Qualifications for Membership

The purpose of Pi Sigma Alpha is to stimulate scholarship and interest in the subject of government by providing tangible recognition to students who have excelled in the field. Minimum standards for admission, established by the national constitution, are:

For juniors and seniors:

completion of at least fifteen quarter-hours or ten semester-hours of work in government, political science, international relations or public administration including at least one course not open to students in the first two years of collegiate work
maintenance of an average grade of B or higher in all political science courses
an overall academic standing in the upper third of the college class

For graduate students:

completion of at least nine hours of graduate work in political science
maintenance of an average grade of B or higher in all political science courses