Pi Sigma Alpha, also known as the National Political Science Honor Society, is the only honor society for college ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ of Political Science and Government in the United States. Its purpose is to recognize and promote high academic achievement in the field of political science. The ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University chapter is Tau Chi, and was founded in 1994.Ìý
Membership
There are three classes of membership in Pi Sigma Alpha: student, faculty, and honorary. Student membership for the Tau Chi Chapter at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University is open to currently enrolled juniors and seniors who meet the following criteria: they must have completed at least one-half the credits required for the baccalaureate degree; they must have completed at least ten semester-credits of work in political science including at least one upper-division course, with an average grade of B or higher in those courses; they must have achieved an overall GPA placing them in the top one-third of their whole class (e.g., junior or senior class). They need not be political science majors to qualify for membership.
Pi Sigma Alpha, also known as the National Political Science Honor Society, is the only honor society for college ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ of Political Science and Government in the United States. Its purpose is to recognize and promote high academic achievement in the field of political science. The ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University chapter is Tau Chi, and was founded in 1994. There are three classes of membership in Pi Sigma Alpha: student, faculty, and honorary. Student membership for the Tau Chi Chapter at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½University is open to currently enrolled juniors and seniors who meet the following criteria: they must have completed at least one-half the credits required for the baccalaureate degree; they must have completed at least ten semester-credits of work in political science including at least one upper-division course, with an average grade of B or higher in those courses; they must have achieved an overall GPA placing them in the top one-third of their whole class (e.g., junior or senior class). They need not be political science majors to qualify for membership.
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