10.5.2.2 College of Pharmacy
10.5.2.2.1 Academic Performance, Progress and Guidelines
[US: 11/13/95; US: 4/12/2004; 10/14/2019]
The Academic Performance Committee (APC) is charged with monitoring students’ progress through the curriculum. The committee regularly reviews (during and at the end of each semester) the performance of each student, based on course grades and on written comments regarding each student’s academic performance and professionalism - - both of which are shared with the student and are part of the student record. The APC for each professional particular year consists of the course coordinators for that academic year, plus a standing core group of faculty. The APC will recommend an action appropriate to the particular student standing and record, i.e., proceed to the next series of courses, promotion to the next year, graduation, probation, probation with remedial action, removal from probation, academic leave, suspension or other action. Recommendations for graduation are made through the Dean for approval by the Faculty. All other recommendations are made to the Dean. Students must be promoted to subsequent year standing by action of the APC. Promotion is not automatic, but must be earned based on appropriate academic and professional performance and satisfactory completion of course work. The APC may also recommend other sanctions, including but not limited to adjustment of academic load, repetition of curriculum segments and referrals to appropriate services. Although the APC considers the overall record of the student in making decisions, the committee will rely on the guiding principles below:
10.5.2.2.2 Academic Policy for Professional Students in the College of Pharmacy
All students must maintain a minimum Pharmacy GPA of 2.0, pass each Mile Marker exam, take the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment (PCOA), fully participate in the interprofessional Collaboration and Team Skills (iCATS) curriculum and pass each course taken during the time they are students in the College of Pharmacy. This includes all coursework, including PHR and non-PHR electives, which comprise the first through fourth professional years of the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. Failure to earn a minimum of a “C” in any one course or failure to meet the academic standards outlined above will prompt a review by the APC.
Repeat Options are not recognized by the College of Pharmacy for courses taken by students after enrolling in the College. The original grade received in each course will remain on the transcript, be averaged into the cumulative GPA, and be considered in discussions of probation and suspension regardless of any grades earned in repeated courses. [US: 5/7/2007]
Further:
- Any student with a GPA less than 2.0 in a single semester or with a cumulative GPA less than 2.0 will be placed on probation or may be suspended from the College.
- Students who fail to earn a minimum of “C” in any one course may be placed on probation. The APC will determine the remediation required.
- Students who fail to earn a minimum of “C” in two courses will be placed on probation and remediation may be required. The APC will determine the level of remediation required.
- Students who fail to earn a minimum of “C” in three or more courses will be suspended from the College of Pharmacy, regardless of GPA.
- Students who satisfactorily complete the remediation requirements for probation will be removed from probation.
- Students who are on probation and fail to meet the requirements for remediation or fail to meet the requirements needed to remove them from probation will be suspended.
- Students eligible for probation on a second occasion may be suspended from the College.
10.5.2.2.3 Probation
[US: 10/14/2019]
Students who are on academic probation may not:
- Serve as officers or committee members in any campus: organization.
- Participate in any University extracurricular activities or in the activities of any University organization if the participation involves the expenditures of any appreciable amount of time.
- To be employed by the University.
Students on probation may have a restricted academic schedule as dictated by the APC. Students placed on probation must meet the requirements dictated by the APC before being removed from probation. If the student is judged after 2 semesters to be performing satisfactorily by the APC while taking normal academic course loads, their probation status may be revoked.
10.5.2.2.4 Suspension
[US: 10/14/2019]
Students suspended from the college may petition the APC for reconsideration of their case and for permission to re-take College of Pharmacy courses to correct their academic deficiencies. That permission may or may not be granted by the APC. If a student is allowed to re-take required Doctor of Pharmacy degree courses, and the academic deficiencies have been satisfactorily addressed, these students may re-enter the College of Pharmacy but will do so on probation status.
10.5.2.2.5 Special Considerations
- Because of the demands of the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum, students are expected to devote their energies to the academic program. The College and cannot take outside employment or activities into account when scheduling classes, examinations, reviews, field trips or individual course functions or special projects.
- Due to curricular requirements course functions and/or examinations may occur outside the normal business hours of Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM.
- Clinical responsibilities will include evening and weekend work.
- All College of Pharmacy students are subject to the rights, rules and regulations governing University students in all matters not specifically covered in College of Pharmacy documents.