College of Education and Health Professions Honors Program (HNED)

Director, Joyce C. Graening
HPER 308Y
575-2899

The College of Education and Health Professions Honors Program is designed to enable undergraduate students in the College who have demonstrated potential for outstanding scholastic achievement an opportunity to broaden and deepen their liberal and professional education. Honors Program students are also eligible to take honors courses in other colleges.

The experience in the Honors Program includes, but is not limited to, enrollment in honors courses, an honors seminar, and a required undergraduate thesis/project.

Incoming freshmen who meet one of the following three requirements will be invited to participate in the Honors Program; however, each student must file a formal application to be enrolled.

1. An ACT composite score of 27 or better, or
2. an SAT score of 1150, or
3. rank in the top 5% of their high school graduating class.

Eligibility for continued enrollment in the Honors Program will be based on the following cumulative minimum grade-point averages.

1. At the end of freshman year (30 hours) - 3.25 GPA
2. At the end of sophomore year (59 hours) - 3.37 GPA
3. At the end of the junior year (93 hours) - 3.50 GPA

It is desirable and strongly advised that all students enter the Honors Program as freshmen. However, other students may make application to participate if they meet requirements for admission and for continued enrollment eligibility. They must still meet all program requirements before graduation.

Transfer students may enter the Honors Program based on the admission and eligibility requirements above and their cumulative GPA from their previous college.

At the end of each semester, the Director of the College of Education and Health Professions Honors Program shall review the academic records of all enrolled honors students to determine whether they have the cumulative grade-point average to continue in the program. If it is determined that students have become ineligible, those students will be sent a letter informing them of their status and requiring them to drop all honors courses for which they are registered the following semester. The ineligible student's file will be flagged "probationary status." An honors student may stay on probationary status for only one semester without being dropped from the Honors Program. At the end of the probationary semester, the student's cumulative grade-point average will be reviewed. The student will be re-instated to good standing in the Honors Program or dropped permanently from the program.

The course and grade requirements for completion of the College of Education and Health Professions Honors Program are:

1. Completion of a minimum of18 hours of honors credit, including the following required courses:
HNED 1001H, Honors Leadership Skills
HNED 3923H, Honors Education Seminar (6 hours of seminar are required.)
HNED 3001H, Honors Education Thesis Tutorial
HNED 4003H, Honors Education Thesis/Project
Only six of these 18 hours may be taken outside of the College of Education and Health Professions.

2. Graduation with a minimum GPA of 3.50.

NOTE: Successful completion of the College Honors program is different from graduation with honors. Please refer to the previous section on graduating with honors.

HONORS EDUCATION (HNED) COURSES

HNED1001H Honors Leadership Skills (FA, SP, SU) Designed to help the Honors student identify and implement leadership and organization development activities. Prerequisite: honors candidacy.

HNED1013H Honors Literacy Tutoring (FA, SP, SU) Addresses problems of meeting the educational needs of an illiterate adult population, including the socio-economic factors contributing to illiteracy and educational programs designed to remediate the problem. Prerequisite: honors candidacy.

HNED3001H Honors Education Thesis Tutorial (FA, SP, SU) Designed to provide the foundation for the Honors Thesis. Students and faculty tutors work "one-on-one" exploring a specific topic which has been agreed upon by the student and the professor. May be repeated for 6 hours. Prerequisite: honors candidacy.

HNED3923H Honors Education Seminar (IR) Special topics or issues in education for the Honors student. May be repeated. Prerequisite: honors candidacy.

HNED4003H Honors Education Thesis/Project (FA, SP, SU) Prerequisite: honors candidacy and HNED 3001H.

¹ Students seeking initial certification and M.A.T. candidates should refer to page 396 under Stage II.

² All professional education courses in ELED, CIED, and RDNG must have a grade of "C" or better. Enrollments in upper division professional education courses may be limited. Contact advisers for specific details.

³ No teaching methods courses may be taken by correspondence.

⁴ Enrollment in the M.A.T. with an emphasis in Childhood Education is limited. Specific application procedures and selection criteria are available in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Graduate Education Building Room 201 or from Childhood Education Faculty advisers.

⁵ Not required for Exercise Science - Pre-Athletic Training Concentration

⁶ Courses are designed to meet standards of National Athletic Trainers Association.

⁷ Substitutes for HESC 3204 under Exercise Science Concentration core.

⁸ Courses required for RN's seeking the B.S.N. This curriculum is subject to change to comply with national accreditation and the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.

⁹ Students must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better in CDIS 3124 (plus CDIS 3120L), CDIS 3203, and CDIS 3223, plus a "B" or better in CDIS 3234 (plus CDIS 3230L) to be eligible for enrollment in CDIS 4001 and CDIS 4231.

¹⁰ Two courses in general chemistry may substitute for CHEM 1074 and 1071L.

¹¹ Counts as general studies requirement.