Adelphi University      

                    Sigma Delta Pi, Tau, Spanish Honor Society

                             APRIL 28, 2017, 1-3, Alumni House

Prospective candidates for the Spanish Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi are currently being selected.

1. Each must have completed three years of study of college-level Spanish (eighteen semester credit hours) or the equivalent thereof, including at least three semester hours of a course in Hispanic literature or Hispanic culture and civilization at the junior (third-year) level. A student may be admitted to active membership while still enrolled in the second junior-level course if all other requirements have been met and if the instructor of the course certifies that the student’s work is of “B” or “A” quality.

2. The candidate for active membership must have a minimal grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 point scale in all Spanish courses taken. (The candidate must have earned the grades in completed Spanish courses in order to qualify for membership)

3. The candidate must rank in the upper 35% of his/her class—sophomore, junior, or senior—and must have completed at least three semesters or five quarters of college work.

4. Graduate students who have been unconditionally admitted to a degree-granting program may be elected to membership upon completion of two graduate courses in Spanish with an average which, if continued, will make them eligible for a graduate degree.

       5. Sigma Delta Pi does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,                                            national or ethnic origin, sex, age, or disability.