Phi Alpha Theta The International Honor Society in
History 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.
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.
University
of Maine History Department. 
