Dr. Pallavi Patel School of Health Sciences (PSHS)—Department of Health Science 2025–2026 263 • Official records or electronic equivalent used to document the progression of learning and achievements must include name, credentials, and signature of the supervising sonographer. If a clinical preceptor, mentor, supervisor, or lab director requests that a student be removed from a clinical site, the student will be automatically suspended from the clinical site pending a decision by the program director whether or not to refer the student to the CSP and/or pending a hearing by the CSP, which may result in course failure and/or dismissal from the program for academic performance and/or unprofessional conduct (even without any prior failure on record). The student will not be placed at another clinical site pending the outcome of the CSP referral and final decision of the department chair. NSU medical sonography students are not allowed to be employed as sonographers before completing the requirements and graduating from the program. Students who are dismissed from the program on the basis of unprofessional conduct will not be considered for reenrollment in the program. All guidelines regarding academic honesty, cheating, attendance, and professionalism apply to the clinical externship courses. Grading Policies and Procedures Alpha Grade A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D F Scale 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.0 0.0 Percent 94–100 90–93 87–89 83–86 80–82 77–79 74–76 70–73 67–69 60–66 0–59 Courses for the B.S.—MS/M.H.Sc. program are graded on an alpha scale (described above). Students must pass all courses with a grade of C or better. Any grade lower than a C will result in failure of the course. Students receiving a failing grade will be referred to the CSP. Any failed course may need to be repeated and additional tuition will be charged. Any single core course will be cause for referral to the CSP and may be cause for dismissal from the program. Incomplete Coursework For the B.S.—MS/M.H.Sc. program, a grade of incomplete may be issued due to extraordinary circumstances and must be made up within one semester or based on instructor recommendation and program director approval. For the B.S.—MS/M.H.Sc. program, the student will have one semester
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