Awards, Recognition, and Scholarships
Scholarships available through the Kelley School of Business are based on academic achievement and/or financial need. Eligible candidates must be admitted students in the Kelley School of Business. Scholarship opportunities and applications can be found in One.iu.edu here.
Academic Distinction
Academic distinction for excellence in scholarship is awarded at Commencement to a limited number of students graduating with the Bachelor of Science in Business degree. The number of students so honored will not exceed 10 percent of the graduating class in the school for that year.
Students whose grade point averages are in the highest 1 percent and who complete at least 60 credit hours at Indiana University graduate with "highest distinction." Those whose grade point averages are in the next highest 4 percent and who complete at least 60 credit hours at Indiana University graduate "with high distinction"; and the remaining 5 percent who complete at least 60 credit hours at Indiana University will graduate "with distinction."
The grade point averages necessary to achieve these levels of distinction vary depending on class statistics. Graduates receiving these honors have them so noted on their diplomas and in the Commencement program and are eligible to wear Crimson (Distinction), Cream (High Distinction), and Cream and Crimson (Highest Distinction) fourragères at Commencement.
Scope
- At the end of each fall and spring semester and before the degree conferral deadline, the campus, through the Division of Undergraduate Education, publishes a list of undergraduate students who demonstrate outstanding academic performance by placement on the Dean’s List for each academic unit/school.
- Only undergraduate, degree-seeking students are eligible for the Dean’s
- Dean's Lists are generated by the campus for fall and spring semesters
- The Dean's List is semester-specific and is different from graduation distinction which is awarded to eligible students at the time a baccalaureate degree is
Policy Statement
- Dean’s Lists include students who have completed at least 12 credits that term with a semester grade point average of at least 3.50.
- In the specific case of the final semester before a student graduates, naming to the Dean's List can be made for fewer than 12 completed credits.
- Pass (P) and Satisfactory (S) grades, while not used in GPA calculation, are considered passing grades, and count toward the 12-credit minimum
- Incomplete (I) and Deferred (R) grades, while not used in the GPA calculation, are not considered passing grades, and are therefore not counted toward the 12-credit minimum requirement.
- Students who have chosen to restrict the release of public directory information will not be included on the published dean’s list.
- Individual units/schools may establish additional lists to acknowledge academic performance with lower or higher GPA standards as Notification should be made soon after the DUE publishes the campus-wide list.
updated 01/25
