ARTICLES OF GOVERNMENT

ARTICLE IX. Academic Distinction

A. Latin honors shall be determined at the end of the senior year on the basis of units earned at Wellesley after the first semester of the first year. (Latin honors for Davis scholars and transfer students shall be determined on the basis of all units earned at Wellesley.) Those students who have achieved a cumulative course average of 3.90 or better shall be designated as Durant Scholars and graduated summa cum laude. Those students who have achieved a cumulative course average of 3.75 shall be designated Durant Scholars and graduated magna cum laude; those who have achieved an average of 3.60 shall be designated Wellesley College Scholars and graduated cum laude. In determining Latin honors, grades earned elsewhere shall not count with the exception of grades earned in cross registration with MIT.

To be eligible for these distinctions, a student may take no more than one-quarter of potentially graded units (i.e., mandatory credit/noncredit not included) on a credit/noncredit basis. A minimum of 12 graded courses (adding up to at least 12 units) must be included in the calculation for Latin honors.

B. In general, no student shall be eligible whose record contains four or more notations of "I"' who has received a grade lower than a D in the preceding semester, or has failed to remove any condition before the beginning of the junior year. This shall not be interpreted to mean that a student may not abandon a course in which she has a grade lower than a D.

C. One unit of a two unit course and course units in excess of the number required for the degree shall be included.

D. Exceptional cases shall be recommended to the Council without the names of the students. Exceptions shall be made only upon grounds stated in exact terms, and such exceptions shall be treated as precedents.