How to graduate cum Laude:

• Be admitted into the Honors College.

• Take at least 9 hours of Honors credit which can include Honors designated
courses, study abroad programs sponsored by OU, and OSLEP, Feaver-
MacMinn, Puterbaugh or Neustadt seminars.
• Take HON 2973, Perspectives on the American Experience, 3 hours.
• Take an Honors Colloquium (HON 3993, 3 hours) your junior or senior year
• Complete Honors Reading and Honors Research (2 hours reading, 3 hours
research-usually in your junior or senior year).

Students completing the Honors College curricular requirements will have a

degree designation of:

• Cum laude (3.40-3.59)

• Magna cum laude (3.60-3.79)
• Summa cum laude (3.80-4.00)

This is the most prestigious undergraduate degree designation attainable at the

University of Oklahoma.

Please visit with your OU Scholars advisor and/or the cum Laude Graduation
Advisors (Dr. Carolyn Morgan & Jeff Cooper) for additional information on
completing the Honors requirements.