Students whose upper-division GPA (courses taken since achieving 3LS status) is 3.5 or above automatically graduate with honors (cum laude) in history. To graduate magna cum laude, a student must meet this GPA requirement and write a thesis under the supervision of a faculty member in the department. The supervisor nominates outstanding theses to the Undergraduate Committee, which consists of professors who are not supervising a senior thesis that semester and who deliberate over whether the thesis deserves summa cum laude recognition.
Graduating with Honors
