The Honors Academy offers enhanced educational opportunities both to serve select students and to raise the intellectual and cultural climate of the total college. The Academy coordinated all honors related activities. Honors at Southwest Tennessee Community College includes curricular offerings, special recognition programs, travel/study, and interdisciplinary and extracurricular activities to:
Honors is aimed at students who want more out of college than mere grades. Using eclectic, students centered approaches to learning, students and faculty explore significant issues in the context of scholarly activities both on and off campus. Students learn to think critically, make informed inquiries, and become leaders. Using original documents and following interdisciplinary themes and inquiry assignments, Honors courses meet requirements for general education, areas of concentration, or elective credit. Honors furthers the institutional goal of serving diverse students at all Southwest locations. Students are selected for their abilities and potential to expand and improve the scholarly community. Although the Honors Program itself is open only to select students, individual honors courses and experiences are available to others who have unique abilities cultivated interests. All students must complete an application of admission and be recommended for participation. To remain in the program, all students, all students must maintain a 3.00. [Visit the Honors Home Page for More Information]
Participation in the Honors Program creates a variety of opportunities and benefits. Among these are enhanced transfer/scholarship opportunities, study/travel, participation in college days and professional conferences, special registration, the chance to meet and work with community leaders on significant social issues, library privileges at area colleges, networks with students across the country, use of the Honors Resource Center and an honors degree.
The Center provides resources and is a place for collaborative learning outside the classroom. In addition to lounge space for informal faculty student interaction, it provides meeting space for processing and transfer information. Facilities exist on both major campuses.
To graduate with an honors degree, a student must complete a minimum of 15 hours with Honors credit, including
Memberships: Southwest Tennessee Community College is a member of National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), the Southern Regional Honors Council (SRHC), and the Tennessee Honors Council (THC); it is affiliated with the National Association of African American Honors Programs (NAAAHP). For further information, contact the Honors Office at 901/333-5203 or 901/
At the end of each term a Dean’s List is compiled recognizing those students who have distinguished themselves by an outstanding record of academic achievement for the semester just ended. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed at least 12 credit hours of college-level courses during the term and earned a qpa of 3.0 or higher with no grade of "F." This accomplishment will be noted on the permanent academic record.
A candidate for graduation who has completed requirements for an associate degree may earn the honor distinction of graduating "Cum Laude," "Magna Cum Laude" or "Summa Cum Laude." A college level quality point average from 3.25 to 3.49 is used for the "Cum Laude" distinction. A college level quality point average between 3.50 and 3.79 is used for the "Magna Cum Laude" distinction and a college level quality point average of 3.80 to 4.0 is used for the "Summa Cum Laude" distinction. Students graduating with honors will wear gold tassels during the graduation ceremony.
Honor Societies Honor societies are national organizations dedicated to the promotion of excellence in academic pursuits, leadership development, and service to community. In support of these endeavors, Southwest Tennessee Community College maintains an active chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. The chapter requires that students have a 3.5 cumulative grade point average on at least 12 hours to be eligible for induction, have demonstrated leadership ability, and have a record of service to community and neighbor. A student must maintain a qpa of 3.25 to maintain membership. Phi Theta Kappa gold stoles may be worn during the graduation ceremony.
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