Phi Alpha Theta
The International Honor Society in History
Each Spring, the department inducts outstanding undergraduate and
graduate students of History into Phi Alpha Theta. The UM chapter (Phi
Gamma) was established in 1972. An initiation fee is levied prior to
induction. New members are entered on the rolls of the chapter and the
international society and receive a one-year subscription of the
society's quarterly journal, The Historian. The international society
annually awards a number of competitive scholarships to members, holds
annual competitions for scholarly books and papers written by members,
convenes a New England regional conference each year, and meets jointly
with the American Historical Association annually. Induction into Phi
Alpha Theta is noted on the student's transcripts and is an honor
recognized throughout the profession.
Criteria for admission to Phi Alpha Theta are: Undergraduates: a
minimum of four completed History courses, a grade average of at least
3.1 in all History courses completed, and a grade average of at least
3.0 in two-thirds of all other courses completed; Graduate students:
completion of at least ten hours of History courses with a minimum grade
average of 3.5.
For more information, contact the Department of History, 255 Stevens
Hall, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469-5774. Telephone:
207-581-1907/1908.
UMHist@maine.edu
