Criminal Justice Honor Society & Association

ALPHA PHI SIGMA National Criminal Justice Honor Society

Alpha Phi Sigma is the only National Criminal Justice Honor Society for Criminal Justice Majors. The society recognizes academic excellence of undergraduate, graduate students of criminal justice, as well as juris doctorate.

Requirements

To become a member, the student must have completed one-third of their total hours required for graduation at his/her institution. The student must be recommended, to National, by the chapter advisor.
Undergraduate students must maintain a minimum of 3.2 overall GPA on a 4.0 scale, a 3.2 GPA, on a 4.0 scale, in criminal justice courses. 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.

Criminal Justice Association

The criminal justice association (CJS 199, 0 credits) is open to any student who is interested in the field of criminal justice, behavior, and law or forensic science/criminalistics. We offer scheduled time for all members of the criminal justice association and criminal justice honor society to meet regularly and access to blackboard for communication. During this assigned time members are encouraged to invite speakers from the field of criminal justice to present on the expectations of employment in their area (e.g. FBI, DEA) or topics in criminal justice/criminalistics, or schedule field trips. If students cannot attend the scheduled time, participation can be achieved through blackboard. Mandatory registration every semester is required for Honor Society members.