Academic Standards
Undergraduate Scholastic Requirements
1. The minimum scholastic requirement for course work is a grade of C. In courses
designated Pass/Fail or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory a grade of Pass or Satisfactory
is required to be in good academic standing.
2. A minimum semester and cumulative professional GPA (for course work taken at LSUHSC)
of 2.0 must be maintained.
Provisions for Academic Progression
1. If an unacceptable grade is recorded in a non-prerequisite course, the student
must satisfactorily complete the course when next regularly offered.
2. If an unacceptable grade is recorded in a course designated as a prerequisite course
the student must satisfactorily complete the prerequisite course before continuing
the program sequence.
3. Students may not participate in clinical, fieldwork, or preceptorship courses until
all prerequisite course work has been completed successfully.
4. Students who earn a grade of Unsatisfactory or Fail in clinical, fieldwork, or
preceptorship courses will be placed on scholastic probation.
5. Students who fall from 1-10 quality points below a 2.0 cumulative professional
GPA will be placed on scholastic probation.
6. Students placed on scholastic probation must repeat those courses in which an unacceptable
grade was earned when next regularly offered and earn a satisfactory grade. Students
will remain on scholastic probation until this requirement is met and the minimum
scholastic requirement for cumulative professional GPA is achieved. Students who do
not meet this requirement will be dismissed from the School.
7. A course, including those designated clinical, fieldwork, and preceptorship, may
be repeated one time only. Students who repeat a course but earn an unacceptable grade
will be dismissed from the School.
8. Students who fail to attain a minimum 2.0 cumulative and/or semester professional
GPA in two consecutive semesters will be dismissed from the School.
9. Students who fall more than 10 quality points below a 2.0 cumulative professional
GPA will be dismissed from the School.
10. Students on scholastic probation are not eligible for graduation.
11. Students must complete the professional program in a specified period of time.
(Time frame is determined by each department).
12. Grades recorded in repeated course work do not replace the original grade. Both
the original grade and repeated grade will appear on the academic transcript and both
grades will be used in the computation of the academic grade point average.
13. Students dismissed from the School for academic reasons must reapply to the program
to be considered for readmission.