COLLEGES, SCHOOLS AND DIVISIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA
AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University includes the following colleges, schools and divisions: The School of Agriculture, Environmental and Allied Sciences, The College of Arts and Sciences, The School of Business and Economics, The School of Education, The School of Technology, The College of Engineering, the School of Nursing, The Graduate School, and the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School.

ACCREDITATION AND INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia  30033-4097: Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.

A listing of programs and their accrediting agencies follows:

The program of Industrial Technology is accredited by the National Association of Industrial Technology;

The Media Program is accredited by the Association of Educational Communications and Technology;

The undergraduate programs in agricultural, architectural, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering, leading to the B.S. degree, are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology;

The undergraduate program in Landscape Architecture is accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board;

The School of Nursing is accredited by the National League for Nursing, Department of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs;

The Teacher Education Programs are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education;

The Department of Chemistry is accredited by the American Chemical Society;

The School of Business and Economics is accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business;

The Department of Accounting is accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business;

The Social Work Program of the Department of Sociology and Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education;

The Department of Home Economics is accredited by The American Home Economics Association; and

The Music Department is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

The Theater Arts Program in Acting is accredited by The National Association of Schools of Theater

Below is a listing of professional organizations that the University is a member:

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers

National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

American College Public Relations Association

American Council for Construction Education

Associated Schools of Construction

American Council on Education

American Public Welfare Association

American Library Association

Association of American Colleges

Association of Collegiate Deans and Registrars

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

College Language Association

National Association of Business Teacher Education

American Personnel and Guidance Association

National Association of Industrial Technology, International Association of Technology Education

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

Association of College Unions International

National Association of College and University Food Service

National Commission on Accrediting

National Institutional Teacher Placement Association

National League for Nursing, Council of Member Agencies, Department of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs

North Carolina Association of Colleges and Universities

North Carolina League of Nursing

North Carolina Library Association

National Association of College and University Business Officers

Southeastern Library Association

Southern Regional Education Board Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing

Graduates of the University are eligible for membership in the American Association of University Women

DEGREE PROGRAMS

Degree Program. A program of study with a concentration or (major) in some specified discipline that leads to a degree in that discipline specialty, or in some designated subdivision of the specialty at a particular level of instruction.

All four year degree programs at the University require a minimum of 124 semester hours and a maximum of 128 semester hours, excluding deficiency courses and remedial work for the bachelor’s degree. Semester hour requirements beyond 128 must be approved by the Board of Governors.

Students who complete one or more of the courses of study offered by the University will be awarded the degree indicated.

The Honors Program

            The Honors Program offers highly talented and motivated students a four-year, student-centered experience of academic enrichment that stimulates them to reach their full potential and become future leaders. Every aspect of the program provides special opportunities for qualified students to grow intellectually through contact with a community of Honors students and supportive faculty scholars. No matter what a student’s future plans, those who participate in the Honors Program will find that it gives them a competitive edge, preparing them for success in the nation’s best graduate schools and in their future careers.

Program Description

            The Honors Program requires forty-two (42) semester hours of classes distributed as follows: eighteen (18) hours of General Education classes (English, Hisotry, etc.) taken for Honors credit, six credit hours of low enrollment Honors Seminars, and eighteen (18) credit hours of Honors-augmented courses in the student’s major. Completion of the Honors Program requires a senior thesis or creative project that is presented and defended in a public forum.

            For various reasons, students may not be able to, or want to, participate in the Honors Program throughout their entire academic career. Accordingly, there are two tracks within the Honors Program that students can choose from if they participate in only a portion of the program. These tracks are:

Track #1: General Honors

The twenty-four (24) credit hour General Honors Program requires eighteen (18) hours of General Education classes taken for Honors credit and six hours of Honors Seminars.

Track #2: Honors in the Major

The Honors Program in the Major requires eighteen hours of Honors-augmented classes in the student’s major, six hours of Honors Seminars, and a senior thesis or creative project.

            Students must earn a minimum grade of “B” in any course taken for Honors credit for it to count towards completing any portion of the Honors Program. To remain in the Honors Program, students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5.

Program Eligibility

            Entering freshmen are invited to join the Honors Program if they have earned a cumulative unweighted high school GPA of 3.5 and SAT scores totaling 1050. All public high school Valedictorians and Salutatorians as well as graduates of the North Carolina School of Science and Math are automatically eligible to join the Honors Program.