Academic Standards

At the conclusion of each course the student will be assigned a grade as determined by the course syllabus of the course. The academic transcript depicts the student’s progress through the program, final course grades, and the student’s grade point average (GPA). The student must earn 80% or higher for all academic courses and an 85% or higher for clinical courses to remain in the program and graduate.

Withdrawal

A student may voluntarily withdraw at any time from the cardiovascular technology program.  The withdrawal notice must be in writing (hand-written or typed), dated, and signed by the student. The student must physically turn in program required documents, badge, school patches and parking decal. The student will receive a withdrawal ‘W’ course grade for all courses not completed during the semester of withdrawal. A ‘W’ course grade is not factored into the student’s GPA. Withdrawing during or after the final exams week will result in earned grades for the courses. 

Grade Point Average (GPA)

GPA 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 credits hours

Grading Policy

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

Homework   10%

Quizzes         20%

Tests              30%

Final               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.