Academic Standards

At the conclusion of each course, students will be assigned a course grade as determined by the individual course syllabus. The academic transcript for each student depicts the students’ progress through the program curriculum and the final course grades and grade point average (GPA). For all programs, students must earn an 80% (B-) or higher for academic courses and an 85% (B) or higher for clinical courses to remain enrolled in the program and graduate. 
Grades are determined as follows:

Percentage

Letter grade

Grade points

93 – 100%

A

4.00

89 - 92.9%

A-

3.75

86 – 88.9%

B+

3.25

83 – 85.9%

B

3.00

80 – 82.9%

B-

2.75

75 – 79.9%

C

2.00

70 – 74.9%

D

1.00

<70%

F

0.00

Withdrawal

W

N/A

Withdrawal

Any student who, in writing, voluntarily withdraws from the program will be assigned a withdrawal (W) course grade for all courses not completed during the semester. A “W” course grade is not factored into the students grade point average calculation. Withdrawing during or after the final exams week will result in earned grades for the courses.

Grade Point Average (GPA)

Grade point average is the numerical average of all course grades completed during the semester (term GPA) or entire program tenure (cumulative GPA) and is calculated as follows:

Sum of all course points earned
Sum of all course credit hours

Grading Policy

Academic grades are achieved through written and/or oral examination, quizzes and homework assignments. Additional assignments may be given at the discretion of the instructor.  Academic grades for each course are determined in the following manner:

 

   Homework Assignments                    10%
Quizzes                                                          20%

Tests                                                               30%

Final Exam                                                     40%

Maximum Academic Score                            100%

Percentages and letter grades for all assignments, quizzes and tests are calculated using the course grade rubric in the course grades section.