<p>I want to know if there is a “graduating with honors” in CMU. I have heard of a math honors degree program, but I’m not sure if there are such opportunities in other departments.</p>
<p>I don’t think there is. I didn’t even know that there was honors in math. You can get on Dean’s List though for having a high GPA.</p>
<p>There is. If you have a certain QPA (for example, in ECE or CS) you can work towards an “honor’s thesis” in your senior year before graduating and you will have “graduated with honors.” I believe there is also “high honors” in CS as well. I’m not sure what the cutoffs are, but I would assume they are percentiles, which vary form year to year.</p>
<p>There’s one in art. I just don’t quite remember how to get it.</p>
<p>How is QPA calculated?</p>
<p>A = 4.0, B = 3.0, C = 2.0, etc.</p>
<p>Multiply the score of the course by the number of units for the course, then divide this score by the total number of units you’ve taken.</p>
<p>I’ll use a freshman engineer as an example. Say you take the following classes:</p>
<ol>
<li>Intro to ECE (18-100): 12 units</li>
<li>Intro to Programming (15-100): 9 units</li>
<li>Calc 1 (21-120): 10 units</li>
<li>Interpretation and Argument (76-101): 9 units</li>
</ol>
<p>and your grades are:</p>
<ol>
<li>A in Intro to ECE</li>
<li>A in Intro to Programming</li>
<li>B in Calc</li>
<li>B in interp</li>
</ol>
<p>your total quality points earned:</p>
<p>A = 4 * 12 units +
A = 4 * 9 units +
B = 3 * 10 units +
B = 3 * 9 units
= 141</p>
<p>your total quality points possible:
4 * (12 + 9 + 10 + 9) = 160</p>
<p>QPA = 4 * (141/160) = 3.525</p>
<p>dunno if any of you are in science, but we have honors too - there are a couple different ways of getting in, namely starting off in one of the intro honors classes (honors bio or chem), or doing a research project and a senior thesis… you probably have to present your research too. but yea, not hard to get if it’s something you’re going for.</p>