The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS), founded in 1925, is a predominantly American organization that serves a number of functions with respect to national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies. In particular, it is a certifying body for such organizations, facilitates communications between them, and provides both scholarships and an outlet for publication to members.
The ACHS was formed in 1925, in response to concerns about the unregulated nature of honor societies. Four organizations were represented at a preliminary meeting held on October 2, 1925. They were Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. Two other organizations, Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Sigma Delta, sent word of their interest, although they were unable to attend.
67 organizations are affiliated with the ACHS:[1]
| Society | Discipline |
|---|---|
| Alpha Beta Gamma | Business |
| Alpha Chi | All Academic Fields |
| Alpha Epsilon | Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering |
| Alpha Epsilon Delta | Premedicine |
| Alpha Epsilon Rho | Electronic Media |
| Alpha Iota Delta | Decision Sciences and Information Systems |
| Alpha Kappa Delta | Sociology |
| Alpha Kappa Mu | All Academic Fields |
| Alpha Lambda Delta | Freshman Scholarship |
| Alpha Phi Sigma | Criminal Justice |
| Alpha Pi Mu | Industrial Engineering |
| Alpha Sigma Lambda | Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning |
| Alpha Sigma Mu | Metallurgy and Materials Engineering |
| Alpha Sigma Nu | General Scholarship - Jesuit Institutions of Higher Education |
| Beta Gamma Sigma | Business and Management |
| Beta Kappa Chi | Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
| Beta Phi Mu | Library & Information Studies and Information Technology |
| Chi Epsilon | Civil Engineering |
| Chi Sigma Iota | Professional Counseling |
| Delta Epsilon Sigma | General Scholarship in Colleges and Universities with a Catholic Tradition |
| Delta Mu Delta | Business Administration |
| Delta Sigma Rho - Tau Kappa Alpha | Forensics |
| Delta Tau Alpha | Agriculture |
| Epsilon Pi Tau | Professions in Technology |
| Gamma Theta Upsilon | Geography |
| Golden Key International Honour Society | Scholarships and Awards |
| Kappa Mu Epsilon | Mathematics |
| Kappa Omicron Nu | Fellowships and Grants |
| Kappa Tau Alpha | Journalism and Mass Communication |
| Lambda Iota Tau | Literature of all Languages |
| Lambda Pi Eta | Communication |
| Lambda Sigma | Student Leadership, Scholarship and Service |
| Mortar Board | Scholarship, Leadership and Service |
| Mu Kappa Tau | Marketing |
| National Society of Collegiate Scholars | Scholarship, Leadership & Service |
| National Society of Scabbard and Blade | Reserve Officer Training Corps |
| Omega Chi Epsilon | Chemical Engineering |
| Omega Rho | Operations Research & Management Science |
| Omicron Delta Epsilon | Economics |
| Phi Alpha Theta | History |
| Phi Sigma | Biological Sciences, All Pure and Applied Fields |
| Phi Sigma Iota | Foreign Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, ESL., & Cultures |
| Phi Sigma Tau | Philosophy |
| Phi Upsilon Omicron | Family and Consumer Sciences |
| Pi Alpha Alpha | Public Affairs and Administration |
| Pi Delta Phi | French |
| Pi Gamma Mu | Social Sciences |
| Pi Kappa Lambda | Music |
| Pi Omega Pi | Business Education |
| Pi Sigma Alpha | Political Science |
| Pi Tau Sigma | Mechanical Engineering |
| Pi Theta Epsilon | Occupational Therapy |
| Psi Beta | Psychology at Two-Year Colleges |
| Psi Chi | Psychology |
| Rho Chi | Pharmacy |
| Sigma Beta Delta | Business, Management, and Administration |
| Sigma Delta Pi | Spanish |
| Sigma Lambda Alpha | Landscape Architecture |
| Sigma Lambda Chi | Construction Management Technology |
| Sigma Pi Sigma | Physics |
| Sigma Tau Delta | English |
| Sigma Theta Tau | Nursing |
| Tau Alpha Pi | Engineering Technology |
| Tau Beta Pi | Engineering |
| Tau Sigma Delta | Architecture and Allied Arts |
| Theta Alpha Kappa | Religious Studies / Theology |
| Upsilon Pi Epsilon | Computing and Information Disciplines |
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