Undergraduate Program
Honors
Departmental Honors
Alpha Phi Sigma
Degrees awarded with Distinction
Dean’s List
Phi Beta Kappa
Departmental Honors
All criminal justice majors who have completed the core courses, apply prior to junior year (in order to allow for 2 academic years to complete the work), and who have a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.3, are encouraged to pursue the Departmental Honors Program. This is an opportunity for students to study important issues and problems in depth and to work closely with a faculty member. For more information on the Departmental Honors Program please refer to the College Academic Bulletin and/or supplement: http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/, and schedule an advising appointment with an Academic Advisor.In P399, Readings for Honors, , students, usually in their junior year, do exploratory reading in an area of interest, select and develop a research topic, and write a prospectus for the honors thesis under the direction of a faculty member. The work will be up for review and approval by a 3-person faculty committee at the conclusion of the student's enrollment in P499, Senior Honors Thesis, which can be taken for 1 or 2 semesters. Typically the thesis is between 25 and 50 pages long. It can be based primarily on library research or can combine a literature review with data collection. 3 or 6 hours credit may be earned for the honors thesis.
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Alpha Phi Sigma is the national honor society for criminal justice and is open to criminal justice majors, certificates, and minors who meet the qualifications. The society recognizes scholastic excellence by undergraduate and graduate students in the criminal justice sciences. To be eligible as of July 2008, students must have completed one-third of the credit hours required for graduation by a college or university accredited by the appropriate regional accreditation organization. They also must be recommended by a local chapter advisor or faculty member. Undergraduate students must maintain a 3.2 cumulative GPA and a 3.2 in the criminal justice field, while graduate students are required to have a 3.4 GPA in all graduate courses. CJUS major/certificate applicants must complete four of the core courses in the major/certificate (P 100, P 200, P 202, P 290 & K 300) before making application. CJUS minors must complete at least four courses towards the minor including the three core courses in the minor (P 100, P 200 & P 202) before making application.
For additional information, please go to www.alphaphisigma.org. To apply for membership to Beta Kappa, IU Bloomington’s local chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, please schedule an advising appointment with a CJUS advisor (by calling 812-855-9325). Plans of future activities and the establishment of chapter by-laws are currently being considered.
Please note: Indiana University application costs increased on July 1, 2009.
Degrees awarded with Distinction
The College recognizes outstanding performance in course work by awarding bachelor’s degrees with three levels of distinction: Distinction (GPA 3.7-3.799), High Distinction (3.8-3.899), and Highest Distinction (3.9+). Students must have a minimum of 60 graded credit hours at Indiana University to be considered for distinction degrees.
Dean’s List
Each regular semester (excluding summer sessions), the College of Arts and Sciences will recognize those students whose semester GPA qualifies them for the Dean’s List. Students who qualify will be notified of this honor. Eligibility requirements include completion of at least 12 graded credit hours in each semester under review, and earning a minimum of a 3.700 semester GPA.
Phi Beta Kappa
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