Communication Sciences and Disorders Program

Progression, Retention, Dismissal, and Readmission Policies

  1. Students must successfully complete CSD 2999 (Entry to Education) prior to or during the first semester of their enrollment. A student will be restricted from continuing her or his course of study until the 2999 course is successfully completed.  This will delay her or his progression in the program and graduation date. 
  2. Students should have successfully completed one undergraduate course in each of the following fields: physical science, biology, socio-behavioral science, math, introduction to special education or introduction to students with disabilities, and a course taken in the past five years demonstrating proficiency in computer skills. Students who have not met these requirements at the undergraduate level must do so prior to graduation from this program.
  3. Earning grades below “B” in graduate courses will result in the following consequences: Students admitted Fall 2011and thereafter will be dismissed from the Graduate School if they accumulate three or more academic deficiency points unless otherwise indicated by individual program policy. A grade of “C” (although it may be credited toward a degree) equals one deficiency point. A grade of “D,” “WF” or “F,” or “U” (none of which will be credited toward a degree) equals two deficiency points. Candidates admitted BEFORE Fall 2011 and receiving two grades below “C” (“D”, “F”, “WF”,“U”) will be dismissed from the program. One grade below a "C" results in a warning.
  4.  A maximum of  6 semester hours of academic work may be transferred from another institution into a Dewar College of Education graduate program.  Transfer credit will be evaluated after admission, by the academic department.  To be eligible, credit must be no more than seven years old prior to completion of the degree.
  5. If dismissed from the program, the student must wait a minimum of two semesters before applying for readmission. Readmission is not guaranteed and prior academic performance in the program will be considered.