Program Requirements
Earning Honors Credits
Honors Faculty
Honors History
TA Facts
100

How many credits do you need to graduate with honors?

24

100

What is it called to get Honors credit for a Non-Honors course

Honors Contracting

100

Who is the Honors Advisor?

Noah Roerig

100

South Dakota State University offered Honors courses as early as...?

1950s

100

Which TA has lived in 6 different locations throughout their lifetime?

A) Hannah

B) Shimin

C) Jenna

D) Blake

E) Declan

F) Joe

A) Hannah

200

What GPA is required to graduate with Honors?

3.5 cumulative 

200

How many credits can you earn with Honors Experimental Learning/Honors Enrichment? 

6

200

Fill in the names for the following blank: _____ and _______ Honors College.

Van D, Barbara B. Fishback

200

Who was the president at the time of Honors being founded?

Peggy Miller

200

Which TA has 7 cats?

A) Shimin

B) Isabella

C) Josephine

D) Declan

E) Sydney

F) Max

E) Sydney

300

You need five total credits from which two classes to receive honors distinction.

3 credits Colloquium/Travel studies, 2 credits for Capstone

300

What is the maximum number of credits from Honors Colloquium that can be counted toward Honors College distinction?

No limit

300

Where is the Honors Advising office located?

Honors Hall 119

300

The Honors College was formally inaugurated in what year?

1999

300

Which TA has gone skydiving?

A) Joe

B) Declan

C) Max

D) Simone

E) Blake

F) Jenna

B) Declan

400

What is the course number for Honors Travel Studies

Hon 483

400

Approximately, how many honors designated courses are offered each semester?

20

400

What was Hanna's undergraduate minor?

Psychology

400

When was Honor's Hall opened?

2013

400

Which TA has a black belt in Taekwando?

A) Katharine

B) Rachel 

C) Jenna

D) Declan

E) Max

F) Joe

F) Joe

500

What are the 4 seminar courses required to take to receive the Applied Thinking and Innovation Minor?

Hon 110: Honors Orientation

Hon 210: Leadership for Change

Hon 310: Thinking in Systems

Hon 410: Innovation and Impact

500

Where can you present your capstone project?

the Honors College Student Showcase, Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative
Activity Day (URSCAD) on campus, regional and national Honors conferences, or other state,
regional, national, or international academic conferences related to your academic
discipline

500

Name 1 (there are 10) Honors College Faculty Committee member.

Ross Abraham – Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering
Valerie Albert – College of Education and Human Sciences
Matthew Badura – Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center
Evren Celik Wiltse – College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
James Clem – College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions
Robert Fourney – Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering
Fathi Halaweish – College of Natural Sciences
Sarah Mollman – College of Nursing
Rosie Nold – College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
Joshua Reineke – College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions

500

Honors College Living Learning Community was originally housed in what hall?

Pierson
500

Which TA has gotten stabbed?

A) Hannah

B) Madelyn

C) Max

D) Sydney

E) Josyln

F) Simone

E) Joslyn

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