Graduation with Honors
Undergraduate
For all degree candidate students graduating from WPI after May 1, 1986, graduation honors will be determined as follows:
Graduation with High Distinction
An A or DIST grade on any four of the following:
- MQP
- IQP
- Sufficiency
- Six units of work registered at WPI (exclusive of PE and of the MQP, IQP, or the SUFF/Independent Study component of the Sufficiency)
Graduation with Distinction
An A or DIST grade on any three of the above.
For all degree candidate students graduating from WPI after May 1, 2011, graduation honors will be determined as follows:
Graduation with High Distinction
Accomplishment of all four of the following:
- A grade on the MQP
- A grade on the IQP
- A grade on the Inquiry Seminar or Practicum of the Humanities and Arts Requirement
- A grades on eight units of work registered at WPI (exclusive of PE and of the MQP, IQP and the Inquiry Seminar or Practicum of the Humanities and Arts Requirement)
Graduation with Distinction
Accomplishment of all four of the following:
- A grade on the MQP
- A grade on the IQP
- A grade on the Inquiry Seminar or Practicum of the Humanities and Arts Requirement
- A grades on four units of work registered at WPI (exclusive of PE and of the MQP, IQP and the Inquiry Seminar or Practicum of the Humanities and Arts Requirement)
Graduate
There are no honor distinctions for graduate level degrees.
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