College of Pharmacy Requirements for Graduation with Honors
| Cum Laude | Magna Cum Laude | Summa Cum Laude |
| Completion of all pharmacy coursework in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum
3.50 or higher GPA in required pharmacy courses |
Completion of all pharmacy coursework in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum
3.6-3.79 or higher GPA in required pharmacy courses |
Completion of all pharmacy coursework in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum
3.80 or higher GPA in required pharmacy courses |
| prior to start of research:
Any student in the College of Pharmacy who intends to conduct research for Academic Honors should complete the Academic Honors Regulatory and Compliance Form. This form is designed to provide a regulatory and compliance review of your project. |
prior to start of research:
Any student in the College of Pharmacy who intends to conduct research for Academic Honors should complete the Academic Honors Regulatory and Compliance Form. This form is designed to provide a regulatory and compliance review of your project. |
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| Completion of a research project includes an oral presentation and a written thesis of the project.
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Completion of a research project includes an oral presentation and a written thesis of the project.
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| The oral presentation and the written thesis should be reviewed and approved by the Project Supervisor or APPE Mentor of the project.
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The oral presentation and the written thesis should be reviewed and approved by the Project Supervisor or APPE Mentor of the project.
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| The presentation slides (if used) and the written thesis will be submitted to the Canvas course site PharmD Academic Honors Research along with all documentation. Once submitted, all documents will be reviewed by the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education for recommendation for graduation with honors.
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The presentation slides (if used) and the written thesis will be submitted to the Canvas course site PharmD Academic Honors Research along with all documentation. Once submitted, all documents will be reviewed by the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education for recommendation for graduation with honors.
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| Approval by COP Student Affairs | Approval by COP Student Affairs | Approval by COP Student Affairs |
Project Guidelines
- Project may include research projects with a full time COP faculty member on any of the 3 campuses.
- Projects with APPE mentors must also be approved by the Office of Experiential Programs
- Projects with non-UF faculty or APPE mentors are evaluated on a case by case basis.
- Projects may include literature reviews or local quality improvement projects.
All projects must be reviewed prior to the start to assure that the project is in compliance with UF rules for human or animal subjects (IRB or IACUC). The review process requires the student and mentor to identify the project and define any use of human or animal subjects, human tissues, or human data. The Academic Honors Regulatory and Compliance Form for providing this information in order to obtain College approval of the project can be completed online.
Oral Presentation Options
- Research group meeting
- Local presentation at site of research
- College of Pharmacy Research Showcase
- National meeting
Report Guidelines
Although the project can be a part of a larger project that includes other students and authors of a publication, for Honors, each student must write their own thesis.
- The thesis must contain the following elements:
- Title page that includes the research project title, the name of the faculty or preceptor advisor, and the location (ie campus or preceptor site)
- Statement of the project question (i.e., goal/objectives/hypothesis for the project)
- Introduction: A review of the literature regarding the project question (i.e., history of the project performed, comparison of different approaches prior to your work)
- Methods to gain data or information
- Results: presentation of findings and evaluation of the most promising resolution of the research question (i.e., discussion of the results of the project with emphasis on the approach that seems to answer the question)
- Conclusion/summary: This should include a discussion of the findings, how they contribute to further understanding of the problem, and their impact. This section might also include a discussion of further work needed to address any issues, problems or questions that might have arisen.
- References; These should be consecutively numbered in the thesis, and listed at the end of the paper in numerical order of citation.
- The thesis should be 2000-3000 words in length.
- The report may include figures and tables.
Submission for recommendation for Graduation with Honors
Submit the following to the Canvas website for Pharm.D. Academic Honors Research assembled in a single PDF in this order:
1. Academic Honors Regulatory and Compliance Form
2. Recommendation Form for Academic Distinction at Graduation
3. Thesis
It is advised that this is done within the semester after completing the research and by April 1 of the student’s graduation year.