Membership Requirements

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:

  1. Must be an officially declared sociology major or demonstrate a serious interest in sociology within an official program of  the host institution.
  2. Must be at least a junior (third year) by standards of the host institution.
  3. 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
  4. Must have maintained the equivalent of a 3.0 g.p.a.  in sociology courses taken at the host institution prior to initiation.
  5. 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:

  1. Completion of one half year of graduate study in sociology (i.e., one semester or two quarters or the equivalent academic unit).
  2. A graduate GPA  of B or better.
  3. Continued matriculation in a program of study leading toward a graduate degree in sociology at the host  institution.

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