Undergraduate Division
General Requirements for Bachelor's Degrees
Graduation with Distinction
The Jacobs School of Music recognizes outstanding academic achievement by awarding bachelor’s degrees with three levels of distinction: distinction, high distinction, and highest distinction. At each graduation, graduating seniors in each of the three bachelor’s degrees are identified for distinction, based on their cumulative grade point averages:
- In each of the three separate degrees, highest distinction for averages of 4.00
- In the BM degree, high distinction for averages between 3.95-3.99 and distinction for averages between 3.90-3.94
- In the BME degree, high distinction for averages between 3.85-3.99 and distinction for averages between 3.75-3.84
- In the BS degree, high distinction for averages between 3.90-3.99 and distinction for averages between 3.85-3.89