Students must earn a minimum grade of B, or practicum grade of Satisfactory, in all courses applied to a specific program. A grade below B in a course will result in an automatic progressions review and may result in suspension or dismissal. Upon discretion of the Program Director, students who earn less than a B, or Satisfactory, in a course will be placed on academic probation until the course can be repeated. Students may repeat one course one time, as applicable to the specific degree program. If the repeated course is not completed successfully, the student will be dismissed from the program. A grade below B in two courses will result in dismissal.
Final grades are recorded in letter grades in courses that have both a theory and a clinical component. If either portion of the course is failed, the course grade will be recorded as a "fail."
Throughout individual courses, grades are recorded numerically. The final numeric course grade is calculated and rounded to the nearest hundredths place. Letter grades are assigned according to the final numeric value and grade point averages are computed according to the following schedule:
| Percentage Grade | Letter Grade | Quality Points |
|---|---|---|
| 95.00 - 100 | A+ | 4.0 |
| 90.0 - 94.99 | A | 4.0 |
| 85.00 - 89.99 | B+ | 3.5 |
| 80.00 - 84.99 | B | 3.0 |
| 75.00 - 79.99 | C+ | 2.5 |
| 70.00 - 74.99 | C | 2.0 |
| 65.00 - 69.99 | D+ | 1.5 |
| 60.00 - 64.99 | D | 1.0 |
| 59.99 and below | F | 0.0 |
| Additional Grades | Code | Quality Points |
|---|---|---|
| Audit | AU | -- |
| Administrative Withdrawal | AW | -- |
| Credit by Examination | CX | -- |
| Credit by Validation | CV | -- |
| Credit by Waiver | CW | -- |
| Incomplete | INC | -- |
| In Progress | IP | -- |
| No Pass | NP | -- |
| Pass | P | -- |
| Satisfactory | S | -- |
| Unsatisfactory | U | 0 |
| Withdrawal | W | -- |
| Withdraw Failing | WF | -- |
| Withdraw Failing | WP | -- |
Cumulative GPA equals the total quality points divided by total credit hours from the program prerequisite courses and/or required general education courses and courses in a major. Transfer credits are not included when calculating GPA.