CHCS Student Handbook 2019-2020

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences—Department of Health Science 2019–2020 165 impeding academic progress. Students are also strongly encouraged to contact the program director, if necessary. • Academic Progress in Clinical Externships: Clinical externships are assessed on different criteria outlined in the syllabi for these courses. Failure to meet the requirements for any of these criteria may result in failure for the externship, with similar consequences as for failure of any didactic courses including, but not limited to, possible dismissal from the program. • Academic Progression: The B.S.—MS/M.H.Sc. 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 of F in any core didactic course will not be allowed to progress to the next semester and will be referred to the Committee on Student Progress and may be dismissed from the program. The following are considered core courses: Ultrasound Physics I and II; Ultrasound Cross-Sectional Anatomy; Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Sonography; Cerebrovascular Testing; Venous Testing; Peripheral Arterial Testing; Abdominal Sonography I and II; Obstetrics and Gynecology Ultrasound I and II; Clinical Preparation; Clinical Externship I, II, and III. • Academic Progress in Program: Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Medical Sonography with the M.H.Sc. option who withdraw, or are dismissed, from the medical sonography program will automatically be withdrawn from all M.H.Sc. courses. Students who meet the M.H.Sc. admissions requirements will need to apply directly to the M.H.Sc. program if they wish to continue to earn the M.H.Sc. degree. 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 with recommendation and may be dismissed. • While matriculating through the Bachelor of Science in Medical Sonography with Master of Health Science 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. • Students in the B.S.—MS/M.H.Sc. program also take courses online. These 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 course failures will be referred to the Committee on Student Progress and may be dismissed from the program.