Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to undergraduate and graduate students who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who meet the minimum qualifications.

Psi Chi functions as a federation of chapters located at more than 840 senior colleges and universities in the United States. A national council, composed of psychologists who are Psi Chi members and who are elected by the chapters, guides the affairs of the organization and sets policy with the approval of the chapters.

Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an affiliate organization of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society.

About Our Chapter . . .

UH-Downtown's Psi Chi chapter was founded in 2000. Strongly committed to outstanding academic achievement, the members of Psi Chi also place significant emphasis on service. We seek to return the support that we, as students at UH-Downtown, have been so generously provided by our community.

 

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The Spring 2005 Psi Chi officers are:

 

The faculty advisors for Psi Chi are:

 

To Become a Member . . .

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The requirements for membership in Psi Chi at UH-Downtown are:

• Completion of at least three semesters
• Completion of at least nine semester hours (three courses) in psychology
• Declared major or minor in psychology
• For undergraduates, an overall cumulative GPA of at least 3.00
• For undergraduates, a GPA in psychology courses of at least 3.00
• For graduate students, an average of at least "B" in all graduate courses
• High standards of personal behavior

If you meet these requirements and would like to apply for membership:

-You may pick up an application for membership from one of the faculty sponsors 
-If you have Microsoft Word on your computer, you can fill out the word format application form online and email it to the UHD Chapter or you can print and deliver to Psi Chi (Room 280-S). You can also download Word Viewer to view the document if you do not have Microsoft Word.

If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, you can fill out the Acrobat format application form online, print and deliver to Psi Chi (Room 280-S). This document is in the pdf format. To Obtain a free download of Acrobat Adobe Reader, please Visit the Technical Information Page.

Download the card registration card (PDF Format) if your computer is equipped with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Card Registration form should be submitted after membership approval. Print the form, fill out both parts and send it to Psi Chi (Rm. 280-S).

Other Interesting Web Sites

• Psi Chi national organization
• American Psychological Association
• American Psychological Society
• Association for Behavior Analysis
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: Psychologists
• Psych Web: contains lots of psychology-related information for students and teachers of psychology

Note: The ABA WEBSITE HAS MOVED!!

The ABA website has been moved to a new web address. Please take note of this change. The new website address is: http://www.abainternational.org