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| Academic Life |
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| The
academic requirements for Insignis students follow the guidelines
established
by the National Collegiate Honors Council. Students must successfully
complete honors work in 18 credit hours during their tenure at Aquinas. |
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| Incoming
freshmen receive academic advising from the director of the Insignis
program. During their years at Aquinas, members may also take
advantage of priority registration through the academic advising center. |
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| Membership
in the Insignis Program for Honors Students is defined by progress
toward completion of the requirements. Honors work
must be completed in a minimum of 3 credit hours in each academic year.
Additionally, students must maintain a 3.5 cumulative GPA to remain
in the program. |
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| Participation
in the Insignis program does not add to the total number
of credit hours a student needs to graduate. Insignis seminars
are offered
at least once per year. |
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| Exceptions
and Waivers |
| Membership
in the Insignis Program is defined by enrollment in the seminars. If,
for some reason, a student is unable to enroll in a seminar during
a given semester, but wishes to remain a member in good standing,
he/she
must apply for a waiver of the requirement to the Insignis Program
Review Board the semester before he/she wishes the waiver
to be in effect. |
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| Waivers
from Insignis seminar requirements are automatically given in
the following cases: |
- Aquinas-approved
off-campus study programs, including the Ireland and semester-abroad
foreign language programs;
- Off-campus internships
which take place in geographic areas other than Grand Rapids and
where travel to campus on seminar meeting days would constitute
a hardship (e.g. Chicago Metropolitan Center internships)
- In
these cases, students should contact the Insignis Director in writing
to inform him/her they will be off campus during a semester
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| Exceptions
are not normally given for work. As is the case with other
academic requirements, students are expected to adjust their work
schedules
to fit their class schedules. Unless the student can demonstrate
extraordinary hardship, the Review Board will not grant waivers for
students who must miss class for work. |
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| Other
cases will be decided on an individual basis upon application by the
student to the Insignis Program Review Board the semester before a waiver is requested. |
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| Other
Requirements: |
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| Grade
Points Average |
| Students
must maintain a 3.5 cumulative grade point average to remain in the
Insignis Program. |
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| Probation |
| If
a student’s cumulative grade point average (GPA) falls below
3.5, the student will be considered on academic probation from
the Insignis
Program. The student will receive a letter from the Insignis
Director informing him/her of his/her probationary status and the
student will
have one semester to raise his/her GPA back to 3.5 or above.
While the student is on academic probation, he/she is still expected
to fulfill all academic and service requirements of the program, including
enrollment in required seminars and completion of service learning
requirements. |
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| Exit
from Insignis Program |
| A
student will be asked to leave the Insignis Program if: |
- His/her
GPA falls below 3.5 for two semesters in a row. The Director
will send student a letter requesting him/her to exit the program
and the student will no longer be expected to fulfill the program
academic requirements.
- Similarly,
if a student fails to complete the service learning component of the
program and/or report service learning activities to the Director
two semesters in a row, he/she will be asked to exit the program.
- It is understood that any
member of the Insignis Program, with the exception of Spectrum Scholarship
winners, may voluntarily exit the program at any time by informing
the Director in writing.
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