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Degrees with Honors – Students completing Associate’s degree requirements and meeting all of the following additional requirements receive degrees with honors.
• Achieve a minimum total cumulative RVCC GPA of 3.5.
• Achieve a minimum cumulative RVCC GPA of 3.5 on all courses applied toward the awarded degree.
• Receive no grade lower than a “C” in any college-level course applied toward the awarded degree.
• Complete, at RVCC, a minimum of 30 credits hours in courses applied toward the awarded degree.
Certificates with Honors – Students completing Certificate requirements and meeting all of the following additional requirements receive certificates with honors.
• Complete a certificate requiring at least 30 semester credit hours.
• Achieve a minimum total cumulative RVCC GPA of 3.5.
• Achieve a minimum total cumulative RVCC GPA of 3.5 on all courses applied to the awarded certificate.
• Receive no grade lower than a “C” in any college-level course applied toward the awarded certificate.
• Complete, at RVCC, a minimum of 15 credits hours in courses applied toward the awarded certificate.
Honors are awarded on the basis of the student’s cumulative RVCC GPA on all courses applied to the awarded degree or certificate as follows.
1. 3.50 – 3.79 .....Cum Laude (with honor)
2. 3.80 – 3.99 .....Magna Cum Laude (with high honor)
3. 4.00................Summa Cum Laude (with highest honor)
Honors Achievement Award – To receive the Honors Achievement Award a student must meet all of the following requirements.
• Complete at least 15 credits of honors-level coursework.
• Earn a ‘B’ or better in each course counted towards the award.