Gwynedd Mercy University
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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 / completed an approved online shadowing experience and attesting to meeting the Technical Functions of Occupational Therapy Practice with or without reasonable accommodations ( see below ).
Probation Students in the professional phase of the program whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on academic probation . The calculation of the cumulative GPA will begin with the first summer semester of professional coursework in the summer following the students ’ junior year . Note : the students ’ GPA prior to this summer term of the senior year is not calculated into this professional phase GPA . For example , if a student entering the professional phase of the Occupational Science program had a GPA of
3.3 and then earned a GPA of 2.8 in the first summer term of the professional phase of the Occupational Science Program , their professional phase GPA would be 2.8 , placing them on academic probation .
Occupational Science students are eligible to re-take 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 To be removed from academic probation , the student must raise their professional phase grade point average to or greater . Students placed on academic probation shall be given up to two successive semesters in which to raise their professional phase GPA to 3.0 or better . Failure to raise the professional phase GPA to 3.0 or greater will result in a dismissal from the Occupational Science program . Having an overall undergraduate GPA of less than a 3.0 would subject the student to a 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 and become ineligible to enter the Occupational Therapy program as a graduate student .
Curriculum Sequence : For Curriculum Sequence , see Program Handbook .
Academic Standards / Grade Requirements : A grade of a “ C ” is required of all major 400 level Occupational Science courses in the Occupational Science Program .
Percentages
Letter Grade
145
Quality point
94 - 100 A 4.00 90 - 93 A- 3.67 87 - 89 B + 3.33 83 - 86 B 3.00