Gwynedd Mercy University 2025-2026 University Catalog 199
application that includes a written essay, and completed an in-person interview with the Program Director.
Academic Progress, Probation, and Program Dismissal Academic Progress Occupational Science students have three GPA requirements while in the program. The pre- professional phase of this major is the first 3 years, students are required to maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 as well as maintain a GPA of 3.1 or greater for prerequisite courses of General Psychology, Abnormal Psychology / Psychopathology, Developmental Psychology, Sociology, Anatomy and Physiology I and II with lab, and Statistics. Both GPA requirements must be met prior to initiating the professional phase of this program. Students are required to earn a“ C” or better in all major courses( course codes of HS and OSC 100-300 level courses). Earning less than a " C " will require the course to be retaken with a " B " or better earned on the retake.
The professional phase of the program is the final senior year of the major or 38 credits, and students are required to maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 over this period. Additional professional phase requirements include having completed and documented 20 or more hours of occupational therapy observation beginning in the fall of their first year to the spring of their junior year and attesting to meeting the Technical Functions of Occupational Therapy Practice with or without reasonable accommodations( see below).
Probation Students having an overall GPA less than a 3.0 will be placed on probation and have one full-time term to raise overall GPA to greater than or equal to a 3.0.
Occupational Science students are eligible to retake up to 2 courses in the Occupational Science curriculum that are not an OSC 400 level course. If a student earns less than a“ C” in one OSC 400 level course, they will be placed on academic probation, and they cannot progress to the next academic term in the professional phase of the Occupational Science program until this course is retaken the following year and an earned grade of“ B” or better is achieved. If a student earns less than a“ C” but not an“ F” in two or more courses in an academic term during the professional phase of the program, the student will be ineligible to continue into the occupational therapy program as a graduate student. However, they may continue to progress to continue their degree completion in Occupational Science as long as an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or greater is achieved at the end of the program. Academic probation from the Occupational Science program can continue into the Occupational Therapy program as a graduate student.
Program Dismissal If a student does not earn an overall GPA of 3.0 after the probationary period, they will receive a recommendation of program dismissal. If a student repeats an OSC 400 level course and does not earn a " B " or better, they will receive a recommendation of program dismissal. Students who are dismissed from the program can elect to change their major and complete degree requirements of a different major offered by the university.
If a student completes the retake of a failed OSC 400 level course and earns less than a“ B”, they will not be dismissed from the program, but they will become ineligible to enter the Occupational Therapy program as a graduate student.