Well before going abroad, students should obtain a checklist of preparations for overseas study from the international studies office or the undergraduate coordinator in their department. This preparation ideally begins in the freshman year. The college offers a variety of opportunities for independent and seminar honors work to those undergraduates who have demonstrated appropriate qualifications. Superior students should take initiative in planning undergraduate and graduate programs. They should consult the honors coordinator in their department about requirements for the baccalaureate degree with honors, high honors or highest honors.
Some majors have additional requirements.
Upon evaluation by the department or other responsible group, the student will be recommended for high or highest honors. One copy of the thesis and an abstract must be delivered to the graduation coordinator in the AAC at least three days prior to graduation. Postbaccalaureate students are not eligible to receive honors recognition. These students receive certificates of highest distinction, high distinction or distinction, based on maintaining a 4.0, 3.9 or 3.8 overall grade point average respectively, during their first two years at UF with a twelve-hour course load each semester. He was also a professor of Greek and Latin.