Graduation Honors
Graduation honors are awarded annually at Commencement Exercises to those students with outstanding academic records in their undergraduate work, who have been in residence at Hastings College for at least two years, and who have a minimum of 100 hours of credit on the A-F grading scale. Degrees with distinction are awarded to the top 12% of the graduating class as follows: Summa Cum Laude, top 3%; Magna Cum Laude, next 4%; Cum Laude, next 5%. The minimum grade point average for eligibility for graduation honors is 3.7.
Departmental honors with high distinction are awarded to graduating seniors who have earned a 3.85 in their major area of study; departmental honors with distinction go to those with a 3.7 average in their major area of study.
Students who desire advanced standing may acquire as many as 20 semester hours of credit through one or more of the following:
Under AP, credit is granted for scores of 4 or 5 for a maximum of 4 hours of credit per course upon the recommendation of the department in which the credit is to be given. For a score of 3 a decision on whether to grant credit will be made by the appropriate Hastings College department. Under CLEP, scores above the 50th percentile are normally acceptable, although most departments require satisfactory performance on an additional essay examination. Under IB, scores of 4 or above in the higher-level examinations will normally qualify for up to four hours of credit, subject to the approval of the department concerned. No additional tuition charge is made for the acceptance of AP, CLEP, or IB credit.
Under the College's own testing out policy, students may challenge any course listed in the Academic Catalog. Students who can demonstrate mastery of course content through satisfactory performance on a departmentally-prepared examination are entitled to credit for the course after having paid an examination fee and a special tuition fee. All credit by examination programs are administered by the Registrar's Office, and any questions or requests for further information should be directed there.
| Graduation Honors |
Graduation honors are awarded annually at Commencement Exercises to those students with outstanding academic records in their undergraduate work, who have been in residence at Hastings College for at least two years, and who have a minimum of 100 hours of credit on the A-F grading scale. Degrees with distinction are awarded to the top 12% of the graduating class as follows: Summa Cum Laude, top 3%; Magna Cum Laude, next 4%; Cum Laude, next 5%. The minimum grade point average for eligibility for graduation honors is 3.7.
Departmental honors with high distinction are awarded to graduating seniors who have earned a 3.85 in their major area of study; departmental honors with distinction go to those with a 3.7 average in their major area of study.
| Credit by Examination |
Students who desire advanced standing may acquire as many as 20 semester hours of credit through one or more of the following:
- The Advanced Placement Program of the College Entrance Examination Board
- The College Level Examination Program, also of the College Board
- International Baccalaureate North America
- Hastings College's own testing out program.
| Advanced Placement |
Under AP, credit is granted for scores of 4 or 5 for a maximum of 4 hours of credit per course upon the recommendation of the department in which the credit is to be given. For a score of 3 a decision on whether to grant credit will be made by the appropriate Hastings College department. Under CLEP, scores above the 50th percentile are normally acceptable, although most departments require satisfactory performance on an additional essay examination. Under IB, scores of 4 or above in the higher-level examinations will normally qualify for up to four hours of credit, subject to the approval of the department concerned. No additional tuition charge is made for the acceptance of AP, CLEP, or IB credit.
Under the College's own testing out policy, students may challenge any course listed in the Academic Catalog. Students who can demonstrate mastery of course content through satisfactory performance on a departmentally-prepared examination are entitled to credit for the course after having paid an examination fee and a special tuition fee. All credit by examination programs are administered by the Registrar's Office, and any questions or requests for further information should be directed there.
