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Accounting Society
Beta Alpha Psi - Kappa Theta Chapter
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Accounting Society

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kathy Hsu
Department: Accounting
Phone: (337) 482-6214
e-mail: ullaccountingsociety@yahoo.com

MCOBA Accounting Society: http://www.louisiana.edu/Student/Organizations/AccountingSociety/

The Accounting Society is a student organization comprised of business students who are interested in a career in the accounting or professional services fields. Our mission is to provide opportunities for our members to become more familiar with, and involved in, the world of accounting through professional and social events. Members of the Accounting Society have many opportunities to meeting knowledgeable and enthusiastic accounting professionals from CPA firms, as well as corporations and government. The many functions and events hosted by the Accounting Society allow members to interact with other accounting and business students, faculty, and alumni to develop a network of information, knowledge and friendship. Our members also have many opportunities to become involved in the community through many charitable events and activities. The Accounting Society is one of the largest business student organizations at UL Lafayette and offers two scholarships each year to active members.

Beta Alpha Psi - Kappa Theta Chapter

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Ward
Department: Accounting
Phone: (337) 482-6085
e-mail: spward@louisiana.edu
National Website: www.bap.org

Beta Alpha Psi is an accounting honor fraternity for business majors. It is intended to help accounting majors develop a professional self-image and learn more about the demands and career opportunities in the accounting profession.

Requirements include:

• minimum accounting GPA of 3.0
• minimum overall GPA of 3.0
• upper division status
• completion of accounting 301

Purpose

As the premier professional accounting and business information society, Beta Alpha Psi recognizes academic excellence, complements members’ formal education by providing interaction between students, faculty, and professionals, and fosters lifelong growth, service, and ethical conduct.

Description

An international honorary organization for accounting students and professionals.

Membership

A student is a pledge one semester before they are initiated into full membership. In order to pledge, students must be in an upper level accounting course, and have a 3.0 GPA in accounting courses and overall. In order to be initiated into membership, a student must be in upper level accounting courses, have completed 60 hours of course work, have a 3.0 GPA in accounting courses and overall, and have participated in Beta Alpha Psi professional and community activities during their pledge semester.