Catalogue 2008 Book - Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

DMIN ACADEMIC INFORMATION
GRADING SYSTEM
All grading in the Doctor of Ministry degree program is done on a pass/fail basis.
Written evaluations are given to the student and become part of her or his permanent
fi le.
The following grade notations are used in the pass/fail system:
P satisfactory academic performance. No grade points.
F unsatisfactory academic performance. No grade points.
The following grades are given in special situations:
I Incomplete. The academic work is not complete for reasons beyond
the student’s control; requires the approval of the academic dean.
I becomes F if the work is not completed by the date determined by
the academic dean.
Q Dropped (quit) course. Requires approval of the academic dean.
W Withdrew from seminary.
LANGUAGE READER
All fi nal projects in Phase IV of the DMin program are proofread by a language
reader. After the oral evaluation of the project, and after all revisions in the project
fi le have been approved by the two faculty readers, the candidate submits to the
DMin offi ce a corrected copy of the project. The language reader proofreads the
project for correct form, style, and grammar. When the language reader returns the
doctoral project fi le, the candidate makes the necessary corrections and submits a
fi nal, corrected copy to the DMin offi ce no later than one week prior to graduation.
All fi nal doctoral projects are microfi ched and a hard copy is bound and placed
in the Seminary’s Stitt Library. The cost of the language reader is included in the
graduation fee.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
A leave of absence may be requested by a DMin student for reasons of health,
change in ministry setting, or vocational uncertainties. Such a request must be
submitted to the academic dean, who presents the recommendation to the faculty
for a decision. A leave of absence is granted for a particular period, not to exceed
18 months. During an approved leave of absence, a DMin student is not charged
a continuation fee.
PROBATION
A student in the DMin program will be placed on academic probation if he or she
receives a grade of F, signifying unsatisfactory academic performance, for any courses
in which he or she is enrolled. The student can be removed from academic probation
by receiving a grade of P in a course taken during the following DMin term.
A student also will be placed on academic probation for failing to maintain
satisfactory progress in the DMin program as outlined in the section “Satisfactory
Progress.” When probation is the result of failing to enroll in course work for two
consecutive DMin terms, the student can be removed from probation by enrolling in
a course in one of the next two DMin terms subsequent to being placed on probation
and completing satisfactorily the course work undertaken during that term.
A student may be placed on nonacademic probation or dismissed from the
program by the faculty for violating the Seminary’s Student Code of Conduct or
engaging in plagiarism.
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