MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY - Mercy College

start of the next semester. Incomplete grades will be granted only under extraordinarycircumstances, such a severe illness, death of a family member, etc. Students may not registerfor any further Physical Therapy courses without permission of a FacultyReview Committee. Failure to complete the work in accord with the contract-specified timewill automatically result in failure for the course.Leave of AbsenceA leave of absence will only be granted for extraordinary life circumstances. The student mustsubmit a written request that will be reviewed by the Faculty Review Committee.If the leave of absence is for more than six months, the student must pass a competency exambefore resuming the Program. If the student fails the competency exam, they must remediatethe previous coursework through independent study and/or auditing courses until they are ableto pass the competency test.Maintenance of Good Academic StandingThe cumulative grade point average (gpa) for both good academic standing and degreeconferral is a 3.00. Grades are subject to review by the faculty advisor and Program Director atthe end of each term. If the term gpa falls below 3.00, the student will be placed on academicprobation.If a student receives a grade of “C” in any course, the course must be repeated beforepermission to continue the curriculum sequence is granted. A student can only repeat a courseif he/she has received a grade of “C” one time. If a student receives a grade of “C” in therepeated course, the student will not be able to continue in the program. A grade lower than a“C” in any course will result in dismissal from the Program.Students will be rated by faculty on their professional development (generic abilities) eachsemester of the Program. If a student does not achieve the expected level of development, aplan of action will be developed by the student and faculty advisor. If a student has notachieved the stated expected level of development prior to beginning clinical education, a planof action will be developed by the Faculty Review Committee and reviewed with the student.The clinical education assignment will not begin until the student demonstrates the expectedlevel of development. A rating of “unacceptable” in any area of professionaldevelopment/generic ability will be reviewed by the Program Faculty Review Committee. Ifimprovement is not made following a plan of action, the student may be dismissed from theprogram.Academic ProbationStudents who have a term gpa of below 3.00 will be placed on academic probation. Ifa student will not be able to achieve a cumulative gpa of 3.00 by the end of the next semester,the student will be dismissed from the Program. If a student receives a grade of “F” in anycourse the student will be dismissed from the Physical Therapy Program and may be subject todismissal from the college. Any future registrations must be reviewed and approved by theProgram Director as well as the Graduate Dean.In all subsequent terms in which the student is on probation, the student is required to achieve aterm gpa of 3.00 or better. If a term gpa of 3.00 or higher is not achieved in any other term, thestudent will be dismissed. Students who receive a grade of less than “B” may be required torepeat the course. Students will be allowed to repeat a course only once.