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ATTENTION
FROM
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January
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2010
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by
the Senate Committee on
Underg
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Studies at its meeting of
J
anuary 7, 2010
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g
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r
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to the
f
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i
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M
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That
Sena
t
e
approve
the removal of the designat
i
on of
First
C
l
ass
H
ono
ur
s,
a
nd
the
introduction
of the designations "with merit" and "with distinction,"
wi
th
requi
r
ements as
ou
tl
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n
ed
in
t
he
attached
document
s
and attendant calendar
c
hanges,
effect
i
ve
for
st
u
dents
graduating
from t
h
e
Fall
2009 semester onward.
T
hese
designations
will be recognized for first degrees only
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After
cons
ultin
g
with
the Dean
s'
Council
:
md membe
rs
of the University community.
It
ebtis
tnr
&
Student
Enrolm
e
nt
Serv
i
ces
is
pr
o
p
os
ing
to
implement
a
sys
t
e
m
of degree
stlll
din
g
de
sig
nation
s
t
o
recognize
hi
gh
a
c
hie
ve
mem
by
s
tud
e
n
ts
thr
ougho
ut their und
e
r
graduate
ca
r
ee
r
at
S
FU
.
M
o
t
io
n
:
that
SC
U
S
approve
:
lI\d TC
!'co
mlll
e
nd to
Se
n
ate
t
h
e
rem
ova
l
of
the designa
t
ion of
Fim
ClaH
H
ono
u
rs,
an
d th
e
introduc
t
ion
of
t
h
e design
ati
ons
"with
m
erit" and
"w
i
th di
s
t
i
n
c
tion
,"
w
i
th
requireme
ll
ts
as
o
utlined bel
ow
an
d
anendant
ca
l
e
n
da
r
c
h
an
ges,
effective
for
st
u
dents graduating from
d
i
e
F
a
ll
2009
se
m
es
t
e
r
fo
r
ward.
R
cqu
i
r
e
m
c
n
ts
T
h
e des
i
gnations
"
w
i
th m
e
r
it
"
and
"wi
t
h
d
istinction"
wo
u
ld
be ava
i
lable to
a
ll
un
derb'r.ld
u
at
e
s
t
u
dents gradu:lting
wit
h
a degree
.
A
b
'r.ld
e
po
i
m avenge
of
4.
00
or
greater wo
ul
d be
r
!."
qu
i
red
o
n
all of
a
s
tud
e
nt
's
course wo
rk
(CC
PA
)
:
md all
t
h
e
i
r
upp
e
r
divi
s
i
o
n
co
u
rse work
(
UDG
P
A
)
in
o
r
der to be granted
"wit
h
distill
c
t
io
n
".
A
C
PA
o
f
3,50 or
b'Teater
but
l
ess
th
:
1Il .\
.00 o
n th
e CC
PA
and
UDG
P
A
i
s
required in
orde
r to
be
gra
nt
ed
"with mer
i
!."
R
a
ti
o
nal
e
The
c
urr
e
nt d
esigna
ti
o
n
of
Fi
r
st Cl
ll
ss
HOI/
o
ur
s
i
s
only availab
l
e
to
s
tud
ents co
mpletin
g
an
h
o
n
o
urs pr
ogra
m,
and
i
s
l
ied
to
a
s
tudem'
s
pr
ob'Ta
m
G
PA
as well
3
S
their overall GPA
.
TIl
e
University
ha
s
a
lar
ge
Ilumbcr
ofstudcnts graduating
each yea
r
with hi
g
h
GPAs
frolll major p
r
ogra
m
s
and
depamn
e
nts
without
h
ono
ur
s
pr
Ob'T
atll
s,
and the
se s
tudents
arc
n
O
I
cu
r
r
e
ntl
y
r
ecog
ni
ze
d in
a
n
y
way.
The proposed
changes
would
ex
tend
a degree
d
es
i
g
mtion t
o
aU high-perfonning
und
c
r
grad
u:lt
e s
tuden
ts gra
duatin
g
with
a
degree,
r
egud
l
e
ss
of
t
he r
o
u,,
.
taken to
obtain the degree.
It
also
relllove
s
t1w
progr.11ll GPA
r
eq
uir
r
men
ts,
r
ecog
ni
zing
in
s
t
ead ove
nll
su
ccess
in
a
ll
co
urs
es
and upper
div
i
sio
n
course
s
taken at
th
e Univers
it
y.
New Ca
l
en
d
a
r
E
n
try
E
xist
i
ng
ca
l
e
n
da
r
entrie
s
referring
1
0
First Class Honours will be
elim
in
ated.
The
fo
ll
owing e
ntry
will
b
e
added:
D
e
gr
ee S
t
an
d
ing
(
Und
e
rgra
d
u
ate - S
tud
e
nt
Eurolment
)
Stu
d
e
n
ts gra
d
u
ati
n
g
with
a
first
u
nd
ergra
dua
t
e
d
egree
m
ay
be
aw
ar
ded
a d
es
i
gna
t
ion
b
ase
d
o
n
Iht'
i
r
ove
r
all course
work
(CG
P
A) as we
ll
as
the
up
p
e
r
divi
s
i
o
n
s
ub
se
t
of
th
a
t
wo
r
k
(
UDC
P
.A.
).
S
tud
e
n
ts
w
h
o
ha
ve obt:l
in
e
d a
CPA of
4
.00 or greater
o
n
bo
t
h
the
CG
r
A
and
UD
G
PA
will
rect'
ive th
e
de
s
ignat
i
on
"w
ith di
s
ti
n
c
t
i
o
n
."
Th
i
s
de
sig
nati
o
n r
ecog
niz
es
oucst:lllding excellence
b
y
stude
n
ts
throu
g
h
out
til!."ir
a
c
ademi
c ca
reer.
S
tuden
ts
who
h
ave obtai
n
e
d
a C
P
A
of3.50 o
r
greater but le
ss
than 4
.00 o
n
both
the
CG
IlA
and UDGPA will
re
c
eiv
e
the dc
s
i
gl
l3ti
o
n
"with
merit
.
" Thi
s
de
sig
nati
o
n
recognizes proven
a
ca
d
e
mi
c
abi
l
it
y
and accomplishment.
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Honours Degree with Distinction
4.00-4.33
4.00-4.33
Honours Degree with Merit
3.50-3.99
3.50-3.99
Honours
Degree
3.00-3.49
3.00-3.49
Degree
with Distinction
4.00-4.33
4.00-4.33
Degree with Merit
3.50-3.99
3.50-3.99
Degree
2.00-3.49
2.00-3.49
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