One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
Phone: 318.797.5061
Fax: 318.797.5286
Diploma and Honors Information
Diplomas
You will receive a diploma cover on stage. Your actual diploma will be given to you directly after the ceremony. Fall graduate diplomas will be released on Monday, December 21, 2009 to those graduates who do not attend the commencement ceremony. Diplomas are mailed upon request by the Admissions and Records Office free of charge.
If you do not pick up your diploma from the ceremony or request that your diploma be mailed, your diploma will need to be picked up in the Admissions and Records Office. A picture ID is required to pick-up your diploma.
Honors Designation
A baccalaureate degree is awarded with honors to students who earn a minimum of 60 semester hours of credit at LSU Shreveport and who maintain a high grade point average. To be eligible for honors, students must have a grade point average, including course grades eliminated through the Repeat/Delete option and the Bankruptcy Policy, that falls within the ranges shown below, both for courses taken at LSU Shreveport and for all courses. Both the LSUS and Cumulative GPAs must be 3.50 or above to be awarded a degree with honors.
Students may graduate with honors as many times as they meet the requirements.
Honor Grade Point AverageSumma cum laude 3.90 to 4.00
Magna cum laude 3.70 to 3.89
Cum laude 3.50 to 3.69