About Beta Alpha Psi

Taken directly from bap.org, the national Beta Alpha Psi website.

Objectives

BETA ALPHA PSI is an honorary organization for financial information students and professionals. The primary objective of Beta Alpha Psi is to encourage and give recognition to scholastic and professional excellence in the business information field. This includes promoting the study and practice of accounting, finance, and information systems; providing opportunities for self-development, service, and association among members and practicing professionals, and encouraging a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibility.

Beta Alpha Psi was founded in 1919. More than 300,000 members have been initiated since Beta Alpha Psi's formation.

Membership

Membership in Beta Alpha Psi includes those persons of good moral character who have achieved scholastic and/or professional excellence in the fields of accounting, finance or information systems, who have been initiated by an existing chapter, and who remain in good standing.

Minimum scholastic requirements for undergraduate membership are set forth in the by-laws. Graduate student initiates must have been accepted and matriculated into a master’s degree level program. Individual chapters may establish higher admission criteria.

For information regarding Beta Alpha Psi, visit Beta Alpha Psi's Coastal Connections webpage.

Contact Information

Jaeseong Lim, Ph.D.  
Assistant Professor   
Wall 201I
843-349-5082 | jlim1@coastal.edu | View profile

Dorothy Thompson, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor  
Wall 201J   
843-349-4147 | dthomps4@coastal.edu | View profile