St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Davenport Iowa 52803 admit

Graduate Curricula
Satisfactory Progress, MPT Student Retention
Policy, Retaking a Course, and Second-grade
Option) are outlined in this catalog, the
University Student Handbook and the MPT
Student Handbook. Courses graded Pass/No Pass
will require a minimum of 70% for a grade of
Pass.
Grading for Practical Examinations
Practical / laboratory examinations are an important
part of the MPT Curriculum. Program faculty
use these exams to assess each student’s integration
of cognitive, psychomotor, and affective
dimensions of learning. Demonstrating safety and
competence during a practical examination is
considered an essential step in the student’s
development of entry-level patient care skills; students
are required to pass all practical exams for
each course.
Students are expected to demonstrate safe
practices and achieve a minimum score of 70%
on each individual practical examination.
Individual faculty will determine the relevant
safety issues for the practical exams for each
course. If a student fails a practical exam, he or
she will be allowed one retake opportunity. It is
the student’s responsibility to schedule a retake
time with the course instructor. Any student who
fails to demonstrate safe practices and achieve a
minimum score of 70% rating on the retake
examination will receive an “F” grade for the
course.
Student Retention Policy
The MPT program requires students to maintain
a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in their
professional curriculum to graduate. Students not
maintaining a minimum of 2.8 cumulative GPA
will be placed on academic probation status for
the semester following the cumulative GPA dropping
below 2.8. During the probationary semester
the student will be advised weekly by his or
her faculty advisor, with the advisor being given
status reports every 4 weeks by the student’s
instructors during the probationary semester.
Failure to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.8 following
a probationary semester will result in the
student being denied permission to register for
the following semester of the Physical Therapy
program. Readmission to the program will be
based upon competitive re-application during the
regular admissions cycle.
Refer to retention policies in this catalog;
specifically “Retaking a Course” and “Secondgrade
Option,” both of which permit students to
retake a course but differ in how the subsequent
GPA is computed. In reality, retaking course
work offered in the program would be impractical
or difficult due to the sequential arrangement,
as well as the anticipated overlapping schedules
of first, second and third year classes.
If a student receives a “D” or an “F” grade in
a course required for graduation from the
MPT program, he or she will be required to
satisfy one of the following options:
1. retake the course if scheduling allows (while
continuing with the professional curriculum),
2. take a comparable course at another institution,
pre-approved by the Admissions and
Retention Committee (while continuing with
the professional curriculum), or
3. complete additional course work in the areas
of deficiency as assigned by the course instructor
(at his or her discretion) and approved by
the Admissions & Retention Committee.
Unless special approval is granted by the
Admissions and Retention Committee, it will be
necessary to complete one of the preceding
options before any subsequent MPT course
work. The student repeating a class or completing
the required independent study in a course
will receive a letter grade which will be recorded
on the official transcript following the “Secondgrade
Option” procedure in the SAU Catalog.
Inability of the student to complete one of these
options with a “C” grade or above will result in
the student being ineligible to continue in the
professional program. Readmission to the program
will be based upon competitive re-applica-
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