Effective Date: June 14, 2024
Issuing Authority: Provost
Policy Contact: Vice Provost, provost@mercer.edu, 478-301-2110
Purpose
Mercer University recognizes undergraduate students for superior academic performance.
Scope
This policy applies to all undergraduate students at Mercer University.
Exclusions
None
Policy Statement
President’s List and Dean’s List
Mercer undergraduate students are recognized for superior academic performance by inclusion on the President’s List and Deans’ Lists. Course load, grade point average, and other specific conditions determine inclusion. Criteria for these lists are shown in the following table.
| Minimum Normal Letter Graded* Hours | Required Semester GPA | |
| President’ List | 12 | 4.00 |
| Dean’s List | 12 | 3.55 |
| Dean’s List | 8 | 3.66 |
| *Letter Grades: A, B+, B, C+, C, D, or F | ||
Inclusion is subject to the following additional conditions:
- No grades below C.
- Grades of Satisfactory on all Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory graded work in excess of the minimum normal letter graded hours.
- Students who have been found responsible for an Honor Code violation are not eligible for either list for the term in which the violation occurred.
Graduation with Honors
Candidates for bachelor’s degrees with a grade-point average of 3.50 will receive their degrees cum laude; those with an average of 3.70, magna cum laude; and those with 3.85, summa cum laude. To be eligible for honors, a student must have earned a minimum of 32 semester hours and at least a 3.50 GPA at Mercer.
The total average includes all attempts of repeated courses in which a grade is earned that impacts GPA calculation. (See the Grading System and Quality Points section of the University catalog.) Original attempts of these courses are removed from the Mercer average but are included in the total average.
In determining the GPAs of students with any transfer credit, the total average and the Mercer average will be evaluated separately, and the student must earn honors with both averages. For the total average, all college work attempted at all institutions, including all attempts of retaken courses, will be included in the calculation of the total grade point average for graduation with honors.
A student who has been found responsible for an Honor Code violation is not eligible to graduate with honors.
Departmental Honors
Departmental honors may be conferred independently of all other distinctions. They are designed to recognize students who have distinguished themselves in the departments of their majors; they will not be announced at graduation, but a notation of departmental honors will be entered on the students’ permanent records. The specific requirements for each department’s honors are listed in the University catalog with the course requirements for the major, and details may be obtained from department chairs.
Additional Resources
http://documents.mercer.edu/catalogs/AtlantaCatalog/
http://documents.mercer.edu/catalogs/RACCatalog/
- Office of the Registrar: https://registrar.mercer.edu/
History
Revised July 23, 2023
Revised June 14, 2024