Beta Alpha Psi is an international honors organization for Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems majors or MPAcc and MIS students.
*Please note that you can become a candidate immediately after meeting the application requirements, applying, and paying the candidate dues. But to earn membership, you must have spent at least one semester as a candidate. This is regardless of whether you currently meet the membership requirements.
1. Minimum Requirements for Application
In order to apply to become a Candidate, you must meet the following criteria:
- Be a declared Accounting, Finance, or Information Systems major
- Have a 3.00 GPA, both cumulative and major
- Be on track to complete at least your 45th credit hour during the semester of application [first-semester sophomore status]
- Be enrolled in or have passed Accounting II (or FINN/ISYS major equivalent)
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2. To Become a Member
- Maintain a 3.00 GPA
- Be on track to complete at least your 45th credit hour
- Pass Accounting II with a C or higher
- Be enrolled in Accounting Intermediate I or higher (or FINN/ISYS major equivalent)
- Complete a minimum of 12 Professional hours
- Complete a minimum of 12 Community Service hours
- Pay Candidate dues ($85)
3. Requirements to Maintain Membership Status
- Maintain a 3.00 GPA
- Complete a minimum of 10 Professional hours
- Complete a minimum of 10 Community Service hours
- Pay Member dues ($45)
4. Qualifying Professional and Community Service Hours
The bulk of professional hours are earned through attending weekly meetings (1 hour each week). You will also receive professional hours for participating in Meet the Employers, technology/professional workshops, Beta Alpha Psi-Ed Out, and the annual Bowl-A-Thon. Community service hours will be communicated to members in our weekly email newsletter as well as through the use of our website. Community service hours will be a mix of donations as well as service projects performed as a chapter. Each academic semester, candidates and members are allowed to record up to a maximum of five outside professional hours and five outside community service hours. Community service events being advertised by our chapter communications will count towards inside hours, but each student can receive credit for outside hours earned for other events by submitting proper documentation to our Reporting Secretary.
5. Candidate and Membership Dues
In order to maintain candidate and membership status, you must successfully pay dues to the Treasurer each semester. If dues are not paid on time, you will incur a $10.00 late fee and if you are a candidate, your initiation will be postponed. This semester we are utilizing CASHNet. Check out our dues page for the link!
- Candidate Dues: $85.00
- Member Dues: $45.00
Dues pay for your membership fee to the Beta Alpha Psi National Office and allow our chapter to host all of our events and provide scholarships to our members year after year.