Requirements for Membership:

1. Degree seeking undergraduate students and non-degree post-
baccalaureate students at institutions in which a chapter is located
shall be eligible for election to Pledge status after they, at a
minimum;
 

a. have declared a concentration in accounting, finance or
information systems (or have stated an intention to declare a
concentration in accounting, finance, or information systems);
 

b. have completed one year of collegiate courses (30+
semester hours or equivalent), and
 

c. have attained a cumulative grade average of an at least
3.0 (where A is equal to 4.0) or the equivalent.

2. Individuals may continue as Pledges as long as they remain
active in their chapter. Pledges may remain Pledges until the
first semester of association with Beta Alpha Psi after they have
completed 2 years of collegiate courses and at least one upper level
course in accounting, finance, or information systems beyond the
business core. At that point they must have satisfied all the
requirements for membership and be initiated or be dropped as a
Pledge. Pledges will cease to be classified as pledges when they
no longer have a declared area of concentration in accounting,
finance, or information systems