Honor Students
A student who carries a course load of 12 credit hours or more and maintains a semester GPA of 3.0 or above will be placed on the Honor’s List of Honor Students. A student who carries a course load of 12 credit hours or more and maintains a semester GPA of 3.5 or above will be placed on the Dean’s List of Honor Students. A student who carries a course load of 12) credit hours or more and maintains a semester GPA of 4.0 will be placed on the President’s List of Honor Students. Students with an incomplete grade are not eligible for the Dean’s or President’s List.
Honors College – incoming freshman must have a 3.0 unweighted grade point average. Continuing students are admitted to the Honors College on the basis of their academic performance at Denmark Technical College. If you meet the requirements and have been accepted by the admission’s office, please contact the Office of Academic Affairs.
Academic Honors for Part-Time Students
A part-time student with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or greater is eligible for the Honors List if he or she:
is enrolled in a major (certificate, diploma, or associate degree program), and has completed at least eighteen
(18) semester credit hours.
Academic Awards
Graduate Honor Awards are given to the top three graduates with the highest GPAs in the associate, diploma, and certificate programs.
Achievement Awards are presented to graduates in each division who have a GPA of 3.0 or above in their program area.
Special Academic Presentations
The Presidential Achievement Award is given by the president of the College and is presented to a graduating senior who has demonstrated exemplary scholarship, leadership, congeniality, citizenship and served as an exemplary ambassador for the College.
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society is a scholastic honor organization that consists of student members who have a grade point average of 3.5 or better and who are enrolled as full-time students with twelve (12) credit hours or above.
National Technical Honor Society is a scholastic honor for students who are enrolled in a technical program who have earned a grade point average of 3.0 or above.