What is required to graduate cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude?
Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and Cum Laude may be granted for exceptional achievement in each enrollment unit. Students must have a minimum of 90 hours at Ohio State to be eligible. Students who used the Fresh Start Rule will have cphr recalculated. The necessary cphr in Human Ecology for Summa Cum Laude is 3.7, for Magna Cum Laude 3.6, and for Cum Laude 3.5. Students who complete their honors theses and who have a 3.3 cphr (3.4 cphr for students admitted to honors programs Summer 06 and later) will receive “with distinction” honors.