Faculty Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Ward
Department: Accounting
Phone: (337) 482-6085
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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.