Phi Sigma Iota

International Foreign Language
Honor Society

Member of the Association of College Honor Societies

New members are recruited by invitation only from established chapters of Phi Sigma Iota International.

Members are advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the fields of:

• Foreign Languages, including Classics and ESL
• Comparative Literature
• Foreign Language Education
• Linguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
• other interdisciplinary programs with a significant foreign language component.

Members are required to

• Major or Minor in one of the above fields
• Maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Attain junior standing or above before initiation
• To have completed at least one course in a foreign language at the third-year level or beyond
• Be at the upper 35% of their class.

Graduate students shall be eligible for membership upon completion of at least one full semester, or equivalent quarters, of foreign language graduate work at the institution of the electing Chapter, and upon attaining a high degree of competence in at least one foreign language. At the time of consideration for membership, they must have earned a B-plus average in all graduate work and in the aggregate of courses in foreign languages.

Teachers and Researchers in any of the above fields are eligible for membership following at least one year of service at the chapter's institution.