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a. Hospital-based allied health programs in medical technology, respiratory therapy, and
nursing.
b. Electronic, mechanical, and other engineering technology programs completed at
proprietary institutions not authorized to grant associate or baccalaureate degrees.
3. University honors will be computed on all work attempted at Siena Heights University and on all
work attempted at all other degree-granting institutions from which transfer credit is accepted.
This means that all "D" and "E" grades which were reflected on the student transcript, but for
which credit was not accepted by Siena Heights University, will be computed in university
honors. A student can choose, however, not to have transfer credit accepted by Siena Heights
University. If the student chooses not to have transfer credit from a designated institution
accepted by Siena Heights University, none of the credit earned at that institution will be
accepted by Siena Heights University or used in the computation of university honors.
4. University honors will be computed on the grades of A, B, C, D, and E. Grades of Credit/No
Credit and Pass/Fail will be excluded from the university honors computation. The grading scale
established by each institution from which transfer credit was accepted will be the scale used in
computing university honors on course work taken at that institution. Because Siena Heights
University has a 4.00 grade scale (A=4.00, B=3.00, C=2.00, D=1.00 and E=0.00), grade points
can only be computed using that grade scale. Thus, a three (3) credit hour course for which the
student received an "A-" will be assigned 12 quality points (3 credit hours x 4.00 = 12). Other
institutions may use different grade scales, thus, a three (3) credit hour course for which an "A-"
is specified as a 3.70 will be assigned 11.1 quality points (3 credit hours x 3.70 = 11.1)
5. Credit earned by means of the Michigan Occupational Competency Assessment Examination,
Employer Work Experience Evaluation, Prior Learning Credit and The College Entrance
Examination Board's College Level Examination Program and Advanced Placement Program,
will not be included in the computation of university honors.
6. International transcripts are not calculated for University Honors.
7. To graduate with university honors, a student must earn the following cumulative grade point
average:
Summa Cum Laude 3.90+
Magna Cum Laude 3.70 – 3.89
Cum Laude 3.50 – 3.69
Athletic Eligibility
Siena Heights University as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) enforces the
following academic standards for athletic eligibility:
1. A student-athlete must be enrolled for 12 or more credit hours each session he/she participates in
inter-collegiate athletics.
2. A first-time entering freshman student-athlete must meet two of the three entry level requirements
and pass NAIA review:
a) A score of 15 on the ACT taken prior to the Fall of 1989 or a score of 18 on the
Enhanced ACT taken October 1989 or later or a score of 860 on the SAT taken after
April 1, 1995, and/or
b) An overall high school grade point average of 2.00 on a 4.00 scale and/or
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