Honors

Academic Distinction

Graduating with Honors
Honors degrees are granted only to participants in the UH Manoa Honors Program (see "Colleges of Arts and Sciences").

Graduating with Distinction
Graduating seniors not in the Honors Program who have completed 30 or more credit hours of work at the University with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 are eligible for graduation "with distinction" subject to the following stipulations:

The 30 or more credit hours at Manoa campus must come from courses carrying grade points (this excludes CR/NC);
The cumulative GPA of the total college work (which encompasses academic work at the Manoa campus and all other colleges and universities, if any) must be at least 3.5. This academic work includes both transferable and nontransferable credits carrying grade points but excludes CR/NC or other non-letter grade options such as pass/fail; and
Candidates for second degrees are not eligible.

Honor Societies

Alpha Epsilon, National Honor Society for Extension Service
Alpha Kappa Delta, International Sociology Honor Society
Alpha Omega Alpha, National Honor Society in Medicine
Beta Alpha Psi, National Accounting Honor Society
Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honor Society
Beta Phi Mu, International Library Science Honor Society
Chi Epsilon, National Civil Engineering Honor Society
Delta Phi Alpha, National German Honor Society
Epsilon Sigma Phi, National Extension Honor Society
Eta Kappa Nu, National Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Eta Sigma Delta, International Hospitality Management Honor Society
Gamma Sigma Delta, National Agriculture and Human Resources Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society, National Undergraduate Honor Society
Kappa Tau Alpha, National Journalism Honor Society
Lambda Delta, Freshmen Honor Society
Mortar Board, Senior Honor Society
Mu Kappa Tau, Marketing National Honor Society
Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Honor Society in Economics
Phi Alpha Theta, National Honor Society in History
Phi Beta Kappa, National Liberal Arts and Sciences Honor Society
Phi Delta Kappa, National Education Honor Society
Phi Eta Sigma, National Freshmen Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society (general)
Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society for Two-Year Colleges
Phi Upsilon Omicron, National Home Economics Honor Society
Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society
Pi Kappa Lambda, National Music Honor Society
Pi Lambda Theta, National Education Honor Society
Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society
Pi Tau Sigma, National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society
Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
Sigma Delta Pi, National Spanish Honor Society
Sigma Phi Alpha, National Dental Hygiene Honor Society
Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honor Society
Sigma Theta Tau, National Honor Society in Nursing
Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society, National Sciences Honor Society
Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society

For further information on these honor societies, contact the appropriate academic unit.

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