The minimum requirements to join Psi Chi at the University of Illinois
at Chicago are (as of Spring 2012):
- You must be enrolled as a student.
- You must have an established UIC GPA.
- You must have completed
at least
three semesters (36 hours) of undergraduate study.
- Transfer students must
have completed
12 hours of study at UIC.
- You must have completed
at least 9
hours in psychology.
- You must be registered
as a major
or minor in General or Applied Psychology OR be registered as a
Neuroscience major.*
- You must have a minimum
overall
grade point average of 3.4 on a 4.0 point scale.
- You must have a minimum
grade point
average in psychology courses of 3.0 on a 4.0 point scale.
*Requirements for
Neuroscience
Majors: A total of 18 credit hours in PSCH or PSCH cross-listed courses
including PSCH 100, 242 and 343.
Applications are accepted
for the
first two months of every Fall and Spring Term.
To apply, please complete
an
application form. (Applications will be available soon!) Be sure
to return your completed application to Dr.
Wiley's mailbox in BSB 1009!
Once the verification
process is
complete, you will receive notification whether or not you qualify for
membership. If you qualify, you will be sent an invitation to join Psi
Chi. Dues (a one-time fee of $50) are paid upon acceptance of the
invitation (DO NOT PAY AT TIME OF APPLICATION). All new members
are then inducted once a year in a ceremony toward the end of Spring
term.
FALL applications will be
available
from the first week of school and will be due by November 1 and SPRING
applications will be due by March 1.
All chapters (including
the UIC
chapter) register their inductees at the Psi Chi National Office where
the membership records are preserved for reference and historical
purposes.
If you joined Psi Chi at
a previous
institution, you are still a member! Membership is for life! If
you wish to transfer your membership, contact the Faculty Advisor.
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