Graduation Honors

The associate degree is awarded with “high honor” to students with 50% of their total institutional college-level credit hours completed in their academic program at HCC, and who have earned a minimum cumulative quality-point index of at least 3.80. Students who earn a cumulative quality-point index of at least 3.50 and less than 3.80 and with 50% of their total institutional college-level credit hours completed in their academic program at HCC will be awarded the associate degree with “honor."

Honors Convocation

Students are honored in the following categories and timeframes:

• Dean’s List: spring and fall semesters of the previous year (Spring, Summer, and Fall 2022)
• Phi Theta Kappa (PTK): students inducted the previous summer/fall and current spring semesters (Summer/Fall 2022 and Spring 2023)
• Competitive Awards: graduating students from previous summer and fall and current spring semesters (Summer/Fall 2022 and Spring 2023)
• High Honors & Honors: graduating students from previous summer and fall and current spring semesters (Summer/Fall 2022 and Spring 2023)

The suggested dress code is business casual.

Quick Links

• Graduation
• Commencement Ceremony Details
• Graduation Decorum and Dress Code