Special Programs

Academic Honors

Graduation (Latin) Honors

Students who qualify based on their cumulative GPA and class rank will graduate with University Honors: cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude .
For details consult an academic advisor in the Office of Undergraduate Business Education and the University Honors Program Office.

General Business Honors, Miami Herbert Business School

Graduation with General Business Honors requires:

Completion of all of the requirements of the BSBA degree program; and
A minimum 3.75 cumulative GPA at graduation.

For details, consult an academic advisor in the Office of Undergraduate Business Education.

Departmental Honors in Business

Graduation with Departmental Honors requires:

A minimum 3.9 GPA in Miami Herbert Business School courses at the end of the junior year; and
Completion of a 3-credit hour research project during the entire senior year on a topic that is of interest to both the faculty member supervising the research and the student responsible for completing it. The research and written deliverable must be deemed to be of exceptional quality, consistent with the workload of a 3-credit upper level independent study course, and worthy of a designation that is only open to the top 1% of Business School undergraduates; and
A minimum 3.9 GPA in all Miami Herbert Business School courses at graduation; and
Any other requirements, if any, established by the Department granting honors, as set forth in this Academic Bulletin.

Students who major in two distinct major areas of specialization may complete their honors research project in the department of either business major specialization.

The 3-credit hour research project class is not assigned a letter grade but instead is taken for "credit only." It does not count toward the 120-credit hours required for graduation. Only projects that are deemed to be of exceptional quality will receive credit and result in the Honors designation. Students who begin a research project but do not complete it will be retroactively withdrawn from the research course.

Further details related to Departmental Honors are available in the Office of Undergraduate Business Education.

Business Honors Societies

Students may be nominated for or elected into an honor society based on specific criteria. Contact the listed department for additional information.

Beta Gamma Sigma (Highest Honors in Business) - Undergraduate Business Education
Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting Honor Society) - Department of Accounting
Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honor Society) - Department of Economics