Please note, honors designations are awarded to undergraduate students only. Graduate students are not eligible to earn a degree with honors but are welcome to wear any honors regalia they receive through departmental or national honor societies. A baccalaureate degree is awarded with honors to students who earn a minimum of 30 term hours of credit at LSU Shreveport and who maintain a high grade point average. To be eligible for honors, students must have a grade point average, including course grades eliminated through the Repeat/Delete option and the Bankruptcy Policy, that falls within the ranges shown below, both for courses taken at LSU Shreveport and for all courses. Both the LSU Shreveport and Cumulative GPAs must be 3.50 or above to be awarded a degree with honors. Undergraduate students will receive honors cords upon checking in at Commencement. Honors candidates: If you have not sent all your transcripts to LSUS, request electronic copies from each school immediately, as they must be received by LSUS by close of business on the Monday prior to your conferral date. Failure to meet this deadline can result in your being omitted from the honors insert of our Commencement Program. Diplomas and honors cords are not released to students who are missing paperwork such as an official transcript. Honor                       Grade Point Average <table> <tbody> <tr> <td width="139"> summa cum laude </td> <td width="139"> 3.90 to 4.00 </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="139"> magna cum laude </td> <td width="139"> 3.70 to 3.89 </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="139"> cum laude </td> <td width="139"> 3.50 to 3.69 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Honors candidates who have outstanding transcripts should send all official transcripts to our office by COB on the Monday prior to your conferral date. Failure to meet this deadline can result in your being omitted from the honors insert in our Commencement Program. Diplomas and honors cords are not released to students who are missing paperwork such as an official transcript.