Membership Requirements

If you meet the required participation hours during your initiate semester, you will be initiated as a member (and will become a member of the National Fraternity) at the end of the semester. In addition, you must satisfy the following requirements:

• Have achieved a minimum 3.0 overall GPA
• Have declared a major in accounting, Finance or MIS
• Have completed at least one upper-division Accounting, Finance or MIS class (depending upon your major)
• Have achieved a 3.0 GPA in your upper-divison Accounting, Finance or MIS classes (depending on your major)
• Attend and participate in the initiation ceremony

Required Hours

Professional Hours

• At least three Beta Alpha Psi-sponsored professional programs
• A minimum of 10 hours must be reported
• All hours are measured in 50-minute hours

Service Hours

• At least one Beta Alpha Psi group service activity (Tutoring is not considered a Beta group service activity)
• A minimum of 10 hours must be reported
• All hours are measured in 50-minute hours

Tutoring Hours

• A minimum of 4 hours must be reported
• Tutoring hours count towards Service Hours requirement
• Tutoring is not considered a Beta group service activity, so it will not fulfill that part of the Service requirement
• All hours are measured in 50-minute hours

Eligibility Requirements to Re-apply for BAP Membership

• You must have a minimum of five (5) professional hours and five (5) community service hours during a given semester to be eligible to reapply in the next semester.