| The status of Life
Member is conferred upon those persons who have been approved for
membership by a Chartered Chapter of AKD and who have paid the initiation
fee for membership.
The status of Voting
member is conferred upon those Life Members who maintain a current
subscription to Sociological Inquiry, official journal of the
United Chapters of Alpha Kappa Delta.
Eligibility for membership
is as follows:
Undergraduates:
- Must be an officially
declared sociology major or demonstrate a serious interest in
sociology within an official program of the host institution.
- Must be at least a
junior (third year) by standards of the host institution.
- Must have
accumulated the equivalent of an overall g.p.a. of 3.0 (by a four
point scale
where: A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0) and rank in the top
35% of their class in general scholarship
- Must have maintained
the equivalent of a 3.0 g.p.a. in sociology courses taken at the
host institution prior to initiation.
- Must have completed at
least four regular courses in sociology prior to initiation (exclusive
of extension or courses graded pass/fail).
Graduates:
For students classified as
graduate students (those officially admitted to graduate study in
sociology at the host institution), the following specific requirements
must have been met prior to the time of initiation:
- Completion of one
half year of graduate study in sociology (i.e., one semester or two
quarters or the equivalent academic unit).
- A graduate GPA
of B or better.
- Continued
matriculation in a program of study leading toward a graduate degree
in sociology at the host institution.
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