7.3.1 Master's Degrees with Distinction

(Section 390 of old Manual) (Amended January 25, 2012) (Amended November 18, 2020) (Amended July 26, 2023)

The Nominations Committee will recommend certain students receiving master's degrees to the President for the award of their degrees With Distinction.

The students must be nominated to the Academic Council by the cognizant academic unit. Academic units are encouraged to develop criteria beyond the Quality Point Rating to evaluate outstanding student performance.

In any one academic year no more than ten percent (or one student, whichever is larger) of the students earning a master's degree in the degree programs of the nominating academic unit shall be nominated for degrees With Distinction.

Appropriate notation of the award shall be made on the students' academic records by the Registrar.

Academic Certificates, the Engineer's Degree and the Ph.D. are not awarded with distinction.