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Faculty Regulations

173.2 Academic Standing and Graduation

(1)

Passing Grade: Under normal circumstances, each student must obtain a grade of no less than D+ in every course during the student's program of study.

(2)

Failure in Fieldwork or Clinical Work:

a.

A student must successfully complete each fieldwork/clinical course to graduate from the program. A student may fail only one fieldwork/clinical course during the student's program. If a student fails a fieldwork/clinical course, that course must normally be successfully repeated before subsequent fieldwork/clinical courses can be taken. If a student fails a repeat fieldwork/clinical course, the student will be required to withdraw from the program. If a student fails another separate fieldwork/clinical course, the student will be required to withdraw from the program. For further information, Occupational Therapy students refer to §174.1.

b.

A student who fails a fieldwork/clinical placement may appeal that decision. Information regarding appeal procedures is available in the fieldwork/clinical placement procedures manual.

(3)

Promotion and/or Continuation

a.

Any student failing to obtain a minimum GPA of 2.0 in any academic year will be required to withdraw from the Faculty.

b.

Students identified as second-time problem students by the Revisions Committee and referred to the Department Chair for review may also be required to withdraw.

(4)

Grade of Incomplete: Subject to the approval of the Dean, a grade of incomplete is normally used when a student is prevented by illness, domestic affliction or other extreme circumstances from completing the course requirements at the specified time. Where this grade has been given, the student must submit the assignment within 10 days after the series of final examinations scheduled for this particular course is complete, except in cases where, at the discretion of the Department Chair, the Dean grants an extension. Failure to comply with this regulation results in a grade of 0 for the portion of the course in which the grade of incomplete was given.

(5)

Time Limits for Completion of Programs: Students are normally required to complete all requirements for their undergraduate degree within three years for Occupational Therapy from the date of admission to the Faculty.

(6)

Post Diploma Degree Completion: (Note: The Post Diploma BScPT completion program was discontinued effective September 1996.) Students admitted to the BScOT program are normally required to complete all requirements for their undergraduate degree within two years of the admission date.

(7)

Electives: An elective course is approved if it (a) does not duplicate material covered in any compulsory course in the student's program; (b) does not duplicate material covered in the previously approved elective courses; (c) is offered when no timetable conflict exists. Permission to take courses in other universities toward meeting the elective requirements of the student's program is normally granted if these criteria are met. Credit is granted for approved off-campus courses if a grade of C (or equivalent) is obtained.

(8)

Residence Requirements: The residence requirement for the Post Diploma (Degree Completion) program in the Department of Occupational Therapy normally consists of completing *24 offered by the University of Alberta on or off campus in Fall/Winter or Spring/Summer, of which at least *18 must be taken within a 12-month period.

(9)

First-Class Standing: For the purposes of granting First-Class Standing and for granting awards open to students in more than one Department in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, a full normal academic course load is defined as a minimum of *30 taken during Fall/Winter.

(10)

Academic and Clinical Requirements: To graduate, a student must meet the academic and clinical requirements outlined in the Calendar.

(11)

Degree With Distinction: The Degree “With Distinction” is granted to students who obtain a minimum GPA of 3.5 in each of the final two years (third and fourth years) of the program, in each of which the student must take a minimum of *18 in Fall/Winter. Post Diploma Degree Completion students are not eligible to receive the Degree With Distinction.

(12)

Repeating Courses

a.

Students may repeat a failed course only once.

b.

Students registered in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine may not repeat any successfully completed course in their program.

c.

Students in any Faculty may not repeat for credit any successfully completed course offered by the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.

(13)

Reexamination Criteria: See §23.5.

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