SAU Honors College

The SAU Honors College was founded in 2003 by Dr. David Rankin, president of SAU. Dr. Lynne Belcher served as founding director and recently retired from SAU. The Honors College seeks and admits qualified students who seek to pursue a serious academic program with equally gifted peers and committed teachers. Honors classes are small and provide academically enriching opportunities for students and the faculty who teach them. Currently, SAU enrolls nearly 170 honors students and graduates about 66% of admitees in four years or less. Anyone interested in applying to the Honors College or seeking further information should contact the director, Dr. Edward P. Kardas at epkardas@saumag.edu or at 870 904-8897.

Monday, April 18, 2016

Honors GPAs, May 2016


Interesting data from May 2016 shows how a few honors students (N = 22) can help raise the overall mean GPA of the entire graduating class (N = 281) only bachelor's degrees analyzed)


The mean GPA for the 22 May graduates of the SAU Honors College is: 3.85
The lowest GPA was: 3.41
The highest GPA was: 4.00 (4 students)

Two other students failed to complete all of their honors hours, and thus will not be Honors College graduates. Their GPAs were 3.41 and 3.34

BREAKDOWN BY COLLEGE

The mean GPA for LPA (3 ENGL & 1 SW): 3.82

The mean GPA for CoE (3 Early Chlldhood): 3.86

The mean GPA for CoB (1 ACCT): 3.90

The mean GPA for S&E (1 Ag Sci, 1 Marine Bio, 3 Bio Sci, 1 Bio Pre Health, 2 CHEM-SCI, 1 CHEM-Pre Health, 1 ENGR/PHYS, 1 MATH, 3 NURS): 3.54

EFFECT ON OVERALL BACHELOR’S GPA

SAU’s May 2016 Bachelor’s GPA WITH HONORS COLLEGE GRADUATES EXCLUDED, (N = 259): 3.26
SAU’s May 2016 Bachelor’s GPA WITH HONORS COLLEGE GRADUATES INCLUDED,  (N = 281): 3.31
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