ACADEMIC POLICY AND INFORMATION
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2016-2017
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Academic Awards
At Honors Day Convocation and in department award ceremonies the College bestows
academic awards and other recognitions upon students of distinction. At the Honoring
Scholarship Conference held in conjunction with Honors Day, students present their
scholarly research and musical and artistic works.
Honor Societies
Alpha Epsilon Delta
recognizes excellence in pre-medical scholarship.
Alpha Lambda Delta
is a scholarship honorary for first-year students.
Beta Beta Beta
is an honorary society whose members are biology majors with above-
average scholastic records.
Kappa Delta Epsilon
, a national education honorary, recognizes outstanding work in the
field of education.
Kappa Mu Epsilon
recognizes excellence in the field of mathematics.
Mortar Board
, an honorary society for senior women and men, recognizes eminence in
scholarship, leadership, and service.
Omicron Delta Kappa
elects its members from men and women in the junior and senior
classes, recognizes leadership in scholarship, athletics, student government, social and
religious affairs, publications, music, speech, and dramatic arts.
Order of Omega
recognizes fraternity and sorority members who have attained a high
standard of leadership. Open to any member of a Birmingham-Southern College
fraternity or sorority who is at least a junior or senior, has at least an overall grade point
average equivalent to the all-fraternity or all-sorority average, and has held leadership
positions on campus.
Phi Alpha Theta
, international honor society in history, elects members on the basis of
outstanding scholarship achievement in the study of history and the maintenance of a
distinguished overall scholastic record.
Phi Beta Kappa
, the nation’s oldest academic honor society, was founded in 1776. The
Beta of Alabama Chapter at Birmingham-Southern College was founded in 1937.
Election to Phi Beta Kappa is based on scholarly achievement in a broad program of
intellectual interest within the context of a liberal education. High grades alone,
particularly if earned in a narrowly conceived vocational or pre-professional program, are
not sufficient reason for election. Students are elected by the resident members of Phi
Beta Kappa after a careful analysis of grades and course distribution. Candidates for
election must be pursuing a liberal arts degree of adequate breadth; candidates for