Based on a student's thesis grades, a Committee on Instruction (COI) subcommittee provides each oral exam committee with two English honors options: one recommended (or strongly recommended) grade, and another possible grade. The options are Highest Honors, High Honors, Honors, and No Honors.
Students will be informed of the COI subcommittee recommendation when they receive their thesis readings. To be eligible to graduate with Honors in History & Literature, a student must have a concentration GPA of at least 3.0 and receive at least one honors grade on the thesis. Honors-eligible students with a concentration GPA below 3.639 will be strongly recommended for Honors in History & Literature, with High Honors or No Honors as the other option depending on the strength of the thesis readings. To be eligible to graduate with Highest Honors in History & Literature, a student must have a concentration GPA of at least 3.85 and receive at least one summa or summa minus grade on the thesis.
The senior oral exam committee will assign one of the two possible grades. A student must have a strong performance on the oral exam to earn the higher grade. Students will receive their final concentration honors in a letter from History & Literature shortly after Reading Period ends.