Alpha Phi Sigma is the only nationally recognized honor society for students in the criminal justice sciences. The society recognizes academic excellence by undergraduates as well as graduate students of criminal justice. To become a local member, a student must contact one of the chapter officers, or attend a meeting, and pay the local chapter dues. Once a local chapter member, a student can begin working towards becoming a national member. To become a national member, the student must satisfy academic requirements, submit dues, accrue fourteen points and conduct a fundraiser.

Academic requirements for National Induction:

Students must have completed one-third of their total hours required for graduation at his/her institution. Undergraduate students must maintain a minimum of an overall 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale, and a 3.2 GPA (4.0 scale) in criminal justice courses at the time of induction. 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. Graduate students are required to maintain a minimum of a 3.4 GPA in both Criminal Justice courses and overall courses, on a 4.0 scale. Student must have completed a minimum of four courses within the criminal justice curriculum. Law students enrolled in law school, having completed one academic year, with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher, on a 4.0 scale.

Your application must contain a copy of your SASS report in order to verify an applicant's academic standing. To obtain your SASS report, please go to www.facts.org. Graduate students only who cannot access their SASS report may submit an unofficial transcript.

An application for membership may be found here.

Dues:

Alpha Phi Sigma collects two sets of dues; national and chapter. Each fee must be paid separately by money order or cashier's check. Personal checks will not be accepted. Before heading to a Money Gram or Western Union station, check with your bank as some offer these services at a reduced or no charge for their account holders. The national dues are sent to headquarters and the chapter dues are retained with the chapter for funding various functions. Chapter dues are $50.00 and national dues are $50.00. Both sets of dues must be paid before the induction process begins. If dues increase after payment is submitted and you have not been inducted at the time of the increase, you will be required to pay the difference. Both sets of dues are non-refundable if you do not complete all requirements for induction before graduation.

Points:

Members receive points for participation in a variety of activities. In order to be inducted one must accumulate a total of 14 points, with a certain number of points in different categories.

*Required categories that every member MUST fulfill

Point submission procedures:

In order to receive credit for points, all members are required to return a completed points submission form to the Vice Presidents or Chapter President.  Members who attend an event not hosted by the chapter must submit photographic documentation of attendance with the form.

The points submission must be downloaded from the ΑΦΣ Orgsync Portal or Yahoo! Group under the files section.

Fundraiser:

All students must complete a fundraiser before induction. We ask that the minimum amount raised is $100.00. Members may collaborate with others who need to satisfy the fundraising requirement however the minimum value applies to each participant. In order to promote fellowship within the organization, fundraisers should bring together members.

Before a fundraiser can begin, a fundraiser application must be filed with the Vice President of Student Affairs for approval.

The fundraiser application must be downloaded from the ΑΦΣ Orgsync Portal or Yahoo! Group under the files section.


*In order to access the points and fundraiser forms, you must have Word 2007 installed on your system. This form has a fillable feature which is not available on previous versions of Word. All enrolled FIU students may download a free copy of Word 2007 through UTS.