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awarded Sophomore Honors; a student securing during these two years 165
grade-points, plus 2 grade-points for each credit above 60 required in his
course, will be awarded Sophomore High Honors.

Senior honors are awarded on the basis of the academic requirements
for the second half of any four-year course, all of which have been com-
pleted in residence at the University. A student securing 135 grade-points,
plus 1.5 grade-points for each credit above 60 required in his course
for completing the second half, will be awarded Senior Honors; a student
securing 165 grade-points, plus 2 grade-points for each credit above 60
required in his course for completing the second half, will be awarded
Senior High Honors. This rule will not be construed so as to bar any
student from securing Senior Honors who has been permitted to carry
more than the minimum number of credits during the first two years of his
course and less than the minimum during the last two years.

Honors in the major may, upon recommendation of the department,
be granted at graduation to any student who has done superior work in his
major and who has passed with distinction a comprehensive examination
on the work offered for his major. Students doing all their work in
course, as well as those doing it partly in course and partly outside of
course, shall, with the approval of the department, be eligible for such
examination and honors.

Thesis honors are granted for an exceptionally fine or original thesis,
without consideration of the student’s record in other work.

The names of students awarded sophomore honors are bulletined in Bas-
com Hall; those of students awarded senior and thesis honors and honors
in the major are published in the Commencement Register.

Il. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GENERAL COURSES

LEADING TO THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY

13. CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS

RANK. A student must have 25 grade-points and at least 25 credits
before he may be classified as a sophomore; 58 grade-points and at least
58 credits before he may be classified as a junior; and 88 grade-points and
at least 88 credits before he may be classified as a senior.

UPPER AND LOWER GRouPS. At the close of the sophomore year all
students in the College of Letters and Science are provisionally divided
into two groups on the basis of grade-points earned during the freshman
and sophomore years. Students who have earned at least 50% or more
grade-points than credits by the end of the sophomore year (or at any
subsequent time) are designated as upper-group students. A_ student’s
upper-group status continues throughout the remainder of his college course
as long as the total of all grade-points earned in college is 50% greater
than the total number of credits earned. At the discretion of departments,
upper-group students are eligible for more advanced work than other stu-
dents, but they must comply with the thesis requirement for graduation.
For other students the thesis requirement is optional with the major
department.

ADVANCED STANDING. Students transferring to the University of
Wisconsin from other institutions with from 45 to 90 credits shall be
regarded as upper-group students after they have completed one semester
of work at this University, provided they have earned during this period
50% more grade-points than credits.