Siena Heights University’s Education Program was recognized as a College of Distinction outstanding and exemplary undergraduate program for 2023-24.
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Teacher Education at SHU focuses on education in its broadest vision. We believe teaching is both an art and a science. Students are encouraged to explore various aspects of the teaching/learning process, in addition to the formal preparation required for teaching.
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“I teach every day. I go in the classrooms. I am their coach and I am their helper. … If you are a teacher, then you are always a teacher.”
Katie Guilbault Decker ’89
Principal, Steam Academies, Las Vegas
Magnet Schools of America’s 2013 National Principal of the Year
The Education Program at Siena Heights University.
About: Education
Siena Heights University’s Education Program was recognized as a College of Distinction outstanding and exemplary undergraduate program for 2023-24.
PREPARED. CONFIDENT. EMPLOYED. Those are some of the words our graduates use to describe their experience in the education program at Siena Heights University. We believe in experience. At both the undergraduate and graduate levels, students acquire significant hours of field experience. In fact, Siena’s program more than doubles the state requirement!
Our full-time faculty average more than 30 years of classroom experience. Additionally, students in our graduate programs bring their diversity of experience with them to class, providing an enriching learning environment.
The Division of Education is accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council/Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation and has been approved by the Michigan Department of Education to serve as a preparation institution.
Teacher Education at SHU focuses on education in its broadest vision. We believe teaching is both an art and a science. Students are encouraged to explore various aspects of the teaching/learning process, in addition to the formal preparation required for teaching.
Through rigorous academic study, clinical experience hours, and continuous reflection on one’s evolving philosophy of education, the Siena Heights education student not only learns from those who have gone before, but creates imaginative and innovative learning activities that will inspire prospective students to wholeheartedly engage in the learning process.
At Siena Heights University, Teacher Education students choose from a variety of teachable majors and minors for either initial certification or additional endorsements. Siena Heights University has authorization from the Michigan Department of Education to recommend certification and/or additional endorsements in a variety of grade levels and content areas, including post-BA initial certification and degrees for Master of Arts.
Accelerated MBA
Students can earn two degrees in as little as five years – saving time and money in the process! Siena Heights University’s Accelerated Bachelor’s to MBA Program is available to students on the Adrian campus. Students accepted to the program are eligible to take up to three MBA courses as part of their undergraduate program – at the undergraduate tuition rate!
Unlike many other programs, SHU’s is open to students in many different majors, including nursing, engineering, the sciences, and humanities. Undergraduate students in any major are eligible who have completed foundational courses with a 2.5 or higher GPA in the following subject areas:
- Accounting
- Statistics
- Finance
- Micro- and macro-economics
If foundational courses have not been completed, MBA leveling via Peregrine modules in these subject areas will be required. (Peregrine leveling modules are not classes; they are assessments and are not for credit and can be completed sooner and are less expensive).
IACBE
The Graduate College at Siena Heights University has been awarded the status of Candidate for Accreditation by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11374 Strang Line Road in Lenexa, Kansas, USA.
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Did you know that approximately 90 percent of undergraduate students on the Adrian campus receive some form of financial assistance? Our admissions counselors and financial aid experts are committed to helping you find the best financial solutions for your education. Siena offers a wide range of opportunities that may be right for you, including:
- Academic scholarships
- Arts scholarships
- Athletic scholarships
- Campus Ministry scholarships
- Grants
- Work-study programs
- Federal loans
Your university financial aid package may include some or all of the above, resulting in a customized plan that makes Siena Heights University affordable for your family.
Curriculum
Program Requirements
Students are admitted to the program within the last two semesters of their bachelor’s degree coursework, i.e., with less than 30 credits left to complete. No less than a 3.25 cumulative GPA is required at the time of entry into the Accelerated Bachelor to MBA Program.
Students in freshman or sophomore years are provisionally admitted to the program. Students are fully admitted once the criteria have been satisfied.
Once admitted into the Accelerated Bachelor’s to MBA Program, students will be given an updated degree plan and the timeline for completing their accelerated program. Students will need to follow their degree plans and work with advisors on any changes.
The Accelerated Bachelor’s to MBA students are eligible to take up to three MBA courses as part of their undergraduate program, at the undergraduate tuition rate. These classes will apply as electives or may replace comparable undergraduate business courses, as determined by the student’s advisor and the MBA director in the student’s plan of work. Classes available (up to three) to the Accelerated Bachelors to MBA students are:
- MBA 602 Organizational Behavior
- MBA 611 Business Research Methods
- MBA 651 Managing Global Business and Diversity (prereq. MBA 611)
- MBA 655 Ethics in a Global Environment (prereq. MBA 611)
- MBA 657 Project Management (prereq. MBA 611)
Note: Prerequisites must be satisfied before taking MBA 651, MBA 655, or MBA 657.
Course Requirements for Major
Program Requirements: 33 Credit Hours
- BAM 101 Introduction To Business 3 credit hours
- MGT 440 Entrepreneurship And Small Business Management 3 credit hours
- BAM 201 Business Communications 3 credit hours
- BAM 441 Managerial Communications 3 credit hours
- BAM 479 Strategic Management 3 credit hours
- FIN 340 Managerial Finance 3 credit hours
- MGT 302 Management Principles And Cases 3 credit hours
- MKT 310 Marketing Principles And Cases 3 credit hours
Elective Requirements: 15 Credit Hours
Any approved ACC, BAM, ECO, FIN, ITM, MGT, or MKT electives. Twelve of these hours must be at the 300/400 level.
Cognate Requirements: 20 Credit Hours
- ACC 203 Principles of Accounting I 4 credit hours
- ACC 240 Principles of Accounting II 4 credit hours
- ECO 221 Microeconomics 3 credit hours
- ECO 222 Macroeconomics 3 credit hours
- MAT 142 Statistical Reasoning Via Application And Simulation 3 credit hours
- MAT 143 Statistics And Society 3 credit hours
- MAT 174 Data Analysis And Statistics 3 credit hours
Choose three courses from the list below: 3 Credit Hours
- BAM 210 Business Applications Software 1 credit hours
- BAM 211 Business Visual And Media Technology 1 credit hours
- BAM 212 Business Publication Design 1 credit hours
- BAM 213 Internet And Business Applications 1 credit hour
Total for Major: 53 Credit Hours
Liberal Arts: 29 Credit Hours
General Electives: 38 Credit Hours
Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours
