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Graduation Requirement
Students are strongly advised to prepare their registration schedules with their advisors to ensure graduation requirements are fulfilled. Failure to do so may mean a student has to spend an additional term or more at AUB to complete graduation requirements.
Graduation with Distinction and High Distinction
o graduate with distinction, a student must:
- have an average of 85 (GPA: 3.7) or higher in all work of her/his final academic terms, including summers: (two summer sessions are equivalent to one term) during which 60 credits or more have been completed at AUB
- and be recommended by her/his department for distinction.
To graduate with high distinction, a student must:
- have an average of 90 (GPA: 4.0) or higher in all work of her/his final academic terms, including summers: (two summer sessions are equivalent to one term) during which 60 credits or more have been completed at AUB
- and be recommended by her/his department for high
For purposes of graduation with distinction or high distinction, when a student repeats a course, all grades enter into the computation of the student’s overall average. For transfer students, if the number of credits completed at AUB is less than 60 , then the completed credits are used in the measuring criteria.
Dean’s Honor List
To be placed on the dean’s honor list at the end of the term, a student must:
- be carrying at least 12 credits,
- not be on probation,
- have passed all courses and attained an overall average of 85 (GPA: 3.7) or be ranked in the top 10 percent of the class and have an overall average of 80 (GPA: 3.2),
- not have been subjected to any disciplinary action within the university during the term,
- and be deemed worthy by the dean to be on the honor
FHS Awards
Penrose Award
Non-cash honorary award made to the outstanding graduate of each faculty on the basis of scholarship, character, leadership, and contribution to university life.
The Kiram Sanioura Memorial Prize in Public Health:
A monetary award granted to the graduating student completing his/her undergraduate studies with the highest GPA in the BS in Environmental Health and Health Communication program.
Abdelbasset Ahmad Sanioura Memorial Prize in Health Professions:
A monetary award granted to the graduating student completing his/her undergraduate studies with the highest GPA in one of the disciplines of Health Professions at the Faculty of Health Sciences: Medical Imaging Sciences, or Medical Laboratory Sciences.
