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Students with outstanding cumulative grade point averages may receive the following honors.

Bronze Tablet

Continuous academic achievement is recognized at the UIUC by inscribing students’ names on the Bronze Tablet which hangs in the campus Library. Bronze Tablet recipients must rank in the top three percent of the students of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences graduating class and have at least a 3.5 (A = 4.0) cumulative grade point average for all work completed at the University through the academic term prior to their graduation. To be identified as a Bronze Tablet recipient, transfer students—in addition to meeting the general rules for qualification—must also have earned at least 40 semester hours at this University and have cumulative University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign grade point averages as high as the lowest eligible students who completed all of their academic work on this campus.

Dean’s List

Each fall and spring semester, a Dean’s List is compiled of those students who have met the necessary academic conditions. The Code outlines all eligibility requirements for Dean’s List recognition (http://admin.illinois.edu/policy/code/Full_Code_web.pdf, section 3-401 page 78). An ACES student must meet these criteria: successful completion at least 14 semester hours of course work taken for letter grades of A, B, C, D, and F and a grade point average placing the student in the top 20 percent of all ACES students that semester in the student’s class.

In accordance with the Code, the College determines the minimum GPA that allows approximately 20% of ACES students to be named to the Dean’s List. The minimum GPA is reviewed annually and adjusted as needed to maintain the 20% guideline. Beginning Fall 2009, the minimum GPA to be eligible for the ACES Dean’s List is 3.70.

Graduation with Honors

In the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, honors are awarded to academically superior students at graduation, with the honors being designated on the diploma. The cumulative grade point average required for each category of honors is specified as follows: Highest Honors, 3.8; High Honors, 3.6; and Honors, 3.4. Transfer students must meet the minimum cumulative grade point average for the respective honors designation for both the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hours and cumulative hours. Please refer to http://admin.illinois.edu/policy/code/Full_Code_web.pdf (section 3-405, page 79).

Chancellor’s Scholars Program

The Campus Honors Program selects approximately 120 entering freshmen each fall from all University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign colleges to be Chancellor’s Scholars. In most recent years, eight to ten students per class in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences have been selected to participate in this program. Chancellor’s Scholars are expected to take one course offered by the Campus Honors Program per semester for their first two years in the program. In the junior and senior years, students enroll in Interdisciplinary Honors Seminars. More specific information is available from: