Program Academic Probation
Semester GPAs will be rounded to the nearest tenths place. Students must maintain a GPA of 2.7 or better each semester to retain financial aid eligibility. A student will be placed on Program Academic Probation if a 3.0 GPA is not achieved at the conclusion of any given semester. If placed on Program Academic Probation, the student will be notified via their LMU email address prior to the start of the next semester. Upon return, students must contact the DPT Program Director and assigned faculty advisor within the first week of classes to meet, sign the Acknowledgement of Academic Probation form via AdobeSign, complete the Academic Probation Advising Form with their faculty advisor, and meet with the Student Academic Success Coordinator to collaboratively develop an enrichment plan to improve future performance. Students will be mentored and must complete all action plan items within the agreed timeframe.
The completed Acknowledgement of Academic Probation form and subsequent enrichment plan will be submitted to the DPT Policies and Procedures Committee and kept within a confidential student file. If a student violates any of the terms of the Academic Probation policy, they may be subject to program dismissal.
Program Dismissal
The following conditions may be subject to dismissal:
- Violation of the terms of the Academic Probation policy and/or
- Failure to demonstrate competency through the achievement of a passing score on the two additional practical exam retake attempts, resulting in course failure (F) and/or
- Failure to pass the skills check-out/checkoffs during the student's final opportunity, according to the written criteria designated by the faculty member, resulting in course failure (F) and/or
- Failure to achieve a semester GPA of 3.0 in two consecutive semesters and/or
- Two failures in a single course and/or
- Major professionalism offense and/or
- Violation of Professionalism Probation and/or
- Violation of Academic Integrity and/or
- Failure to meet Technical Standards and Essential Functions for Physical Therapy Practice and/or
- Student is convicted of a felony
The DPT Policies and Procedures Committee can gather information to provide to the DPT Program Director to consider dismissal. The DPT Program Director makes the decision on dismissal. Students will receive a formal notification of academic dismissal via their LMU email address. A copy of the dismissal notification will also be sent by physical mail to the student's address on record. Any communication from the University that is mailed to the name and address on record is considered to have been properly delivered.