Does "Honours" show up on the degree?
06-15-2012 at 03:00 AM
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Does "Honours" show up on the degree?
Say when graduating with an honours degree, does the word "Honours" actually appear on the degree certificate, like for example "Honours Bachelor of (Arts, Science, etc)", or would it just say "Bachelor of (Arts, Science, etc.)"?
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06-15-2012 at 03:06 AM
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Yes it will.
for example it will say "Bachelor of Arts" and under it will say "Honours"
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06-15-2012 at 06:42 AM
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Yeah, why wouldn't it :/
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07-12-2012 at 03:57 PM
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Hi there - I just graduated with my B.Sc in Life Sci this past June.
No it does not show Honours on your degree. If you have obtained Honours, you will be presented with a separate certificate that indicates that you had an above average gpa in your studies.
Your actual degree will say, for example,
"BACHELOR OF SCIENCE presented to Katherine ..."
That's it.
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07-12-2012 at 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jarzeck
Hi there - I just graduated with my B.Sc in Life Sci this past June.
No it does not show Honours on your degree. If you have obtained Honours, you will be presented with a separate certificate that indicates that you had an above average gpa in your studies.
Your actual degree will say, for example,
"BACHELOR OF SCIENCE presented to Katherine ..."
That's it.
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Err, I think they mean Honours in the program, not Dean's Honour Roll.
They don't show Dean's Honour Roll, they give it as a separate certificate as you have correctly stated. But they do write summa cum laude on your degree (I'm not sure what GPA you need to get this - does anyone know?)
Apparently they do write an Honours below your Bachelor if you took the 4 year program. |
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07-12-2012 at 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Alchemist11
Err, I think they mean Honours in the program, not Dean's Honour Roll.
They don't show Dean's Honour Roll, they give it as a separate certificate as you have correctly stated. But they do write summa cum laude on your degree (I'm not sure what GPA you need to get this - does anyone know?)
Apparently they do write an Honours below your Bachelor if you took the 4 year program.
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You need a CA of 9.5 for suma cum laude.
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07-12-2012 at 04:16 PM
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You need a CA of 9.5 for suma cum laude.
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I'm not sure why Mac does it this way. Summa cum laude should be for like 11.5 or higher. You have cum laude for 9.5. And you can set magna cum laude for 10.5. Instead Mac has nothing or summa, which is supposed to be like the biggest honor there is. |
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07-12-2012 at 04:25 PM
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07-12-2012 at 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Alchemist11
I'm not sure why Mac does it this way. Summa cum laude should be for like 11.5 or higher. You have cum laude for 9.5. And you can set magna cum laude for 10.5. Instead Mac has nothing or summa, which is supposed to be like the biggest honor there is.
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Yeah, I think universities in general in Canada don't really follow the latin honours system. I actually think the latin honours system is supposed to be by percentage like top 5%, etc...
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07-12-2012 at 06:49 PM
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Are you serious, 9.5 is summa cum laude? I thought it was 10 (which is still low). Does this honour vary by program, or is it school-wide?
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07-13-2012 at 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jhan523
You need a CA of 9.5 for suma cum laude.
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-10.5* and no failures. [EDIT: wrong, see below]
-Honours (4 year degree) is on your degree, yes.
-Minors/Majors don't show up on the degree.
EDIT: OMG nevermind Jeremy you're right....
http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /calen...-12/pg147.html
I graduated 3 years ago and it changed since then... |
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07-13-2012 at 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Incognitus
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Hey sorry for unrelated question but on that link it shows the required cumulative average in order to graduate but
B.H.Sc. -- 6.0 (on all graded courses)
B.H.Sc. (Honours) -- 5.0
Is the 1st one for non honours program? if it is why is the required CA higher than honours program?
and does the 1st one mean that if you got lower than 6 on a graded course then you cant graduate? |
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07-13-2012 at 11:15 AM
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Well i THINK its referring to the fact that BHSc has course that dont have grades, so as for the ones that do , you need a CA of 6
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07-15-2012 at 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by L_Blankfein
Are you serious, 9.5 is summa cum laude? I thought it was 10 (which is still low). Does this honour vary by program, or is it school-wide?
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You have a very distorted concept of grades. |
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07-15-2012 at 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by WalkerBlue
You have a very distorted concept of grades.
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Summa cum lauda means with greatest praise/distinction. Magna cum lauda means with great praise. Cum lauda means with praise. Saying 9.5 is too low for Summa cum lauda isn't distorted at all. Ideally only a small handful each class (~1% or so) should be graduating with highest praise. It makes more sense for 9.5 to be Cum lauda.
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