Two-Year College

Any two-year college with accreditation from a recognized accrediting agency and offering courses in mathematics may petition to have a chapter, provided it meets the following minimum requirements:

1. Two-year colleges must offer at least three courses beyond pre-calculus, which include calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, or statistics. These requirements cannot be fulfilled by courses in general mathematics, general business mathematics, or arithmetic.
2. The college must employ at least one teacher whose primary teaching field is mathematics and who has completed an undergraduate mathematics major or its equivalent at an accredited college or university. The equivalent of a mathematics major shall be understood to include a minimum of six college mathematics courses at the calculus level or above.
3. The president of the college, or other chief administrative officer of the institution must approve the chartering of the chapter at the college.

Two-year college chapters shall be admitted for membership on the approval of the president and the AMATYC representative. Should either deny a petition for membership, the school may appeal the decision to the Governing Council for consideration. A two-thirds vote of the Governing Council shall be required to approve such a chapter for membership.

***PLEASE NOTE: SPONSORS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN CERTIFICATES FOR MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES. THE ONLY CERTIFICATES SPONSORS MAY DISTRIBUTE ARE THE CERTIFICATES THEY RECEIVE FROM THE NATIONAL OFFICE FOR OFFICIAL MEMBERS.***

Members:

• If a student was not a Mu Alpha Theta member in high school, s/he must have taken at least one mathematics course at or above the College Algebra/Pre-calculus level to be eligible for membership.
• On the 4-point grading scale, members must have at least a 3.0 math grade point average in courses at or above the College Algebra/Pre-calculus level.
• If a two-year college student was a member of Mu Alpha Theta in high school, his/her high school membership transfers and s/he may become a member at the two-year college without paying the membership fee again.

Two-Year College Petition

Each petitioning institution will be notified within two weeks as to the council’s decision. When a charter is granted, each student will receive a certificate of membership and a membership card. The school will receive a charter certificate.
Please add your charter member names to this Excel file and email it to us as an attachment when you submit your petition. (Middle names are optional.)