Gwynedd Mercy University
AY2020-2021 Graduate Academic Catalog
Each student must maintain a minimum of 3.0 grade point average to remain in the program . Students who receive their first “ C ” grade ( 2.0 ) will be placed on academic probation and will receive a warning from the Dean . A student will be permitted to have two “ C ” grades but must still maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average . Any student earning three “ C ’ s ” will be dismissed from the program . Any grade that is below a “ C ” ( 2.0 ) will result in dismissal from the program . Once enrolled , it is expected that the student will be enrolled continuously .
A graduate student whose cumulative grade point average falls below this required minimum will be placed on academic probation for the next three sessions and / or one semester . By the conclusion of the probationary period , a student is expected to have achieved the minimum acceptable cumulative grade point average . Failure to do so will result in dismissal . Notification of academic probation will be made through the Dean .
Graduate students may not be placed on academic probation a second time . Such students will be subject to dismissal .
Frances M . Maguire School of Nursing and Health Professions : Nursing Students must earn at least a B in each course in the area of specialization and maintain a B average in order to progress in the MSN program . When students earn a grade below B in an area of specialization course , permission to progress and conditions of progression will be determined by the Dean of the School in consultation with the Program Director and the student .
Frances M . Maguire School of Nursing and Health Professions : Occupational Therapy It is a requirement that each graduate occupational therapy student maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average ( GPA ) of 3.0 . Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on academic probation . Academic probation is a period during which a student is permitted to improve academic performance that does not meet the standards of the Occupational Therapy Program . For Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy major dual-degree students , the calculation of the cumulative GPA will begin with the first semester of professional coursework in the summer following the students ’ junior year . To be removed from academic probation , the student must raise the cumulative grade point average to 3.0 or greater . Students placed on academic probation shall be given up to two successive semesters in which to raise their cumulative GPA to 3.0 or better . Failure to raise the cumulative GPA to 3.0 or greater could result in a recommendation of dismissal from the Program . If it is not possible for a student to raise the cumulative grade point average to 3.0 or greater due to mathematical impossibility or if the student has less than two semesters ( including a summer session ) remaining in the Program and there is a mathematical impossibility to raise the GPA to 3.0 or greater , the student may be dismissed or have the option to withdraw from the Program .
Students who have completed occupational therapy courses and received a grade of C or better are not permitted to repeat such courses . However , any student receiving a grade of less than “ C ” ( including a grade of “ C - ” ) shall earn an “ F ” for the course , be required to repeat the course the next time the course is offered , earn a grade of “ B ” or better in the repeated course , and maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better . As a result of a course failure , the student shall be placed on academic probation and decelerated into the next incoming occupational therapy class year . A student will have only one opportunity to repeat a failed course one time . Failure to retake and / or pass a failed course shall result in a recommendation of dismissal from the Program . A student with two or more overall course failures may be subject to a recommendation of dismissal from Program . Failure of a Fieldwork
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