University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 2012 – 2013 Student ...

Entry-level SectionAt this time Dual students in the DPT program are not able to participate.A student who wishes to exchange must meet the following criteria:1. A student must be in good academic standing;2. A student must not have any misconduct issues in his/her record;3. A student must receive his/her program director’s approval;4. A DPT student must be willing to exchange in Term 3, 4, 5, or 7 (due to internships, scheduling,graduation, and other factors).5. A MOT student must be willing to exchange in Term 3, 4, or 5 (due to fieldwork experiences,scheduling, graduation and other factors).6. A student must be willing to guarantee his/her own travel and lodging arrangements (studentsmay want to consider contacting the other campus’s student association leaders to see whichstudents at the other campus may have room occupancies due to internships or other factors).A student who believes he/she meets the criteria must follow the following process in order to become anexchange student:1. Fill out the Campus Exchange Application found on the myUSA portal Students tab;2. Submit the completed Application (and Application Fee) to the student’s home campus programdirector no later than the end of the 4th week of the trimester preceding the trimester the studentwishes to exchange.3. Await program director approval (students should note that just because they meet the criteria,they may not be approved based on classroom seat availability or other factors).For students who do exchange, the following progression, appeals, and advising issues apply:• If a student receives a grade while on exchange that requires repeating a course, the student willbe expected to repeat the course at his or her home campus in the following trimester.• A temporary advisor on the host campus will be assigned to the exchanging student during thetrimester in which the student is exchanging.• Academic progression for the student will occur on the host campus on which the studentexchanges for the trimester the student is on that campus.• Professional misconduct issues will be handled on the campus at which the incident took place.• The appeals process will be handled through the student’s home campus appeals committee.Degree CompletionAcceptance into the University and payment of tuition (on a trimester by trimester basis) is not a contractassuring that the student will graduate with degree for which he/she applied. Graduation will depend on asatisfactory grade point average, professional conduct, issues of safety, and the satisfactory completion ofclinical internship/fieldwork and exit exams. Students in the entry-level DPT program must also completetheir courses in their final trimester in order to participate in the graduation ceremony.* This handbookand the course syllabi detail what is considered “satisfactory”. See the University appeal process fordismissals and professional behavior issues.The following requirements must be met for a student to be eligible for graduation:1. Each student must satisfactorily complete all academic and clinical courses and be in academicgood standing.2. All fiscal obligations to the University or its subsidiaries must be paid in full.3. The student must make application for graduation one (1) trimester prior to the proposed date ofgraduation.4. *Should a student be unable to successfully complete part of the final coursework but hassuccessfully met all other degree requirements including the exit examination, the student may beallowed to walk at commencement with the respective cohort class. The candidate will sign anacknowledgement regarding participation in the ceremony. The candidate will be “hooded”during the ceremony, but will not receive a signed diploma. The signed diploma will be dated toreflect the subsequent graduate date of degree completion as will be denoted on the transcript.University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences 73