Academic Achievement and Program Progress

High Standards of professional performance demand that students maintain good academic progress throughout their course of study in the program.

• Students are expected to follow the graduation requirements as published in the current University catalog, including the exit comprehensive exam.
• Students must maintain active enrollment at the University during their course of study. Students cannot take a Leave of Absence (LOA) or Standard Period of Non Enrollment (SPNE) while in the PTA program.
• Students receiving a course grade below 80% in any technical course will be dismissed from the program.
  • In addition; the student must pass each lab exam with no less than an 80%.
  • On laboratory unit or cumulative final practical exams, if the student receives less than 80%, one remedial exam is provided (see Remediation Policy). If student again does not receive an 80% or higher on the exam, the student will be dismissed from the program and the course grade will reflect no greater than 79%.
• If the student achieves greater than an 80% on the second attempt of a lab exam, but fails a safety or critical competency component, the highest grade the student may receive on the exam is a 79%.
• On cumulative written final exams, the student must score 77% or higher. If the student receives less than 77%, one remedial exam is provided (see Remediation Policy). If student again does not receive a 77% or higher on the exam, the student will be dismissed from the program and the course grade will reflect no greater than 79%.
• Students who receive a final grade below 80% in any course will be provided one opportunity to repeat that course with the next cohort (see readmission policy). Students who do not achieve at least 80% in a repeat course will be dismissed from the program.
• If the student does not successfully complete a clinical practicum, the experience must be remediated within 4 months. If unable to complete within the stated timeframe, then the student must demonstrate maintenance of knowledge and skill competence via a comprehensive laboratory exam prior to being assigned a remedial clinical experience.
• Students will be made aware of their course progress via Blackboard, the FNU Portal, receipt of graded assignments, skills check offs, etc. Any student consistently scoring less than 75% on coursework will be provided academic advising, offered individualized tutoring, and in some cases additional non-graded assignments to assist learning.