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3. A.8. Academic Honors and Awards
Graduation Requirements
• As early as the end of the student’s junior year, the College Dean and the
University Registrar shall make evaluation of the student’s deficiencies.

• Graduation of students shall be covered by the following:

✓ A student shall be recommended for graduation only after he shall have satisfied
all academic and other requirements for graduation prescribed in his curriculum.

✓ A candidate for graduation shall file his application for graduation at the University
Registrar using the form prescribed in his curriculum.

✓ The University Registrar, in consultation with the respective College Dean, shall
check the academic record of each candidate with the view to ascertain whether

any candidate has any deficiency to make up for and whether he has fulfilled all

the requirements which would qualify him to be a candidate for graduation.
✓ All candidates for graduation shall fulfill all requirements for graduation not later

than one week before the Academic Council meets to act on the candidates for

graduation.
✓ At least two days before the Academic Council Meeting herein mentioned, the

University Registrar shall publish and issue each member of the Academic Council
a complete list of duly qualified candidates for graduation for the particular term.

✓ No student shall graduate from the University unless he shall have completed at
least two years or at least 50% of the total academic credit hours required in the

curriculum for residence work which may, however, be extended to a longer period

by the proper faculty member after evaluation of his pertinent records. The two
years residence work herein referred to be immediately prior to graduation.

Selection of Honors
Students who complete their courses with the following averages computed

based on the prescribed number of years with options of taking summer and carry a load
of not less than 21 units or the regular load of the particular course per semester shall

graduate with honors:

Cum laude – 1 year residence in IFSU prior to graduation with general
average of 89% – 92% with no grade lower than 80% in any of the subjects earned from

first year to fourth year.

Magna Cum laude – 2 years of residence with general average of 93% –
96% with no grade lower than 85% in any subject.