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.

*We cannot accept applications submitted by students. Sponsors must submit applications.

APPLY FOR A MU ALPHA THETA TWO-YEAR COLLEGE CHAPTER HERE.

*You will need to be upload this Excel file with your members' names and graduation years as you complete your petition. This file is also available in the petition itself. Middle names are optional. "Year" means graduation year for the student.

*Your petition will not be reviewed until you submit payment (via one check or credit card) for the $25 chapter fee and $10/member registration fee. Please call or email the National Office if you need to pay by credit card. If paying by check, please make sure your school's name and "New Chapter" are on the check.

*Through the application, you will need to request the e-signature of yourself as sponsor and of your Principal (if you're at a virtual or high school) or Dean or Math Department Chair (if you're at a two-year college). You can submit your petition while waiting on signatures.

*We cannot accept applications submitted by students. Sponsors must submit applications.

The portal is cleared each July, if you have not let the office know to keep petition IT WILL BE DELETED.

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.