Psi Chi @ University of Oregon

Membership in Psi Chi is open to those who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who are students or faculty members in an institution where a chapter is located (if your school does not have a Psi Chi chapter, have you considered starting a chapter?). Undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members who meet the criteria below are eligible for membership. Students and faculty are elected to membership by the chapter at the institution, according to the provisions in the national Psi Chi Constitution. Membership in Psi Chi is open to qualified candidates of any age, sex, sexual orientation, race, handicap or disability, color, religion, and national and ethnic origin.

The Psi Chi Constitution requires that undergraduate student applicants to Psi Chi:
Must be enrolled as a student at your school
Must have established a GPA at your school
Must be at least a second-semester sophomore
Must be enrolled as a major or minor in a psychology program or a program psychological in nature that is equivalent to a psychology major
Must have completed at least 9 semester hours or 14 quarter hours of psychology courses at your school
Must have an overall GPA that is in the top 35% of their class based on rankings within sophomore, within junior, and within senior classes (if the cut-off for the top 35% is below 3.00, the applicant must have an overall GPA of at least 3.00 on a 4-point scale)
GPA Cut-Offs for Spring 2011

Sophomore 3.25

Junior 3.25

Senior 3.40
Must have a psychology GPA that is at least 3.00 on a 4-point scale
* Undergraduate students who have transferred to a new institution and are interested in becoming a Psi Chi member must meet the requirements listed above, plus complete one semester at the new institution to establish a GPA and complete 9 hours of psychology courses at the new institution.

The Psi Chi Constitution requires that graduate student applicants to Psi Chi:
Must be enrolled as a graduate student at your school in a psychology graduate program
Must have established a GPA at your school
Must have an overall GPA of at least 3.00 on a 4-point scale in all graduate courses, including psychology courses
** Graduate students who have transferred to a new institution and are interested in becoming a Psi Chi member must complete one semester at the new institution to establish a GPA in addition to the above requirements.

Regarding faculty who are chapter advisors or who want to join Psi Chi:
The Psi Chi Constitution (see Article XII, Section 7) requires that all Psi Chi faculty chapter advisors be members of Psi Chi. If you are not a Psi Chi member, please send your membership registration form and fee as soon as possible.
Psi Chi National Council policy requires that faculty chapter advisors be full-time faculty members and hold a doctoral degree in psychology.
Psi Chi National Council policy requires that faculty members who want to join Psi Chi must be full-time faculty members at your school and have a doctoral degree in psychology or a psychology related field.

Undergraduate or graduate students transferring to a new institution who are already a Psi Chi member may transfer their membership to the new institution's Psi Chi chapter by making contact with the Psi Chi faculty advisor, completing a Transfer of Membership form, and having the advisor sign and forward the transfer form to the Psi Chi National Office.

Psi Chi chapters may not impose any type of service activity as a condition for membership in Psi Chi—membership eligibility is based on academic performance.

Psi Chi chapters may use more stringent academic criteria for membership than those required in the Psi Chi Constitution, but they cannot use lower academic standards than those required in the Constitution.