Eligibility
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
- 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);
- have completed, in addition to two years of collegiate courses, at least one upper level course beyond the business core (for transfer students, the most recent qualifying course must be at the initiating institution or another AACSB or EQUIS accredited institution);
- have attained a cumulative grade average in upper level courses, in their declared area of concentration, beyond the business core of at least 3.0 (where A is equal to 4.0) or the equivalent; and
- have attained at least a cumulative grade average of 3.0, or
- have achieved a rank within the top 35% of their university class, or
- have attained at least a 3.25 cumulative grade average on the most recently completed 30 semester hours;
- Or have attained an honors distinction utilized by their institution deemed to be equivalent to the above by the BAP Board of Directors.
- are majoring, concentrating, or have a stated interest in accounting, finance, or information systems;
- and have matriculated into a graduate degree program
Requirements
All individual members/candidates have professional and service hour requirements. These requirements are designed to encourage involvement of Beta Alpha Psi members and candidates in professional and community service activities. They can be obtained by participating in chapter activities(BAP hours) and by earning hours on individual projects(Non-BAP Hours). Each individual must complete a minimum of 16 hours of Professional and Service Activities as follows:
The difference between BAP and Non-Bap hours all depends on the chapter involvement in each activity. In order for professional or service hours to to be classified as BAP hours, there must be a minimum of 25% of chapter involvement. If there is less than 25% of BAP involvement in a event it can still count as Non-BAP hours, which will require you to fill out the proper service hours form, which is to be turned into the Reporting Secretary at the proper time.
Professional Activities
Professional activities are any activities that fall into any of the following categories/topics
Service Activities
Service is the giving of one’s time, energy and talents to benefit either the campus or local community. Community service involves making a difference to these entities through the actions of caring for others by the chapter and/or its members and includes direct service or indirect service. Direct service means becoming actively involved with a community group or organization (either on or off campus). Indirect service means providing help or resources through a “round-about” approach and includes preparation time for charitable events, raising funds for charity, or assisting with “back office” functions such as accounting or computer systems.
All individual members/candidates have professional and service hour requirements. These requirements are designed to encourage involvement of Beta Alpha Psi members and candidates in professional and community service activities. They can be obtained by participating in chapter activities(BAP hours) and by earning hours on individual projects(Non-BAP Hours). Each individual must complete a minimum of 16 hours of Professional and Service Activities as follows:
- 6 BAP Hours of Professional Activities
- 6 BAP Hours of Service Activities
- 4 (BAP/Non-BAP) hours of Service or Professional Hours
The difference between BAP and Non-Bap hours all depends on the chapter involvement in each activity. In order for professional or service hours to to be classified as BAP hours, there must be a minimum of 25% of chapter involvement. If there is less than 25% of BAP involvement in a event it can still count as Non-BAP hours, which will require you to fill out the proper service hours form, which is to be turned into the Reporting Secretary at the proper time.
Professional Activities
Professional activities are any activities that fall into any of the following categories/topics
- Chapter professional meetings
- Joint meetings with professional organizations
- Joint meetings with on-campus organizations
- Local seminars/workshops (but not those involving “paid” tuition)
- Field trips
- Meet-the-Firms Night or Activity (must be a single event where multiple firms are represented and purpose is to provide a significant number of students with information about various firms and industries. This should not be strictly a recruiting event)
- Publications (articles or news notes for newsletter; copy of publication must be submitted to the Executive Office for credit)
- Executive-in-Residence/Professor-for-a-Day programs (time based upon the time a member/candidate attends sessions “taught” by the guest)
- Mock interview activity (must be an event where multiple firms are represented and all member/candidates are eligible to participate. This should not be a recruiting event)
- Activity or meeting with a professional organization
- Social activities with professionals – up to two activities per year with a maximum time of 1 hour (50 minutes) per activity
- Attendance at R.I.S.E. – Global Student Investment Forum
- All chapters will be allowed to conduct one professional meeting as a Webinar in any of the above listed topics. Chapters should get pre-approval for this as they will have to show how they intend to incorporate internal controls to ensure that the people they said participated, actually did. The chapters will be responsible for finding and utilizing the webinar technology
Service Activities
Service is the giving of one’s time, energy and talents to benefit either the campus or local community. Community service involves making a difference to these entities through the actions of caring for others by the chapter and/or its members and includes direct service or indirect service. Direct service means becoming actively involved with a community group or organization (either on or off campus). Indirect service means providing help or resources through a “round-about” approach and includes preparation time for charitable events, raising funds for charity, or assisting with “back office” functions such as accounting or computer systems.
