Distinction in the Major
The DUS makes the nominations for Distinction in the Major; details are given under the heading "The Committee on Honors and Academic Standing." Nominations for Distinction in the Major, both for students who complete their degree requirements in December and for those who complete them in May, are made at the end of the spring term.
In the spring term, instructors submit grades to the registrar through the Web. The grades are then available to you and to your departmental registrar through the academic record request system. If you have not already arranged for access to this system, please complete the SFAS Banner request form and return it to the Registrar's Office.
Do not use the grades on the faculty grade submission (FGS) Web site to calculate eligibility for Distinction in the Major. FGS does not indicate whether a course was taken Credit/D/Fail, and it does not reflect any changes made to grades after their initial submission. Only the academic record is an accurate listing of a student's final grade.
Whenever you clear a student from a previous class for the late award of a degree, you should be alert to the possibility that the student may be eligible for Distinction in the Major. You should forward a nomination for Distinction for such a student to the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing at the same time that you inform the registrar that the student has completed the requirements of the major.
