Spatial Sciences: Graduating 'Cum Laude' or 'Summa Cum Laude'
1. The Board of Examiners will determine whether or not the
Bachelor’s degree certificate will be awarded an honours
predicate.
2. The following conditions apply:
a. The mark for the thesis must satisfy the following minimum
conditions:
- ‘Cum laude’: the mark for the thesis must be at least
8.
- ‘Summa cum laude’: the mark for the thesis must be at
least 9.0.
b. The weighted average (not rounded, with 1 decimal after the
comma) for all course units, including the thesis, within the
examination programme approved by the Board of Examiners must
be
- Greater than or equal to 8.0 for ‘Cum laude’,
- Greater than or equal to 9.0 for ‘Summa cum
laude’.
3. No honours are awarded if the student workload of the exemptions
in ECTS credit points is more than half the total number of ECTS
for the degree programme. This stipulation does not apply to Double
Degree programmes.
4. Honours may only be awarded if the examinations for the course
units were taken only once.
5. Honours may only be awarded if no single course unit was awarded
a mark less than 7.0.
6. No honours will be awarded if a decision by the Board of
Examiners has been taken to the effect that a student is no longer
eligible for an honours predicate because cheating or plagiarism
has been detected.
7. The Board of Examiners may deviate part from the provisions set out