Honor Societies

Eligibility Requirements

• Be enrolled as a full-time first semester student.
• Have earned 29 hours or less.
• Have earned a 3.5 overall GPA.
• Rank in top 20% of the class.
• Any major.

Contact Marvin DeWitt, Jr. (mdewitt2@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Declare criminal justice/criminology as their major or minor,
• Earn a minimum 3.2 overall GPA,
• Earn a minimum 3.2 GPA in all criminal justice/criminology courses,
• Rank in the top 35% of their class, and
• Complete a minimum of four courses within the criminal justice/criminology curriculum.

Contact Dr. Fred Gillespie (fgillesp@ggc.edu). 

Eligibility Requirements

• Declare biology as their major,
• Earn a minimum of 3.0 in all biology courses, and
• Complete at least 12 hours of biology courses, including BIOL 1107K and BIOL 1108K.

Contact Dr. Ricky Fiorillo (rfiorill@ggc.edu) or Dr. Melissa Caspary (mcaspary@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Declare business as their major,
• Rank in the top 20% among business majors
• Attain junior or senior standing, and
• Complete a minimum of 12 credit hours at GGC, and
• Complete a minimum of 15 credit hours of business courses.

Contact Dr. Brett Young (byoung9@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Enrolled at GGC
• Declared a major in either biology, chemistry, information technology, mathematics, nursing, physics or psychology (clinical/experimental)
• Completed a minimum of 64 hours of college credits
• Completed a minimum of 17 hours in the major
• Earned a minimum 3.3 GPA in the major  
• Earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3 

Contact Dr. Alvina Atkinson (aatkinso@ggc.edu) or Dr. Latanya Hammonds-Odie (lhammond@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Students must have completed a minimum of 16 hours of chemistry,
• Be enrolled in at least 4 chemistry credits,
• Have earned a minimum GPA of 3.4 in all chemistry courses, and
• Have earned a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.

Contact Dr. Ying Guo (yguo1@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Earn a 3.7 GPA or higher, and
• Attain sophomore, junior or senior status.

Contact Marcus McRae (mmcrae2@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Be accepted into a GGC teacher preparation program,
• Earn a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA, and
• Be recommended by a School of Education faculty member.

Contact Dr. Jennifer Greene (jgreene1@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Currently be enrolled at Georgia Gwinnett College,
• Completed 3 semesters of college,
• Completed 3 math courses, at least one of which must be MATH 2200 or MATH 2210 or MATH 2220, and must have attained a GPA of 3.0 or better in all math courses.
• Rank in upper 35% of their class, and
• If student transferred to GGC from another institution, student must have completed at least one math course with a GPA of 3.0 or better at GGC. 

Contact Dr. Jamye Curry Savage (jcurry4@ggc.edu) or Dr. Livinus Uko (luko@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Declare exercise science as their major,
• Rank in the top 25% of their class as a sophomore, junior or senior,
• Complete a minimum of 45 college credit hours, and
• Complete a minimum of 15 credits at GGC.

Contact Dr. Karen Perell-Gerson (kperellg@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Be enrolled and registered in any course, in current term or last two terms,
• Earn a minimum 3.0 GPA, and
• Complete between 30 and 90 credit hours.

All majors are accepted.

Contact Dr. Anupam Nath (primary) anath@ggc.edu or Dr. Pingping Song psong@ggc.edu.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be an economics major,
• Must have a minimum of 12 hours in economics courses,
• Must have a minimum 3.0 GPA in all economics courses, and
• Minimum 3.0 GPA overall.

Contact Dr. Wes Routon (prouton@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Earn a 3.1 minimum cumulative GPA in 12 or more hours of history courses (any level),
• Earn an overall minimum 3.0 GPA (cumulative), and
• Rank in the upper 35% of their class.

All majors are accepted.

Contact Dr. Nathan Orgill (norgill@ggc.edu) or Dr. Richard Rawls (rrawls@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Earn an overall GPA that ranks them in the top 33% of their junior or senior class,
• Attain junior or senior standing, and
• Complete at least 10 hours of political science courses, including at least one upper-division course, with an average grade of 3.0 or higher.

Contact Dr. Laura Bourland (lbourlan@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Declare psychology as their major,
• Earn a 3.25 overall GPA (GGC only),
• Earn a 3.25 minimum psychology GPA (GGC only),
• Attain at least a second semester sophomore standing,
• Complete at least 9 hours of psychology courses at GGC, and
• Have no history of academic misconduct.

Contact  Dr. Kristina Brown (kbrown6@ggc.edu) or Dr. Tirza Leader (tleader@ggc.edu).
 

Eligibility Requirements

• Earn a GPA of at least 3.4 in international studies* courses,
• Earn a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher in all courses,
• Attain at least a junior standing, and
• Complete at least 21 hours of international studies* coursework (at least 2 courses must be at the 3000 or 4000 level).

*International studies include courses in various disciplines, including political science, history, anthropology, foreign languages, geography, economics and international business.

Contact Dr. Dovile Budryte (dbudryte@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Earn a 3.0 cumulative GPA,
• Complete a minimum of 2 English courses at the 2000-level or above, and
• May or may not be majoring or minoring in the discipline of English.

Contact Dr. Rebecca Flynn (rflynn1@ggc.edu) or Dr. Joshua Beall (jbeall@ggc.edu).

Eligibility Requirements

• Declare information technology as their major or minor,
• Earn a minimum 3.0 overall GPA,
• Earn a minimum 3.3 GPA in the information technology major,
• Complete at least 18 hours of ITEC courses, and
• Complete at least 60 credit hours (all courses).

Contact Dr. Anatoly Kurkovsky (akurkovsky@ggc.edu) or Dr. Shuhua Lai (slai@ggc.edu).