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School of Health Professions - Student Handbook 2021-2022


SLHS Academic Progression and Counseling Policies

Academic Counseling Criteria
Each term, the faculty will review students' performance at mid-semester.  If there are concerns about a student’s academic or clinical work, the student will receive a letter from the Program Director, instructing him or her to meet with the instructor(s) and Program Director to discuss the concerns and to determine what measures the student needs to take to return to good academic standing.  Copies of all warning letters will be placed in the student’s file.
Following are the consequences for failing to maintain good academic standing in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences:
 
Academic Counseling Criteria
The SLHS curriculum is designed in a lock-step structure which is different in some ways from a traditional undergraduate format. Students are required to take classes in a set schedule of semesters that are fixed at the start of the program. Unless they intend to withdraw or take a leave of absence from the program, students are not permitted to vary from this schedule.
Each term, the faculty will review students' performance at mid-semester. If there are concerns about a student’s academic or clinical work, the student will receive a letter from the Program Director, instructing him or her to meet with the instructor(s) and Program Director to discuss the concerns and to determine what measures the student needs to take to return to good academic standing. Copies of all warning letters will be placed in the student’s file.
Following are the consequences for failing to maintain good academic standing in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences:

Probation and Dismissal Policies
To remain in good academic standing, undergraduate students must maintain a 2.50 TTUHSC cumulative GPA and earn a “C” or higher in all required courses.
Academic Probation
An undergraduate student will be placed on academic probation for one or more of the following reasons:
  • Failure to maintain a TTUHSC cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher
    • A student placed on academic probation due to low cumulative GPA (below 2.50) will remain on academic probation until the TTUHSC cumulative GPA is raised to 2.50 or higher. The student may not remain on academic probation for reasons of low TTUHSC cumulative GPA for two or more semesters total during their enrollment in the program.
  • Receiving a grade of “D” or “F” in any course
    • Students placed on academic probation due to receiving a grade of “D” or “F” must obtain a passing grade (“C” or better) in the course the next time the course is offered in the curriculum. For coursework that is repeated under such circumstances, both the original and the repeated course grades are used to calculate cumulative GPA, and both grades will appear on the student grade transcript.  The student must meet minimum cumulative GPA requirements to remain in the program.  
  • Failure by the student to meet the above requirements for removal from academic probation will result in a recommendation from the program director to the department chair that the student be dismissed from the program for reasons of academic deficiency.
Per the SHP policy on Academic Probation, students will be notified that they are being placed on academic probation via a letter from the Program Director. Copies of the letter will be provided to the student, the Program Director, the Department Chair, and the Associate Dean of the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs. (Policies of the School of Health Professions can be accessed through the following URL: https://hscweb.ttuhsc.edu/health-professions/current/policies.aspx).

Dismissal from the Program
An undergraduate student will be subject to dismissal for any of the following reasons:  
  1. Failure to be released from academic probation within the time frame specified in the “Academic Probation” section above.
  2. Earning a grade of “D” or “F” while on academic probation.
  3. Earning a grade of “D” or “F” in a repeated course.
  4. Earning a grade of “D” or “F” in more than one course within the program.
  5. Violating the TTUHSC Student Code of Professional conduct.
Dismissal procedures will follow the dismissal policy established by the TTUHSC Student Code of Professional Conduct or the School of Health Professions.

Any clinical enrollment (e.g., HPSH 4380) completed with a D or F (including “fail” or “no credit”) will result in loss of all clinical experience hours obtained during the semester.


SLHS Program Academic Probation Flowchart