Students who complete at least 12 credits in an academic year (in courses graded A, B, C, D, or F) with a GPA of at least 3.5 in an academic year at UMUC are eligible for the Dean's List.

Students who fail to earn the required average by the end of the academic year must complete a minimum of 12 more credits during the next academic year to be considered for the Dean's List again. All courses taken during an acadmic year are used in computing the average, even though the total number of credits may exceed 12. An academic year is designated as fall through summer terms. Eligibility for the Dean's List is calculated once a year, after the summer term.

Honors for excellence in scholarship, determined from the cumulative grade point average, are awarded to students whose final grade point average upon earning a bachelor's degree falls within the following range: Cum Laude, 3.800-3.900; Magna Cum Laude, 3.901-3.999; Summa Cum Laude, 4.000. To be eligible for this recognition, a total of at least 45 credits must have been earned with University of Maryland University College. For honors to be conferred with a second bachelor's degree, the student is required to have a total of 45 credits with UMUC and the requisite GPA.

Inquiries concerning honor societies should be addressed to:

UMUC Asia
Office of the Registrar
Unit 5060 Box 0100
APO AP 96328-0100

UMUC students are eligible for membership in Alpha Sigma Lambda, the national honor society for students in continuing higher education. To qualify for membership, a student must be pursuing a first bachelor's degree, have completed at least 30 credits at UMUC in courses graded A, B, C, D, or F, and maintained a grade point average of 3.7 or higher in all UMUC courses. At least 15 credits, from UMUC or transferred, must be in courses outside the major.

UMUC students may qualify for membership in Phi Alpha Theta, the international honor society in history. To qualify for membership, students must attain a grade point average 3.5 or higher in at least 12 credits of UMUC history courses and have an overall UMUC grade point average of 3.4.

The honor society of Phi Kappa Phi promotes the pursuit of excellence in all fields of higher education and recognizes outstanding achievement by students, faculty, and others through election to membership and through various awards for distinguished achievement. To qualify for membership in Phi Kappa Phi, candidates must have completed at least 90 credits toward the bachelor's degree, at least 45 of which must have been in UMUC courses carrying letter grades of A, B, C, D, or F. The candidate's grade point average in UMUC courses must be in the top 10 percent of the previous UMUC graduating class.

Pi Gamma Mu is the International Honor Society for the Social Sciences and recognizes outstanding scholarship in the Social Sciences at UMUC. Students interested in anthropology, criminal justice, economics, gerontology, history, political science, social psychology, sociology, and women's studies may qualify for membership.

Membership is open to students in their last 60 hours of undergraduate work with at least 20 hours of social science credit. Invited students will have a grade point average in the upper 35% of their class.

Sigma Mu is the psychology honor society of UMUC. The society recognizes superior scholarship by degree-seeking psychology students and provides a venue for active participation and professional exposure in psychological practice, research, and education. To qualify for membership, a student must have declared a major in psychology, complete at least 9 credits in psychology through UMUC, maintain an overall GPA of 3.4 or higher at UMUC, and provide a letter of recommendation from a member of the UMUC psychology faculty.

Membership in Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, is open to qualified UMUC students with a major in English. To be eligible, students must have earned at least 45 credits toward the bachelor's degree with an overall GPA of 3.5 or higher. At least 30 credits must have been earned through UMUC and must include 12 credits of English, not including WRTG 101, and 6 upper-level credits. Students must also have earned a GPA of 3.6 in English coursework at UMUC.