Psi Chi

Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, was founded in 1929, and has chapters at more than 890 senior colleges and universities throughout the nation. Fisk was granted a chapter in 1981. The purposes of Psi Chi Society are to encourage, stimulate, and maintain scholarship of the individual members and to advance the science of psychology. Membership in Psi Chi recognizes not only scholastic achievement and interest in psychology, but attendance at an accredited school with a faculty and curriculum meeting standards approved by Psi Chi and the Association of College Honor Societies.

To be eligible for membership, an undergraduate student must be a major in psychology and have completed at least nine semester hours in psychology. Candidates are required to have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0, both overall and in psychology courses, and to rank in the upper 35 percent of their class in general scholarship.