ACADEMIC INFORMATION

DEAN'S HONOR LIST

The following statements apply to undergraduate students in the Faculties of Arts, Health Sciences (excluding professional programs), Information and Media Studies, Music, Science and Social Science, and at Brescia University College, Huron University College and King's College.

Undergraduate students with outstanding academic records are named to the Dean's Honor List in May and August of each year.

1. In May of each year the Dean of each Faculty establishes an Honor List containing the names of all full time students registered in that Faculty who completed a minimum of 4.0 courses during the previous Fall/Winter Session (September-April) and earned an average for the session of 80% or more with no failed courses.
2. Part time students may qualify for the list in May or August each time they accumulate a new set of at least 5.0 consecutive courses and earn an 80% average with no failed courses within that set.
3. Full or part time graduating students who attained Dean's Honor List standing at their last checkpoint and maintained a cumulative average of 80% on any courses taken from then until graduation will also be named to the Dean's Honor List upon graduation.

Note: Grades received on a Letter of Permission will be included in the average.

The following statements apply to other undergraduate faculties and schools:

1. For the Richard Ivey School of Business, students in the Honors Business Administration Program must complete a full year's work, as defined by the program, and attain grades in the top 10% of the class. A student who is on the Dean's Honor List in each of the two years at the Business School shall graduate as an Ivey Scholar.
2. For the Faculty of Education, graduating students in the BEd/DipEd Program must achieve an overall minimum weighted average of 85% in order to qualify for inclusion on the Dean's Honor List.
3. For the Faculty of Engineering, to be named to the Dean's Honor List students in Engineering must complete a minimum of five courses within the academic year (i.e., September - April) and achieve a minimum average of 80% on all courses with no failed courses.
4. For the Faculty of Law, students must complete a full year's work as defined by the program and be in the top 10% of the class to be named to the Dean's Honor List for that year.

   Only the grades earned in courses taken at the Faculty of Law in a particular year (provided those courses total at least 14 credit hours) are used to calculate a student's standing for an overall achievement award in that year. Students who attend the Faculty of Law on a letter of permission from another law school are not considered for the Dean's Honor List or an overall achievement award in that year.

5. For the Doctor of Medicine program, a student who obtains an honors score in all courses in Year 1 or Year 2 of the MD program will be considered to have passed with Honors and shall be named to the Dean's Honor List.
6. For the School of Dentistry, students must complete a full year's work as defined by the program and achieve an average of 80% or have a special recommendation of the Director.

The following statements apply to Concurrent Degree Programs:

Concurrent Degree students who are registered in the Fall/Winter session in an approved program of full time studies leading to two undergraduate degrees will be adjudicated for the Dean's Honor List of each Faculty provided that at least 3.5 courses of the year's work have been approved for credit toward the particular degree.

1. Engineering

   Students registered in a concurrent degree program will be adjudicated for the Dean's Honor List for Engineering based on all courses taken in the academic year (i.e., September - April) provided the student is registered in a minimum of five courses. In addition, an average of 80% must be achieved on all courses taken toward the BESc degree with no failed courses.

2. Engineering and Business:

   For Engineering students in the BESc/BA(HBA) program, refer to the paragraph above. At the Business School, students are considered for the Dean's Honor List during their first year of HBA. Students enrolled in Years Four and Five of the concurrent program are considered for the Dean's Honor List in Year Five only. Only grades obained in 400 level Business courses will be used in calculating averages for determining Dean's Honor List standing. courses taken on exchange and courses taken outside the Business School are excluded. The Dean's Honor List for HBA2 typically includes the top 10% of all of the class and is determined by vote of the teaching faculty. Those who stand onthe Dean's Honor List over all 300 and 400 level courses taken at the Business School at the completion of the concurrent program will graduate as Ivey Scholars.

3. Business and Law

   For students in a LLB and HBA program

   Students are considered for the Dean's Honor List at the Business School during their first year of HBA and at the Faculty of Law during their first year of Law.

   Students enrolled in Years Five and Six of the concurrent program are considered for the Dean's Honor List at the Business School in Year Six only. Only grades obtained in 400 level Business courses will be used in calculating averages for determining Dean's Honor List standing. Courses taken on exchange and courses taken outside the Business School are excluded. The Dean's Honor List for HBA2 typically inludes the top 10% of all of the class and is determined by vote of the teaching faculty. Those who stand on the Dean's Honor List over all 300 and 400 level courses taken at the Business School at the completion of the concurrent program will graduate as Ivey Scholars.

   A student who takes Law courses totaling at least 12 credit hours in each of the Years Five and Six of the concurrent program is considered for the Dean's Honor List at the Faculty of Law in each of those years on the basis of those courses.

   For student in an LLB/MBA program:

   Students in the combined LLB/MBA Program are considered for the Dean's Honor List at the Faculty of Law during their first year of Law and for the Dean's Honor List at the Business School during their first year of MBA courses. In each of the third and fourth years of the program, students are considered for the Dean's Honor List at the Faculty of Law on the basis of the courses taken at the Faculty of Law in each particular year. In the fourth year, students are also considered for the Dean's Honor List at the Business School on the basis of the Business courses taken during the last two years.

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