CHCS Student Handbook 2019-2020

136 Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences—Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences 2019–2020 Academic and Clinical Promotion Successful progress through the curriculum requires continuous, satisfactory, academic and professional performance. At the end of each semester, the academic director, department chair, and the Committee on Student Progress will evaluate a student’s performance to determine timely promotion to the next term. Students must pass all courses with a grade of C or better. A grade lower than a C will result in failure of the course. Retake/Repeat/Remediation If a student fails a course, a comprehensive remediation examination, written and/or practical, will be administered. Grades on the transcript will be notated to indicate a repeated course or remediation examination. A final course grade of less than C in any course will constitute a course failure. The grade from a remediation examination will be no higher than a C . Students who fail a course and the remediation examination will be referred to the Committee on Student Progress. Successful remediation does not negate the original course failure in terms of student retention in the program. A student who fails two or more courses, even with successful remediation, will be sent to the Committee on Student Progress and may be dismissed from the program. Failure to pass any of the didactic and/or clinical components or their remediation may lengthen the student’s time in the program, as this is a lock-step program. Failure may also delay progress in the program, incur additional tuition, or result in dismissal from the program. Each course in any given semester must be successfully completed with a passing grade in order to move to the next semester. If this requirement is not met students can reenter the program upon approval of the program’s administration, successful competency evaluations, and auditing of courses starting in the beginning of the academic year in which the failure took place. The student will be charged for retaking the course(s) that resulted in a failing grade. Course Failures/Remediation If a student should fail a course, a remediation exam is offered. Remediation exams will be graded on the same standard as all other examinations, but the passing grade in the course is limited to the lowest passing grade (74 percent). If a student fails to receive a passing grade on the remediation exam (<74 percent) the course failure remains and the student will be referred to the Committee on Student Progress. The committee will review the situation, and make recommendations to the department chair. Only two course remediation examinations will be allowed for the duration of the program. Chancellor’s List, Dean’s List, and Graduation with Honors The Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy First-Professional Program follows the criteria and policies of the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences for recognizing outstanding student performance and academic excellence while enrolled in and upon graduation from the program. Please refer to the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences section of this student handbook for details.