The bachelor's degree, awarded at commencement to students who have successfully completed a prescribed program of study toward the degree, will be qualified "with honor" in the case of students who have achieved a high average by the end of their course of study at the College as follows:
Students who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 - 3.69 in all subjects by the end of their course of study will be awarded the bachelor's degree cum laude.
Students who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.70- 3.84 in all subjects by the end of their course of study will be awarded the bachelor's degree magna cum laude.
Students who have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.85 - 4.00 in all subjects by the end of their course of study will be awarded the bachelor's degree summa cum laude.
Students who have participated for four years in the integral honors program will have achieved the highest academic distinction conferred by the College.
Transfer students who have completed 60 credit hours at Le Moyne are eligible for degree honors at graduation.
Awarding of honors is determined by a student's cumulative grade-point average as of the date of graduation and in unaffected by courses taken subsequently to the granting of a degree.
In order to qualify for the Dean's List in a given semester, a student must be registered as a full-time student for the semester and have achieved a semester grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. In addition, the student must have received grade points for at least nine credit hours of coursework during the semester. No grade points are associated with the grade of HP, P or W.
Part-time matriculated students will qualify for the Dean's List in a given academic year if they have achieved an academic grade point average over the Fall and Spring semesters of 3.5 or higher. In addition, the student must have received grade points for at least twelve credit hours of course work during the academic year with not more than one grade of W. No grade points are associated with the grade of HP, P or W.
The following medals and awards are presented to seniors at the honors convocation:
The Edward Eagan Medal in the Arts
The Gene McCarthy Award in Dramatics
The Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award in Economics
The Eugene J. Fitzmartin Medal in English
The Suzanne V. McClusky Medal for the Best Scholarly Paper in History
The Elizabeth Schlaerth Memorial Medal in History
The Leon J. Maltby Medal in Mathematics
The Department of Foreign Languages Medal
The Leonard P. Markert Medal in Philosophy
The Bishop Foery Medal in Religious Studies
The Pi Gamma Mu Scholarship Award in the Social Sciences
The Gregory J. Derschug, S. J., Medal in Sociology
The Father John P. Lahey Award in Writing
The Marie Arnold Chapin Medal in Biology
The American Institute of Chemists Student Medal Award
The Brine Medal in Chemistry
The H. Paul Nelligan Medal in Pure Science
The Frank and Margaret Ahrens Memorial Medal in General Business
The Francis and Martha McElroy Medal in Business
The Maurice W. Powers Medal in Accounting
The W. S. Smith Memorial Award of the Institute of Internal Auditors in Accounting
The Syracuse Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants Award
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Award
The Syracuse Chapter of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Joseph J. Eron Certificate of Merit
The Mark Haskell Memorial Medal in Industrial Relations
The Rev. Richard Moore McKeon, S. J., Industrial Relations Association Award
The Msgr. Daniel E. Lawler Medal for Community Service
The Joseph J. Pietrafesa Award to Assist an Outstanding Senior
The Catherine and William Lynn Education Medal
The Loyola Medal Award
The Judith L. Zunic Award for Part-time Study
The Department of Psychology Medal
The Thomas R. Hogan Award in Communication
The Joe and Betty Dunne Accounting Award
The Lee-Anne Scaccia-Cruz Award for Excellence in Women's Studies
The Rev. James C. Finlay, S.J. Award for Integral Honors
The Counseling Center Award for Service
The Angela Bortoloni Award for Community Service
The awards and medals listed here are presented annually at special awards convocations:
The Bishop David F. Cunningham Medal in Junior Liberal Arts
The William F. J. Ryan Medal in Junior Pure Science
The Msgr. David J. Dooling Medal in Junior Social Science
The Anthony A. Henninger Medal in Junior Industrial Relations
The James E. Kenney Alumni Award in Junior Economics
The Richard W. Egan Memorial Medal in Junior Business Administration
The Robert J. Dermody Medal in Junior Accounting
The John W. Bush Memorial Award for the Best Paper in Historiography
The Msgr. Charles F. McEvoy Medal in Sophomore Liberal Arts
The Family of T. Frank Dolan Jr. Medal in Sophomore Pure Science
The Marie A. McCluskey Medal in Sophomore Social Science
The Highest Average in the Undeclared Category for Sophomore Year
The Joseph Cashier Medal in Sophomore Industrial Relations
The Vincent J. Smith Medal in Sophomore Business Administration
The Anne J. Endries Medal in Sophomore Accounting
The William R. Lukacs Medal in Mathematics
The T. Frank Dolan Jr. Medal in Freshman Liberal Arts
The Susan E. Henninger Medal in Freshman Pure Science
The Myrtle G. Derschug Medal in Freshman Social Science
The Highest Average in the Undeclared Category for Freshman Year
The Edward A. O'Hara Medal in Freshman Industrial Relations
The Edward M. O'Donnell Medal in Freshman Business Administration
The James M. Phillips Medal in Freshman Accounting
Some departments offer an honors degree to superior students who completed specified requirements in the major field. Department chairs invite qualified applicants to pursue this degree at the end of the sophomore year. Departmental honor thus provides a challenge for the student who excels in the major or for the transfer student who enters Le Moyne too late to participate in the Integral Honors Program.
College-wide standards apply, but each department supplements these with its own regulations. The interested student should seek information from his or her department chair.
The Integral Honors Program at Le Moyne College offers the exceptional student a unique educational opportunity. While all students are required to balance courses in a major area with the core humanities sequence, the honors student participates in an interdisciplinary sequence specially designed to encourage learning at an advanced level. This student enjoys the challenge presented by his or her peers in these honors classes and benefits as well from the small class size, which enhances the student-professor relationship.
In the freshman, sophomore and senior years, the honors student enrolls in the honors humanities sequence. This 21-hour series of courses replaces as many hours of philosophy, religious studies, history and English core requirements. The Integral Honors Program thus affords the underclass student more qualitative rather than quantitative contact with the humanities. An interdisciplinary team of teachers helps the students to examine the development of civilization from ancient time to the present day. The variety of expert professors working with the program provides these students with a rich panoply of perspectives. Each student thereby gains an education that stresses the connections and interrelationships necessary for lifelong understanding of an increasingly complex world. Each student learns to ask and to attack difficult questions, and students become increasingly responsible for their own learning.
In the junior year, the honors student takes "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowing: Theory and Applications," a course which builds on the earlier humanities sequence by imparting an understanding of the methodologies and epistemologies of the other disciplines as well. That same year, the student submits a proposal for an honors project that he or she will complete during the senior year under the guidance of a major professor-mentor whom the student chooses, usually from the major department. This project constitutes the culmination of a student's training in the Integral Honors Program. Successful completion of all requirements earns the award of an Integral Honors degree, the highest distinction Le Moyne confers upon its graduates.
Integral Honors Program participants pay regular tuition, but they have the privilege of taking extra courses without charge. These added hours may not be applied, however, to early graduation, and any summer courses will be at the student's expense.
The program serves all majors, and, indeed, all are represented in its enrollment. Students may join at the end of the first semester, or in a few cases the second semester, of the freshman year. Each November, the Honors Committee invites freshmen to an information session about integral honors. Of those eligible students who decide to apply, approximately twenty will be chosen to participate; in making its decision, the committee considers the high school record, national test scores, current grades, recommendations, a writing sample, and other material submitted by the student. To maintain integral honors status, a student must earn at least a B grade in each honors course; while honors student ordinarily place on the Dean's List, a minimum GPA of 3.25 is required for graduation with the Integral Honors Degree. For further information, please contact the program's director.
