum Laude* Summa Cum...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Office of the Registrar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-25T23:56:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc\",\"name\":\"Baccalaureate Honors - Office of the Registrar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-09-14T22:14:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-25T23:56:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Graduation, Diplomas, and Commencement\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Honors\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Baccalaureate Honors\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"\/#website\",\"url\":\"\/\",\"name\":\"Office of the Registrar\",\"description\":\"Just another UW Bothell site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Baccalaureate Honors - Office of the Registrar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Baccalaureate Honors - Office of the Registrar","og_description":"On this page Baccalaureate honors are awarded at graduation to undergraduates earning their first bachelor\u2019s degree with at least 90 UW credits, including 60 numerically graded credits. Distance Learning courses count towards baccalaureate honors. Dean\u2019s List recognition does not guarantee baccalaureate honors. GPA Requirements (Autumn 2025-Summer 2026) Program Cum Laude* Magna Cum Laude* Summa Cum...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc","og_site_name":"Office of the Registrar","article_modified_time":"2025-11-25T23:56:47+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc","url":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc","name":"Baccalaureate Honors - Office of the Registrar","isPartOf":{"@id":"\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-09-14T22:14:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-25T23:56:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors\/honors-bacc#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Graduation, Diplomas, and Commencement","item":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Honors","item":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/graduation\/honors"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Baccalaureate Honors"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"\/#website","url":"\/","name":"Office of the Registrar","description":"Just another UW Bothell site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8400"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25519,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8400\/revisions\/25519"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}