Grade Point Average Requirements
To be eligible for Rockford University degrees, students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.00 in all work at Rockford University and an average of 2.00 in the field of the major(s) and minor(s) unless otherwise stated in the departmental major and minor requirements listed in the Program Descriptions and Courses section of this catalog. Transfer students must have a GPA of 2.00 in hours taken at Rockford University toward the degree.
Other grade-point average requirements are:
| Study Abroad, including Regent’s College* |
2.50 |
| Washington Semester |
2.50 |
| Teaching Semester |
2.50 |
| To take 18.5 hours or more |
2.50 |
| Independent Study |
| All-University |
2.50 |
| Department of the Independent Study |
3.00 |
| Internships |
2.50 |
| Distinguished Scholars List |
3.75 |
| Dean’s List |
3.50 |
| Summa cum Laude |
3.80 |
| Magna cum Laude |
3.60 |
| Cum Laude |
3.40 |
| MacLeish Scholar |
3.40 |
*The International Education Committee has the authority to grant conditional admission for study abroad to students whose cumulative GPA falls between 2.00 and 2.50.
In the determination of graduation honors, GPAs are calculated to three decimal places and rounded to two. Those equal to or greater than x.xx5 are rounded up; others are rounded down. For other purposes, GPAs are rounded down to two decimal places.