Join Criminal Justice Honor's Society--Deadline September 29

APPLICATIONS AND CHECKS ARE DUE TO DR. 

STICKLE BY SEPTEMBER 29.

Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society

Alpha Phi Sigma is the National Criminal Justice Honor Society founded in 1942. Alpha Phi Sigma recognizes academic excellence of Undergraduate and Graduate students of Criminal Justice, as well as Juris Doctorate students.  The goals of Alpha Phi Sigma are to honor and promote academic excellence, community service, educational leadership and unity (http://www.alphaphisigma.org/).  The CCJS faculty advisor for Alpha Phi Sigma isDr. Laure Brooks.

Membership Requirements:

Membership is open to CCJS majors who have completed at least 40 total credits with at least 12 credits in CCJS courses. Undergraduate Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.20 and a minimum CCJS major grade point average of a 3.40. Graduate student applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of a 3.40 to apply.

To Apply:

Applicants must fill out the application, submit an unofficial transcript, and a check (personal is fine) made out to Alpha Phi Sigma for $55.00 ($50 of which goes to the National fee and $5 goes to the local chapter).  Applications are processed once at the beginning of the Fall semester and once at the beginning of the Spring semester each year.  Once a student has been accepted, he or she will receive a certificate and pin.  Students are notified of their acceptance via Dr. Brooks.

The application can be found on the Alpha Phi Sigma national website at student membership application.  The name of the local chapter is Omega Iota.

Additional Information

First, please send all application materials, including checks, to Dr. Stickle by September 29.  I will get them to College Park. You can leave them in an envelope with your name and UID on the front.  Please place under my door if  I am not here and email me to let me know you dropped it.

GPA Calculations

Here is the information you need to calculate GPA.  Unfortunately, Alpha Phi Sigma requires that the GPA include calculations from all post-secondary institutions.  So you will need to calculate your cumulative GPA and major GPA since UMCP does not include transfer GPAs in their calculations.  Here is what you need to know to calculate:

A=4 quality points per credit (3 credits=12 quality points)

B=3 quality points per credit (3 credits=9 quality points)

C=2 quality points per credit (3 credits=6 quality points)

D=1 quality point per credit (3 credits=3 quality points)

GPA = (sum of quality points) / (number of total credits)

Use only letter grades—plus and minuses do not count right now. 

You will use the same formula for both the cumulative and major GPA.  For cumulative GPA, scroll down to close to the bottom of your degree navigator.  You will need to calculate the GPA using all courses included in “Courses Used for this Program”, except for courses you are registered for but have not taken.  Alternatively you can use your transcript.  The nice thing about degree navigator is that it tells you which classes you are using from your transfer institution. 

For the major GPA, you can look at the same place in Degree Navigator but only include CCJS courses.