Criminal Justice Honor Society

Alpha Phi Sigma is the nationally recognized honor society for students in the criminal justice sciences. The Society recognizes academic excellence by undergraduates as well as graduate students of criminal justice. To become a member, the student must have completed one-third of the total hours required for graduation at his/her institution. The student must be recommended by the chapter advisor. Undergraduate students must maintain a minimum of 3.2 overall GPA on a 4.0 scale. The student must also rank in the top 35% of their classes and have completed a minimum of four courses within the criminal justice curriculum. The Honor Society is open to those with a declared criminal justice major or minor.

Summary of Requirements: Criminal Justice

* CJ 113 and SO 111 are prerequisites for all criminal justice courses. No grade lower than C will be accepted for credit in the major. Students generally complete an internship in their junior or senior year. The capstone seminar is generally taken in the spring semester of senior year.