UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG - UMUC Europe

gRAdEs And RECoRds
Phi Alpha theta
UMUC students may qualify for membership in Phi Alpha
Theta, the international honor society in history. To qualify for
membership, students must attain a GPA of 3.5 or higher in
at least 12 credits of UMUC upper-level history courses and
have an overall UMUC GPA of 3.4.
Phi kappa Phi
The honor society of Phi Kappa Phi promotes the pursuit
of excellence in all fields of higher education and recognizes
outstanding achievement by students, faculty, and others
through election to membership and through various awards
for distinguished achievement. To qualify for membership,
candidates must have completed at least 90 credits toward
the bachelor’s degree, at least 45 of which must have been for
UMUC courses carrying letter grades of A, B, C, D, or F.
The candidate’s GPA in UMUC courses must be in the top
10 percent of the previous UMUC Europe graduating class.
Phi theta kappa
Phi Theta Kappa is a national honor society for associate’s
degree students. UMUC Europe’s chapter has been active
since the 1998-1999 academic year. To be eligible for
membership, students must have completed at least 45 credits
toward their first associate of arts degree, including at least
30 credits with UMUC Europe with a cumulative
GPA of 3.5.
Pi gamma mu
Pi Gamma Mu is the international honor society for the
social sciences and recognizes outstanding scholarship in
the social sciences at UMUC. Membership is offered to
qualified students interested in anthropology, criminal justice,
economics, gerontology, history, political science, social
psychology, sociology, and women’s studies.
Students who are in their last 60 credits of undergraduate
study, have earned at least 20 hours of social science credit
(at least 9 earned from UMUC), and have a GPA that ranks
in the upper 35 percent of their class may be invited to join.
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Psi Chi
UndERGRAdUATE CATALoG | 2009-2010
Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in psychology, founded
in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and
maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the
science of psychology.
Qualified students must be invited to join. To qualify
for membership, students must have declared a major or
minor in psychology and earned at least 45 credits toward a
bachelor’s degree, including at least 9 credits in psychology
at one of UMUC’s regional locations. Additionally, qualified
students must be in the top 35 percent of their class, based on
rankings within sophomore, junior, and senior classes; have an
overall GPA of at least 3.0; and have a psychology GPA of at
least 3.0.
sigma tau delta
Membership in Sigma Tau Delta, the international English
language and literature honor society, is open to qualified
UMUC students with a major in English. To be eligible,
students must have earned at least 45 credits toward a
bachelor’s degree with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. At least
30 credits must have been earned through UMUC and must
include 12 credits of English beyond ENGL 101 and 6 upperlevel
credits. Students must also have earned a GPA of 3.6 in
English coursework at UMUC.
upsilon Pi Epsilon
The UMUC Chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the international
honor society for the computing and information disciplines,
is open to graduate and undergraduate students. To qualify
for membership, undergraduate students must be pursuing
a bachelor’s degree with a major in the computing and
information disciplines, and must have completed at least
forty-five credit hours. Students should have completed at
least 30 credits at UMUC, including at least 15 credits in the
computing and information disciplines. Further, he or she
must have a grade point average of at least 3.5, with a grade
point average of at least 3.5 in all computing and information
systems coursework.