ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS

Good Standing

To remain in good academic standing, the minimum standard is a semester and cumulative GPA of 2.00. A student who maintains this standard, and is not on probation or subject to professional or clinical misconduct, is considered to be in good standing.

Dean’s List

The Dean’s list recognizes students whose term grade point average is 3.50 or higher. Recipients of this distinction will be recognized by the Dean following the semester in which they qualified. The semester final grades from each Dean’s List recipient are annotated, as well as the student’s permanent academic record at Kentucky College of Optometry. Students who earn a grade of ‘F’, ‘W’, or ‘I’ during the semester are excluded from consideration for the Dean’s List. Students on academic probation will also not be eligible. Students whose annual grade point average is 3.50 or higher are also eligible to apply for membership in the Beta Sigma Kappa International Optometric Honor Society.

Scholastic Honors

Graduation honors, Cum Laude (3.50 GPA), Magna Cum Laude (3.70 GPA), or Summa Cum Laude (3.90 GPA), will be bestowed upon Kentucky College of Optometry graduates who meet the established academic qualifications. These graduation distinctions are awarded to Kentucky College of Optometry graduates who have achieved above-average and superior academic performance    Additionally, the graduating class Valedictorian and Salutatorian will hold, respectively, the highest and second-highest overall cumulative grade point average in the class. In the case of a valedictorian tie, a co-valedictorian award will be granted to the tying individuals, and a salutatorian designation will also be assigned to that graduating class. In the case of a salutatorian tie, a co-salutatorian award will be granted, in addition to the normally assigned valedictorian award.