Baccalaureate degree recipients who have a minimum scholarship index of 3.5 and who have earned a minimum of 60 hours in residence are awarded Baccalaureate Honors. Designations of cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude are awarded to graduates who have scholarship indexes of 3.5 to 3.74, 3.75 to 3.89, and 3.9 to 4.33 respectively.