POLICIES AND REGULATIONS

Please see the Undergraduate Academic Policies . Students are responsible for complying with all University-wide academic policies that apply to their individual academic status. Additional and unique policies, or exceptions for the College of Health Professions appear below.

Attendance

The College of Health Professions desires to promote professional responsibility among its students. It is, therefore, the policy of the College to place the responsibility for class attendance upon the students. Students are accountable for all work missed because of absence. Instructors are not required to make special arrangements or examinations for students who are absent. There are certain courses that require a minimum number of hours of student participation in laboratory, or clinical experiences as established by the professional accrediting agency and/or the academic department concerned. At the beginning of each such course, the department shall make the attendance requirement clearly known to the enrolled students. Excessive absences may, at the option of the department, jeopardize the student's grade and/or continuance in the course. If, in the opinion of the department, a student is absent to the point of endangering his or her successful completion of a course, an official warning shall be issued through the Office of the Dean. If the absences continue, the student may be dropped from the course with a failing grade.

Dean's List

Students who complete a minimum of 12 semester hours and earn a semester GPA of 3.50 will be placed on the Dean's List. Students who earn "I"s or "NR"s for that semester will not be eligible.

Ethics

Since students of the College of Health Professions are enrolled in professional programs, they are expected to abide by standards of professional conduct and behavior at all times.

Program Performance

The grading system is in accordance with the system adopted by Temple University. For students enrolled in this College, a grade of C is the lowest acceptable final grade in major courses. Students not achieving a grade of C or better are required to repeat those courses in which they have failed to demonstrate acceptable performance. Each of the major courses may be repeated only one time. If the student is unsuccessful the second time, the student will be dropped from the program.

Promotions to Junior and Senior Years

To be eligible for advancement with his or her respective class, a student is required to take the final examinations at the end of the sessions. Failure on the part of the student to do so, unless excused by the Dean for good and sufficient reasons, is deemed sufficient reason for forbidding such a student the right to examination later and to further advancement with the class.

Decisions on promotion and graduation are made by the faculty and are based upon a comprehensive and total evaluation of the student's accomplishments. The student must earn a grade of "C" or better in all major courses during the junior and senior years in the College of Health Professions.

Student Code of Professional Conduct

The College of Health Professions prepares practitioners to fulfill their ideals of service in the health care setting. In attaining these goals, exemplary professional behavior is the keystone of the professional associations of the five disciplines comprising this College. The Code of Conduct of Temple University's College of Health Professions is intended to contribute to an environment in which excellence in learning and conduct may be fostered.

All terms of the Students' Rights, Code of Conduct, and Disciplinary Procedures for Temple University apply to students within the College of Health Professions. In addition to the major violations noted by the University Code, the faculty of the College has identified another action as constituting a major infraction of the Code: "Unethical conduct or intentional neglect of duty on clinical practice."