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Phi Beta Kappa
Kappa of Illinois at Loyola University of Chicago

Kappa of Illinois Membership Criteria
for Members in Course

The following items governing membership in course, based on the Phi Beta Kappa Society's Model Chapter Bylaws, were adopted by the chapter members on December 7, 1995, and were last amended in 2005.

  1. Eligible students must be candidates for a bachelor's degree in the College of Arts and Sciences or in St. Joseph's College, provided that the latter are majoring in a major offered by the College of Arts and Sciences. At least three-fourths of each student's course work must be in the liberal arts or sciences, as defined by the Phi Beta Kappa Society's "Stipulations Concerning Eligibility for Membership in Course" and our chapter's "Classification of Course Work as Liberal Work." These Stipulations require that certain work of an applied or vocational nature not be counted as liberal arts work, and this is reflected in the chapter's Classification.

  2. Graduate students are not eligible for election as members-in-course.

  3. Nominations for membership in course shall be made by the Committee on Members in Course. All eligible students meeting the minimum grade point and credit hour requirements will be selected initially for nomination. The list of potential nominees from the two qualifying Colleges will be forwarded to their respective undergraduate deans and the chairs of the department (s) in which each potential nominee is majoring in order to ascertain that the potential nominees' files do not contain evidence which suggests that they do not meet the requirement of good character deemed necessary for a member in course. Following receipt of whatever information the deans provide, the Committee on Members in Course will submit a list of all nominees meeting the academic and character requirements to the members of the chapter. Election shall be secret ballot and shall require an affirmative vote by three-fourths of the resident members present.

  4. For elections as a junior, the candidate shall have completed at least five semester of college work and be registered for a sixth semester. The candidate shall have earned at least 75 semester hours of course work, at least 60 of which must be at Loyola University Chicago, and be registered for sufficient course work so as to have earned at least 90 hours by the end of the sixth semester of course work. All sixth semester juniors meeting the course work requirements with a cumulative grade point average of 3.90 and above shall be placed the list of potential nominees.

  5. For election as a senior, the candidate shall have graduated at the January commencement or be scheduled for graduation at the May commencement during the year of election. The candidate shall have earned or be scheduled to earn at least 90 semester hours of course work at Loyola University Chicago. All seniors meeting the course work requirements with a cumulative grade point average of 3.80 and above shall be placed on the list of potential nominees.
Classification of Course work as Liberal Arts Work

Both our chapter bylaws and the Phi Beta Kappa Society's "Stipulations Concerning Eligibility for Membership in Course" require that three-quarters of all credit earned by candidates for election as members in course be liberal arts work and that work of an "applied or professional" nature not be counted in computing grade point averages for purposes of eligibility. The following rules will determine how these standards will be applied in our chapter.

  1. Credit earned in College of Arts and Sciences departments (except for courses related to teaching, e.g. ENGL 393 or LATN 373) will be considered as liberal arts work and counted in grade point calculations.

  2. Credit in Economics will be considered as liberal arts work and counted in grade point calculations, providing the student is enrolled in a program leading to the awarding of a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.

  3. Credit in Physical Education, Military Science, and English as a Second Language will not be considered as liberal arts work and will not be counted in grade point calculations.

  4. Courses which will not be considered as liberal arts work and which will not counted in grade point calculations include, but are not necessarily restricted to:
    • Communication - CMUN 101, 125, 131, 133, 140, 146, 232, 234, 235, 238, 251, 256, 257, 259, 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 271, 315, 317, 319, 326, 335, 339, 350, 367, 369, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 396-397
    • Computer Science - COMP 101, 102, 104, 120, 125, 150, 170, 171, 219, 260, 264, 266, 271, 272, 275, 281, 300, 305, 320, 330, 332, 333, 336, 337, 338, 339, 343, 346, 348, 350, 351, 353, 364, 366, 370, 373, 374, 382
    • Criminal Justice - CRMJ 309, 322, 323, 375, 380, 390
    • Fine Arts and Music - FNAR 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 126, 129, 131, 132, 146, 170, 190, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 231, 232, 233, 235, 246, 260, 263, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 332, 333, 334, 346, 347, 348, 368, 370, 380, 381, 382, 383, 391, 392, 393, 398
      MUSC 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 142, 186, 282, 283, 284, 285, 386, 387
    • International Film and Media Studies - IFMS 115, 204, 215, 232, 233, 235, 238, 240, 328, 330, 333, 339, 383, 384, 398
    • Policital Science - PLSC 385
    • Statistics - STAT 396, 397
    • Theatre - THTR 142, 235, 241, 242, 243, 244, 252, 253, 254, 261, 262, 266, 267, 268, 269, 275, 300, 301, 303, 305, 312, 321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 341, 343, 347, 348, 368, 369, 371, 372, 375, 376
    • The Committee on Members in Course reserves the right to decide whether or not a particular course not listed above, including internships, topic courses, and independent study courses, will be counted as liberal arts work.

  5. Credit from the School of Business Administration, School of Education, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, and School of Social Work will not be considered as liberal work and will not be counted in the grade point calculations.

  6. Transfer credit from other institutions will be evaluated in the same manner as comparable course work at Loyola.
Adopted December 7, 1994

Modified March 29, 2000 and March 3, 2006

 
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