Departmental Honors

Students whose grade point average for the semester is equivalent to 3.4 or better are honored by having their names placed upon the Dean’s Honor Roll and they are so notified by the Dean of the appropriate college or school. The completion of a minimum of 12 Washburn semester hours taken for letter grades is required. Students may also be able to earn additional honors through their departments. All the below School Honors require a recommendation of the department. Individual departments may also specify additional requirements. See Department Chair for more information.

College of Arts and Sciences

In the College of Arts and Sciences, students are eligible to receive departmental honors upon graduation if they fulfill the following minimum requirements: (1) a grade point average of 3.5 in the major, including a 3.5 in upper division work in the major; (2) successful completion of a research project or an equivalent deemed suitable by the department; (3) the recommendation of the department. Individual departments may specify additional requirements.

School of Nursing

Students who have a grade point average of 3.75 in nursing courses and who demonstrate outstanding clinical nursing performance and are recommended by the faculty, are eligible to receive School of Nursing Honors upon graduation.

School of Business

In the School of Business, students are eligible to receive School of Business Honors upon graduation who have a grade point average of 3.5 in all accounting, business, and economic courses applied to the B.B.A. degree, rank in the upper quarter of the Washburn University graduating class, and demonstrate superior research and/or independent study skills while enrolled in a special research course. Students who do not complete a research or independent study project, but who accumulate a 3.5 grade point average in all accounting, business, and economics courses and rank in the upper quarter of the Washburn University graduating class receive the special designation as School of Business Scholar.

School of Applied Studies

In the School of Applied Studies students may qualify for School Honors by fulfilling the following minimum requirements. Complete all appropriate course work for the appropriate Certificate of Completion with a minimum grade point average of 3.75 and all course work completed at Washburn. For the Associate degree, complete all appropriate major and correlate courses, with a minimum of 30 hours completed at Washburn and a minimum grade point average of 3.5. For a baccalaureate degree, complete all appropriate major and correlate courses with a minimum grade point average of 3.5, and complete a research project or a departmental approved equivalent project.