Departmental Honors

Qualifications Required to Graduate with Departmental Honors

Honors are decided by a vote of the department faculty just prior to Commencement each year. The following guidelines are used:

• A student must achieve a grade point average of at least a 3.67 in all courses that count toward the major and concentration at the 200-level and above, including all courses substituted for major requirements.
• A student must demonstrate a superior grasp of management skills and their application.
• A student must present a completed paper, case study, or some other written example of his or her expertise to a department faculty member.
• Once requirements for the the major and concentration have been met, a student may elect to take additional courses without penalizing eligibility for honors.
• The department will give consideration to non-Goucher courses to the extent that major requirements have been satisfied.