Didactic course work consists of 90 credit hours of classroom-based learning. The format for instruction includes, but is not limited to, lecture, small and large group discussion, e-learning modules, and laboratory sessions. Students have opportunities to apply learned concepts and develop problem-solving and clinical decision-making skills in small group discussions of patient cases, simulated patient encounters using standardized patient actors or high-fidelity manikins, and interprofessional education (IPE) activities.
Grading Policy
The LMU DPT Program makes every attempt to assist and guide students towards academic and clinical success. Students are expected to achieve, at a minimum, a grade of “C” or better, or a “Pass” in each professional phase course. Each faculty member will set specific grading criteria for their course. These grading criteria and all course requirements are explicitly stated in the individual course syllabi. It is the prerogative of the instructor to select specific methods of evaluation within their course. All grades within a course are determined by the faculty responsible for the administration of that course. All courses that assign a final letter grade follow the DPT Program-approved grading scale below. Remediation opportunities are at the discretion of the course coordinator/instructor of record and may not be available in all courses.
Grading Scale
Instructors of record have the discretion to decide if a course assessment, including, but not limited to, assignments, quizzes, and exams, is graded numerically or pass/fail. Course assessments that are graded numerically will be rounded to the nearest hundredths place (i.e., 94.66). Course assessments that are graded pass/fail will either receive 100% or 0% for the weight of the assignment.
Final course grades in didactic coursework with letter grades will be rounded to the nearest tenths place and follow the DPT Program approved grade scale:
A 100% to 93.5%
A- <93.4% to 89.5%
B+ <89.4% to 86.5%
B <86.4% to 83.5%
B- <83.4% to 79.5%
C+ <79.4% to 76.5%
C <76.4% to 74.5%
F <74.4% to 0%