Academic Catalog 2024-25 > Academic Policies and Procedures > Awards and Honors > Departmental Honors

Departmental Honors

Dominican University of California recognizes students who demonstrate superior performance in their major. Students will be granted Departmental Honors when the following criteria are fulfilled:

1. Minimum overall GPA of 3.6, based on Dominican coursework only in all upper division courses in the major; does not include prerequisite or corequisite courses to prepare for major
2. Minimum of half of the upper division units in the major must be taken at Dominican
3. Minimum of 18 upper division units in the major must be graded
4. Senior projects must be designated as superior quality by faculty in the student’s major. This criteria does not apply to the Barowsky School of Business and Leadership (BSB) when the Senior project is team-based: therefore, Departmental Honors will be awarded to the top 50% of the graduating BSB students (Day and ADC) with a minimum GPA of 3.6 in upper division courses in the major.

Departmental Honors are designated on the Dominican transcript and are included in the Commencement program each Spring (based on the prior Fall’s GPA). Departmental Honors are a separate category from the Honors Program and from Graduation Honors.