Alpha Phi Sigma is the National Criminal Justice Honor Society founded in 1942. Alpha Phi Sigma recognizes academic excellence of Undergraduate and Graduate students of Criminal Justice, as well as Juris Doctorate students. The goals of Alpha Phi Sigma are to honor and promote academic excellence, community service, educational leadership and unity. The CCJS staff advisor for Alpha Phi Sigma is Nicole Amonett.

Membership Requirements:

Membership is open to CCJS majors who have completed at least 45 total credits with at least 12 credits in CCJS courses. Applicants must have completed at least one semester at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) and have an established UMD grade point average. Undergraduate Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.30 and a minimum CCJS major grade point average of a 3.30.

To Apply:

Applicants must fill out the application and submit the fee (we accept cash -in exact change,  personal check made out to Alpha Phi Sigma, and money order) of $90.00 ($85 of which goes to the National fee and $5 goes to the UMD chapter). Students can submit the completed application and fee to CCJS Advising or place in Nicole Amonett’s mailbox inside Lefrak Hall, room 2220. Applications for the spring semester are due Feb 20. Students will receive their acceptance materials a few weeks after their application is submitted to National Headquarters.  Students are notified of their acceptance via Nicole Amonett.

***Here are more instructions on calculating your GPA***

Here is the information you need to calculate GPA.  Unfortunately, AlphaPhi Sigma requires that the GPA include calculations from all post-secondary institutions.  So you will need to calculate your cumulative GPA and major GPA since UMCP does not include transfer GPAs in their calculations.  Here is what you need to know to calculate:

A=4 quality points per credit (3 credits=12 quality points)

B=3 quality points per credit (3 credits=9 quality points)

C=2 quality points per credit (3 credits=6 quality points)

D=1 quality point per credit (3 credits=3 quality points)

GPA = (sum of quality points) / (number of total credits)

Use only letter grades—plus and minuses do not count right now. 

You will use the same formula for both the cumulative and major GPA.  For cumulative GPA, refer to the Course History in your student audit (U Achieve).  You will need to calculate the GPA using all courses included in the course history, except for courses you are registered for but have not taken.  Alternatively you can use your transcript.  The nice thing about U Achieve is that it tells you which classes you are using from your transfer institution. 

For the major GPA, you can look at the same place in U Acheive but only include CCJS courses. You can also look at the Major GPA tab under your audit results.  It won’t be an accurate GPA there but it will give you the list of courses to include in calculating your GPA.

Alpha Phi Sigma generally meets a couple of times a semester and has a variety of student activities during the fall and spring semesters.

The spring application to join the UMD chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma is open until Friday, February 20.