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ACADEMIC POLICY AND INFORMATION
Honor Societies
Alpha Epsilon Delta
recognizes excellence in pre-medical scholarship.
Alpha Kappa Delta
is an international sociology honor society.
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 Pi
, a national education honorary, recognizes outstanding work in the field
of education.
Kappa Mu Epsilon
recognizes excellence in the field of mathematics.
Kappa Pi
recognizes excellence in the fields of studio art and art history.
Mortar Board
, an honorary society for senior women and men, recognizes eminence in
scholarship, leadership, and service.
Omicron Delta Epsilon
recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement in the field of
economics.
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