Siena Heights University
security, the health clinic, the residence halls, and the Fieldhouse.
Identification Cards
Students are required to have a Siena Heights University Identification Card if they wish to use the Adrian campus
library or the computer center. ID cards may be obtained in the Office of Residence Life at no charge for the
original card.
Baccalaureate Degree Requirements and Restrictions
It is the responsibility of the student to make sure he/she has completed all of the requirements for a
Baccalaureate degree from Siena Heights University. Academic advisors are assigned to guide students toward
the successful completion of the degree.
A. Degree Requirements
1.
Total Credit Hours and Grade Point Average
a.
Completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours.
b.
A minimum 2.00 ("C") grade point average for all university or college-level courses used
for the degree. Some majors may require a higher GPA within the major.
c.
Transfer students must also maintain at least a 2.00 average for all credit hours
attempted at Siena Heights University.
2. Residency Requirements
a.
Completion of a minimum of 30 credit hours at Siena Heights University.
i.
The residency requirement may be completed at the Adrian Campus, The Henry
Ford College Center, the Jackson College Center, the Kalamazoo Valley
Community College Center, the Kellogg Community College Center, the Lake
Michigan College Center, the Lansing Community College Center, the
Metropolitan Detroit Program, the Monroe County Community College Center,
the Online Learning Program, or any combination of the above.
ii.
These credit hours may not include credits earned through cooperative work
experience, internships, directed teaching, employer work experience
evaluation, prior learning credit, or credit by examination.
b.
Completion of at least 12 of the last 30 credit hours at Siena Heights University except
where prior arrangements have been made in writing with the director of the student's
major program and the appropriate academic dean.
c.
Completion of a minimum of 30 credit hours of 300/400 level courses. A minimum of 15
of these hours must be classroom or online credits earned at Siena Heights University.
3. Proficiency Requirements
a.
Students must demonstrate proficiency in mathematics.
b.
Mathematics proficiency is met by meeting one of the following criteria:
i.
a grade of "C" or better in any course that satisfies the university's Liberal Arts
Requirement in mathematics; or
ii.
a grade of "C" or better in MAT 102, MAT 104, MAT 106 at Siena; or
iii.
an ACT mathematics sub score of 23 or above; or
iv.
passing the mathematics section of the Michigan High School Proficiency Test
(MEAP HSPT); or
v.
a passing score on the Siena Heights University Mathematics Proficiency Test.
VI.
a score of 50 on the College Algebra CLEP exam.
4. Placement Tests
All incoming Siena Heights University first year students will be placed in English based
on high school standard test scores, English writing placement and high school
transcript evaluation. Students will be placed in mathematics based on a combination of
standard test scores and high school transcript evaluation.
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