Chancellor's List

Students carrying 12 or more graded credit hours in one semester who earn a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) are placed on the Chancellor’s List. Students carrying 6 or more graded credits in both of two consecutive semesters who earn a 4.0 GPA are also placed on the Chancellor’s List. 

Dean's List

Students carrying 12 or more graded credit hours in one semester who earn a 3.50 to 3.99 grade point average (GPA) are placed on the Dean’s List. Students carrying 6 or more graded credits in both of two consecutive semesters who earn a 3.50 to 3.99 GPA are also placed on the Dean’s List.

Honor Societies

Students at Indiana University Southeast may also achieve membership in one or more honor societies. The following national honor societies have chapters on campus. For education majors—Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, and Pi Lambda Theta; nursing majors—Sigma Theta Tau; psychology majors—Psi Chi; business majors—Beta Gamma Sigma; adult students—Pinnacle; leadership honor society for juniors—Omicron Delta Kappa; and all majors—Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Chi. The Campus Life Office annually compiles a list of current officers and advisors, from whom more information is available.

Graduation with Distinction

Indiana University Southeast recognizes outstanding academic performance by awarding associate and bachelor’s degrees with three levels of distinction: highest distinction, high distinction, and distinction. Associate degree candidates must have completed at least half of the credit hours required for their degrees at Indiana University, and bachelor’s degree candidates must have completed a minimum of 60 credit hours at Indiana University, to be eligible to graduate with distinction. In addition, students must satisfy the following requirements.

To receive academic distinction, degree candidates must rank among the top 10 percent of their graduating class in each of the separate degree categories (e.g., Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of General Studies, Bachelor of Science in Business). Degree candidates must also meet the following GPA requirements: To graduate with highest distinction, a degree candidate’s GPA must be 3.95 or greater. To graduate with high distinction, a degree candidate’s GPA must be not less than 3.80 and not greater than 3.94. To graduate with distinction, a degree candidate’s GPA must be not less than 3.60 and not greater than 3.79. Degree candidates in nursing must meet GPA requirements as defined by the School of Nursing.

The university provides an honor cord to wear at Commencement to each candidate expected to graduate with academic distinction. The certification of degree candidates who graduate with academic distinction is done by the student’s academic unit. Final academic distinction is determined upon review of final grades and the determination of the ranking among the top 10 percent of the graduates in their respective degrees. This process is completed a few weeks after Commencement in May and after the degree-granting dates in August and December. Thus the wearing of an honor cord during Commencement does not automatically guarantee the awarding of degree honors.

When degree candidates are awarded their degrees with distinction, it will be noted on their academic record and diploma by the Office of the Registrar.