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Introducing the Crusader to Saint Program, a partnership with Siena College and Catholic Central High School, where you can:
- Get a head start on your higher education! Earn up to 24 transferable college credits.
- Gain insight into the college classroom and curriculum.
- Experience life as a Saint while taking courses on Siena College campus. You’ll discover what the it really means to be a Saint.
While in High School: Start Your Life As a Saint
Your journey to college starts your senior year at CCHS!
The Crusader to Saint Program allows selected CCHS seniors to enroll at Siena as non-matriculated students. Students can take up to three classes in both the Fall and Spring semesters of their senior year — earning up to 24 college credits! Available courses will be held on Siena's campus between 8am and 12:50pm, so students can continue classes and extracurriculars at CCHS in the afternoon.
The Crusader to Saint Program offers a great opportunity to experience real college-level courses in a real college environment. Crusaders will be in the classroom, side-by-side with Saints!
To be eligible students must:
- Apply to the Crusader to Saint Program in March of your junior year.
- Qualified applicants fulfill the following criteria:
- Earn grades at B level or higher (85 average or higher) in core course of: mathematics, science, English, social studies and foreign languages
- Participate in community service and extracurricular activities
- Showcase college readiness and determination
Interested Crusaders will be asked to complete an application and an admissions essay, which will be reviewed by a joint Siena College and CCHS Admissions Committee
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Your Life as a Saint
With a choice of nearly 100 diverse courses, Crusaders can begin to customize their college education starting here at Siena. Courses offered may include:
- Statistics for Social Sciences (ATDV 110)
- Digital Media Literacy (COMM 100)
- Intro to Literature (ENGL 101)
- The Shaping of Contemporary World (HIST 101)
- The West and the World (HIST 102)
- America in the World (HIST 104)
- Philosophy and the Human Being (PHIL 101)
- Reason and Argument (PHIL 103)
- General Psychology (PSYC 100)
- The Sociological Perspective (SOCI 101)
- Fundamentals of Spanish I (SPAN 101)
- Fundamentals of Spanish II (SPAN 102)
- Astronomy (ASTR 010)
- Intro to the Creative Arts (CREA 101)
- Intro to the Visual Arts (CREA 102)
- Basic Design I (CREA 112)
- Drawing I (CREA 200)
- Acting I (CREA 219)
- Principles of Economics, Macro (ECON 102)
- Communications Law and Ethics (JOUR 105)
- Religion in Western Culture (RELG 101)
- Business Communication (MGMT 113)