Policies and Procedures

Dean's List

At the end of each semester, students who have shown outstanding academic achievement are placed on the dean's list. To be included on the dean's list in HS&HP, a student must

1. Earn a minimum grade point average of 3.50,

2. Pass a minimum of 15 credit hours,

3. Pass a minimum of 12 letter-graded credit hours,

4. Have no grades below C- and no incompletes, and

5. End the term in good standing in his or her major.

Students registered for more than 4 credits of student teaching, internship, fieldwork, or clinical education are not eligible for the dean's list for that semester.

Academic Status Policy

The general academic status policy of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance follows the all-College guidelines for warning, suspension, and dismissal as set forth in this catalog (p. 310). This policy applies to all students in the school except to the extent that other standards have been specifically established by individual programs. Special academic status policies exist for most majors in HS&HP.

To meet minimum academic standards, a student must maintain at least a 2.00 cumulative GPA and pass at least 24 credits of coursework in any consecutive 12-month period. (The latter criterion does not apply to students approved for part-time study.)

Academic warning

A student who fails to meet any of the minimum GPA and credit-hour standards stated above and who is not suspended or dismissed will be placed on academic warning. Any student returning to the College after suspension or dismissal for academic reasons will also have this warning status for the first semester of reinstatement.

A student on warning must earn removal from this status by meeting all of the minimum requirements at the end of the following semester. Where a grade deficiency exists, the student must attain a semester GPA sufficiently above the 2.00 standard to result in a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 by the end of the following semester.

Suspension and dismissal

Failure to meet the standards necessary for removal from warning after one semester will render the student subject to suspension or dismissal from both the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance and Ithaca College.

After an official warning, a student may be dismissed from a degree program for failure to make satisfactory progress toward degree completion. Such a student may be admitted to another degree program in the school or College and has one semester in which to become enrolled in another major or be subject to suspension from the College.

A student will be suspended (rather than dismissed) only when it appears reasonably likely that previous weaknesses will be remedied and minimum requirements will be attained through the student's successful completion of prescribed remedial measures during suspension. A suspended student is eligible to resume academic work in the school only at the time and under the conditions specified in his or her letter of suspension.

A student who is dismissed by HS&HP will not be readmitted to a program of the school under any circumstances.

Attendance Policy

The College's policy regarding attendance (see p. 308) applies to students' class absences in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance. Professors, however, have discretion in interpreting and implementing this policy. Students who wish to participate in extracurricular or cocurricular activities that may necessitate absence from class should discuss the possibility of absences with their instructor at the beginning of the semester. The course syllabus should be consulted for the attendance policy of a particular class. Students should be certain that they fully understand each instructor's position on absence from classes.