Academic Awards
University Medals for Academic Excellence
The University Medals are awarded on the basis of academic excellence. Only one medal may be awarded in any discipline, in any academic year. The academic year, for the purpose of these regulations, included the Spring and immediately preceding Fall Convocations. The medals are awarded by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards and if, in any year, no candidate in a discipline is considered deserving, no medal will be awarded in that discipline.
The following criteria will govern the awarding of University Medals:
In the Faculty of Medicine, a learner must:
- be a candidate for the professional degree of the Faculty or School;
- not already hold a baccalaureate or its equivalent in the same subject area from this or another institution of higher learning.
- have completed, as a student at this University, at least 50% of the courses required for the degree;
- be judged to be an outstanding student in the professional studies of the Faculty or School, and be nominated to the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarship, Bursaries and Awards by the Dean, Director or Department Head, as appropriate.
This medal is distributed during the main campus Convocation Ceremony each year.
Dean檚 List
Learners in all four phases of medical school are automatically eligible and considered for the Dean's List, so long as they meet the following criteria:
- Place in the top 10% of their class overall average
- Have demonstrated professionalism in their program
- Completed all courses in their phase
- Obtained a GPA of 3.50 or higher and a final numeric average grade of no less than 80.00%. Grades are examined to the second decimal place.
- Have not committed an academic offense, as outlined in 6.12 Academic Misconduct
A notation will be placed on the learner檚 transcript indicating that the learner has been placed on the Dean檚 List.