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% |
Grade |
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90-100 |
A |
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80-89 |
B |
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< 80 |
F |
***Please note: A minimum of a “B” is required to pass a class in Occupational Therapy.
If the student does not receive a minimum of a “B” in the course, he/she will have one opportunity to re-take the course and pass it when it is offered in the next year to continue to progress through the program. Two failures may result in dismissal.
Academic Policies
Students in the MSOT Program may be at risk for probation, suspension, or dismissal from the program if academic and behavioral expectations are not met.
Probation
Students who enter the program in a cohort remain with that cohort until graduation. Each semester of the program is a pre-requisite for the next semester. Students who do not meet behavioral or attendance policies, or who are at-risk for course failure as evidenced by a midterm grade below 80 will be required to meet with their faculty advisor a minimum of two times during the remainder of the semester to develop a remediation plan and to monitor progress toward expectations. Students earning a minimum grade of 80 or above (“B”) by the conclusion of the semester will be considered in academic good standing.
Students who initially required a remediation plan who demonstrate consistent follow-through with the established remediation plan will be considered in good standing at the conclusion of the semester and will be permitted to proceed to the next semester.
Suspension
A student can be suspended from the program for not meeting the minimum pass rates and/or for failed compliance with the remediation plan. Once a student is suspended from the MSOT program, the student must “sit out” a year and is permitted to retake failed coursework the following year when the course(s) is scheduled.
A minimum of a “B” is required to pass a class in the MSOT program. If the student does not receive a minimum of a “B” in the course(s), the student will have one opportunity to re-take the course(s)and pass it when it is offered in the next year to continue progression through the program. A student will not be permitted to sit out of the program a second time for any reason.
Dismissal
Dismissal from the program prohibits students from re-entering and graduating from the WC MSOT Program. A course may only be repeated once. Two failures of the same course will result in dismissal from the program. This also includes Fieldwork placements. Fieldwork I placements are embedded within each OT practice course (OT 550, OT 572, OT 650), therefore, if a student fails a FW I experience they will follow the procedures outlined above in the “Suspension” section. Students who fail FW IIA or FW IIB will have ONE opportunity to re-take the fieldwork prior to dismissal from the program.
Program Specific Policies
All other Policies, specific to the program can be found in the WC MSOT Student Handbook and the WC MSOT Student Fieldwork Handbook distributed to students at orientation.
MSOT Credit Hours
MSOT program course credits are divided into either lecture or lab credit. The credit hour to workload ratio is 1:1 for lecture credits, and 1:2 for lab credits. For each lecture credit, faculty provides 1 hour of structured teaching (960 minutes/16-week semester), and for each lab credit faculty provides 2 hours of structured teaching (1920 minutes/16-week semester). Following the example of a 3-credit course (1 credit lecture/2 credits lab), would equate to 5 hours of formalized instruction per week. Hours are proportionally adjusted for semesters with less than 16 weeks.
*See ODHE guidelines for further clarification on formalized instruction
Faculty to Student Ratios
Lecture: Faculty to Student Ratio= 1:24
Lab: Faculty to Student Ratio=1:12
Research: Faculty to Student Ratio=1:6