Departmental Citation
The Departmental Citation is an award recognizing undergraduate excellence in the UC Berkeley Sociology Department. Each year we select one graduating senior to receive this award for his/her outstanding accomplishments in sociology. A faculty committee reviews the materials of students who meet the following criteria:
1) Officially graduating in Spring 2024, or Summer 2024. You must have not applied before.
2) Have at least a 3.7 major GPA with at least 6 sociology courses completed by the end of Fall 2023. The G.P.A. includes the Introduction to Sociology and Evaluation of Evidence courses taken for the major.
Eligible students may submit an application and a copy of their most significant work in sociology (i.e. an honors thesis or draft of one, research paper, or project). These materials will be due by Friday, April 12, 2024. Participation in the Senior Honors Program is not a requirement and it is possible that a student who has done a significant piece of work in sociology in some other way will be chosen. The faculty committee takes into consideration the overall sociology record and activities of qualified students, but also focuses a lot of attention on the sociological research or project the student engaged in when determining who to select.
https://sociology.berkeley.edu/honors-opportunities-departmental-citation#overlay-context=major-requirements
Departmental Honors
Departmental Honors in Sociology is awarded to students who have completed Sociology H190A and H190B, the Sociology Senior Honors Program. To receive honors in the sociology major, students must complete a Senior Honors Thesis in this class and have maintained a 3.3 overall GPA and a 3.5 GPA in the major. In 2024 the Sociology department will be giving the gold honor cord to students awarded honors at the departmental commencement and the title of their Honors Thesis will be listed in the graduation program. The level of honors achieved - Honors, High Honors, or Highest Honors - is determined after graduation, and will be noted on the student's diploma and final transcript.
Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD)
Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) is an International Honors Society in Sociology. The Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley has our own chapter, Chi of California. AKD members are awarded teal honor cords at the end of Spring semester. For further information, please see http://sociology.berkeley.edu/alpha-kappa-delta-akd#overlay-context=undergraduate-program.
University Honors
The College of Letters & Sciences awards Distinction, High Distinction, and Highest Distinction in general scholarship (comparable to Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and Summa Cum Laude, although UC Berkeley does not use the Latin terminology). These distinctions are based on overall GPA. Please see https://lsadvising.berkeley.edu/policies/deans-listhonors for more information.