Background deficiencies revealed by transcripts and entrance examinations will be given individual attention. Credit will be granted for courses taken at institutions which are not regionally accredited only after the student has completed at least 16 semester hours at Southern Adventist University with a 2.00 or better average. A student who has been dismissed from another institution because of poor scholarship or citizenship, or who is on probation from that institution, is not generally eligible for admission until he can qualify for readmission to the institution from which he has been dismissed. Transfer students must submit both their college and high school official transcripts to the Admissions Office before being admitted to registration. A special student may enroll for a maximum of five semester hours per term.
Instructors are academy teachers who are qualified with appropriate credentials and experience.
To enroll in an extension class, students must be members of the senior class with a grade point average of 3.00 or above during the years of their secondary education. The extension classes must duplicate as nearly as possible their university counterparts in content, degree of difficulty, testing and grading. Southern Union academies that would like to participate in this program must contact the Academic Dean to make application. The student is required to list only the institutions and dates attended on the application forms, but will not be accepted to Southern Adventist University until the University has received original records or official copies of all credits, degrees, diplomas and other credentials, with validation by school or national officials. Subjects must include English, a natural science, and three others selected from a second language, mathematics, science, and social studies.