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Field Trips
Travel to off-campus location is a part of many academic programs at Cazenovia College. Students are not excused from work
in classes they miss as result of field trips. It is the student’s responsibility to inform instructors in advance and to arrange for makeup
classes, test, examinations, et cetera, as appropriate.
Honors
Dean’s List
Eligible full-time students are placed on the Dean’s List after the end of the fall semester in December and after the end of the
spring semester in May. To be eligible, a student must earn at least 12 academic credits (developmental courses do not count as
academic credits) and achieve a semester grade point average of 3.5 or better for all courses attempted. No student can be on the
Dean’s List with an I, F, W, WP or WF for the semester.
All-College Honors Program
The All-College Honors Program at Cazenovia College provides outstanding students in all majors (in the liberal arts and in the
professional studies) a stimulating learning environment beyond that found in standard classroom coursework. The program helps
to foster the student’s exceptional academic talents and intellectual curiosity.
Curriculum consists of three components:
• Honors courses within the general education core
• Honors Seminars
• Contract courses within the major
Students are required to complete a minimum of 24 honors credits for an All-College Honors Degree.
Admission to the Program: The admission requirements are posted on the College Web site. The Honors Committee will make
all admissions decisions.
Graduating with All-College Honors: To graduate with All-College Honors, students must earn 24 total hours of honors credit,
and must graduate with at least a 3.5 GPA, both overall and in honors courses.
Honors at Commencement
A student who has completed all degree requirements and has achieved a cumulative grade point average between 3.5 and 3.69
may, upon recommendation of the faculty, receive at graduation a degree cum laude (with honors). A student whose grade point
average is between 3.7 and 3.89 receives the degree magna cum laude (with high honors). The degree summa cum laude (with
highest honors) is awarded to a student whose average is 3.9 or above.
Honor Societies
Alpha Chi: Cazenovia College is home to the New York Tau Chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society. The purpose of
Alpha Chi, a coeducational honor society, is to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college students, and
to honor those who achieve such distinction. As a general honor society, Alpha Chi admits to membership students from all
academic disciplines. As a phrase from the society’s constitution suggests, Alpha Chi seeks to find ways to assist students in
making scholarship effective for good.ǁ‖
Membership is restricted to students with full junior or senior standing, who are in the top 10 percent of the class, and who are
carrying a 3.5 cumulative average or above. Eligible students are invited to join Alpha Chi in the spring of each year, and are
inducted the following fall.
Alpha Lambda Delta: Alpha Lambda Delta is the national freshman honor society for first-year students at Cazenovia College.
Alpha Lambda Delta was founded in 1924 to honor excellent academic achievement by students in their first year of study in higher
education, to promote continued high standards of learning and the development of meaningful goals for their roles in society. One
of the most important goals of Alpha Lambda Delta is to be actively involved with the community.
The major requirement for membership is a 3.5 grade point average achieved during either the first term of the freshman year
or for the first year overall. Members are inducted either in the spring term of their freshman year or at the beginning of their
sophomore year.
Alpha Phi Sigma: Alpha Phi Sigma is the National Criminal Justice Honor Society that recognizes academic excellence of
students enrolled in the criminal justice program. To become a member, the student must have completed one-third of his or her
total hours required for graduation at Cazenovia College, and must be recommended by the chapter advisor. Membership in the
society requires students to maintain a minimum of 3.2 overall GPA, and a 3.2 GPA in criminal justice courses. Students must also
rank in the top 35% of their classes and have completed a minimum of four courses within the criminal justice curriculum. The
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