Alpha Kappa Delta Eligibility

The status of Life Member is conferred upon those persons who have been approved for membership by a Chartered Chapter of AKD and who have paid the initiation fee for membership.

The status of Voting member is conferred upon those Life Members who maintain a current subscription to Sociological Inquiry, official journal of the United Chapters of Alpha Kappa Delta.

Eligibility for membership is as follows:

Undergraduates:

• Must be an officially declared sociology major or demonstrate a serious interest in sociology within an official program of the host institution.
• Must be at least a junior (third year) by standards of the host institution.
• Must have accumulated the equivalent of an overall GPA of 3.0 (by a four point scale
  where: A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0).
• Must have maintained the equivalent of a 3.4 GPA in sociology courses prior to initiation.
• Must have completed at least four regular courses in sociology prior to initiation (exclusive of extension or courses graded pass/fail).

Graduates:

For students classified as graduate students (those officially admitted to graduate study in sociology at the host institution), the following specific requirements must have been met prior to the time of initiation:

• Completion of eighteen hours of graduate study in sociology.
• A graduate GPA of 3.5 or better.
• Continued matriculation in a program of study leading toward a graduate degree in sociology at the host institution.

College of Arts and Sciences | Department of Sociology and Anthropology