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Recognition of Excellence

Dean's Honour Roll

The annual Dean's Honour Roll recognizes academic excellence by assigning the notation "Member of Dean's Honour Roll" to the grade report and transcript of a student who achieves a sessional creditweighted grade point average of 7.5 or higher on a minimum of 24 credits, or, in the final year of study, a minimum of 18 credits.

BSc and BSc Honours candidates coregistered in the Faculty of Education, who are registered in a minimum of 24 credits overall [of which at least 18 credits are for the BSc or BSc Honours] and who achieve a sessional credit-weighted grade point average of 7.5 or higher on their credits for the BSc or BSc Honours, are also eligible to be on the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Dean's Honour Roll.

First-Class Degrees

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Science rewards exceptional students by designating their BSc or BSc Honours degrees first class or first class with distinction.

First-class standing is normally awarded to students whose cumulative creditweighted grade point average is 7.5 or higher overall and in the Science major subject area(s).

With distinction is normally added to the first class BSc or BSc Honours degree of students whose cumulative credit-weighted grade point average is 8.0 or higher overall and in the Science major subject area(s).