PCHCS Handbook 2023-2024

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences (PCHCS)—Department of Occupational Therapy 2023–2024 218 completing courses offered in previous terms. When applicable, students who fail a course will be required to suspend their studies and request in writing to the program director and/or department chair for permission to retake the course when it is offered the next academic year. There are no course remediations offered in the Department of Occupational Therapy. A course failure may significantly extend the length of the program of study, which is currently 39 months. A course may be repeated only once. Students will be dismissed from the program after two course failures. Grading Policies and Procedures Grading for O.T.D. program—Tampa Bay students is based on a scale of 0–100 percent. P or Pass 75 percent or above for all courses F or Fail B elow 75 percent for all courses Grading for all OTD prefix courses is based on an alpha scale as shown. Alpha Grade A AB+ B BC+ C F Scale 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.0 0.0 Percent 94–100 90–93 87–89 83–86 80–82 77–79 75–76 <75 President’s List and Dean’s List The O.T.D. program—Tampa Bay follows the policies of the PCHCS for recognizing outstanding student performance and academic excellence while enrolled in and upon graduation from the program. Please refer to the PCHCS section of this student handbook for details. Remediation/Retake Policy, if Applicable There is no remediation in the O.T.D. Program. Students will be permitted to participate in the first FWE-II, or OTD 8391, offered during the summer semester, only after successful completion of all required academic coursework prior to OTD 8391. Students who fail this first FWE-II rotation may or may not be offered the opportunity to retake the failed OTD 8391 immediately, which is during the fall semester. Upon the successful retake of the failed fieldwork rotation, the student will not be able to begin their coursework until the following fall semester with the next O.T.D. cohort. Therefore, the student will not be enrolled in the winter and summer

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