CHCS Student Handbook 2019-2020

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences—Department of Health Science 2019–2020 159 • Academic Progression: The Bachelor of Science in Medical Sonography is a lock-step program. The sequence of the courses has been thoughtfully determined. Progression from one term to the next is, for sonography courses, based on the successful completion of the courses offered in prior terms. The progress of each student through the curriculum requires continuous satisfactory academic performance. In order to fully complete the sonography program, students must successfully complete the core sonography courses in the time and sequence that they are offered. Students who receive a final course grade C or less in any core didactic course will be referred to the Committee on Student Progress and may be dismissed from the program. The following are considered core courses: Physics Ultrasound I, Introduction to Ultrasound, Cross- Sectional Anatomy, Abdominal Sonography I, Abdominal Sonography II, Ob-Gyn Sonography I, Ob-Gyn Sonography II, Small Parts Ultrasound, Venous and Arterial Ultrasound Testing, and Cerebrovascular Ultrasound Testing. The following are also core courses, however, remediation is not available: Clinical Externship I, Clinical Externship II, and Clinical Externship III. Retake/Repeat/Remediation • If a student fails a core sonography course, a cumulative remediation of written and/or practical examination will be administered. Grades on the transcript will be qualified to indicate a repeated course or a remediation examination. • A final course grade of less than C in any given core sonography course will constitute a course failure (this includes a grade achieved through a remediation examination). The grade from a remediation examination can be no lower than a C . Students who fail a core sonography course and the remediation examination will be sent to the Committee on Student Progress and may be dismissed. • While matriculating through the Bachelor of Science in Medical Sonography program, each student is permitted to remediate a total of two core courses. A student will be allowed to sit for only one remediation examination per course. A student must successfully remediate the first failed course to have the opportunity to use the second remediation if needed. • Students in the B.S.—MS program also take courses online. These online courses do not offer remediation. A failure in one of the online courses means the course will need to be repeated at additional cost to the student and may delay graduation from the program. A student with one or more online course failures will be referred to the Committee on Student Progress and may be dismissed from the program. • A student who is dismissed on the basis of inadequate academic performance who wishes to reenroll in the program will be required to reapply to the program in order to be considered for admission. The application will be treated in the same manner as a first-time applicant, under the admissions standards applicable to the next entering class. Any student who is readmitted to the program will be considered a first-time applicant for the purposes of coursework and must repeat all required coursework, including any courses completed previously, and will incur all course charges and expenses accordingly.