CHCS Student Handbook 2019-2020

112 Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 2019–2020 Course Remediation Cost The cost of repeating a course is not covered in the regular tuition. Students who fail a course, didactic or fieldwork, will be required to repeat the course and will be charged a per semester hour rate as determined by the executive vice chancellor and provost. Course Remediation—Applies to Professional Programs Only The purpose of course remediation is to assure mastery of the material taught in a course, not only for earning good grades, but also to develop proficiency to guide decision-making in clinical and nonclinical situations. Please note that the term “Examination” is being used generically throughout this document to imply any assessment method that is employed by a program. Individual programs may elect to allow remediation for all courses, core courses, or only specific courses. Note: Successful remediation of a course does not constitute a course failure. A course is considered failed when the final course grade as noted on the transcript is an F . When offered, the following guidelines should be followed: 1. A student who earns a grade less than the minimum passing grade for a final course grade will remediate the course through the appropriate mechanism (written examination, practical examination, oral presentations, etc.). 2. A course remediation examination will only be allowed one time per course, at a date no earlier than three business days or no greater than five business days after the course or semester ends. Justifiable exceptions, such as a student appeal process or semester breaks, may necessitate an adjustment to that timeline. 3. A student may remediate no more than two courses during his or her enrollment in the respective program. 4. Prior to a remediation examination, a student who fails a course may be asked to meet with his /her faculty adviser or designee to devise an appropriate remediation plan. 5. If a student is successful on course remediation, the highest grade achievable will be the minimum passing grade for that course, and an E will be notated after the remediated grade [e.g., C ( E ) or 75 E ], on the student’s transcript except in circumstances as notated in number seven. 6. A student who fails a course remediation will receive a failing grade for the course. The transcript should reflect the preremediated or the remediated course grade, whichever is higher. The program policies related to course failures will then be applied. 7. In courses with distinctly separate written and practical grade components, a student who fails that course may, at the discretion of the program chair/director, be required to remediate both components or only the failed component. If successfully remediated, the student will receive the minimum passing grade for that component as well as the course, rather than the actual grade received on the remediated exam.