Graduation Honors
Departmental Honors will be awarded to the top 25% of graduating POL and PADM majors, based on their GPA earned in all POL classes taken as well as in all non-POL classes taken that were counted toward the major.
All graduates’ records are automatically screened after their final semester and those with appropriate GPAs will be awarded Honors on their diplomas. Students do not need to apply to graduate with Departmental Honors.
Political Science Honor Society
The department of political science boasts the Delta Pi chapter of the national honor society for political science, Pi Sigma Alpha. Pi Sigma Alpha offers a number of benefits, including scholarships for graduate school and Washington, D.C. internships, and provides a jobs database for members. If you take a federal government job, PSA membership qualifies you for a higher pay grade. For more information, please visit Pi Sigma Alpha’s national website.
To be eligible for membership, you must:
- be a political science major
- be a junior, senior, or graduate student
- have at least 9 credits of political science
- have at least a 3.5 GPA in political science
- have a GPA in the top 1/3 of your class (about a 3.5)
Pi Sigma Alpha’s advisor is Dr. Matthew Nelsen. If you are interested in joining and believe you may be eligible, please contact Dr. Matthew Nelsen (mdn475@miami.edu).
