Academic Policies

Pharmacy in Glendale

Advanced Standing

All requests for advanced standing by newly admitted, transfer, or enrolled students are processed on a course-by-course basis by the Office of the Dean. To request such consideration, a student must submit a letter of request and the request form to the Office of the Dean in which the student lists a course(s) previously taken, which might be similar in content to a professional course(s) that he/she is scheduled to take. The student must also provide an official course description(s) and a syllabus (syllabi) of the course(s) previously taken. All requests must be submitted at least 3 weeks prior to the start of the course being considered. Advanced standing will be considered for coursework taken in which a letter grade of C or better has been earned. A C- letter grade is not acceptable for advanced standing consideration.

Grades

The following includes all grading options and corresponding definitions that may be issued within MWU-CPG.

Credits, Quality Points, and GPA

Course credits are generally determined according to the following formula: 1 credit is assigned to a course for 3 laboratory contact hours per week; 2 case discussion or workshop contact hours per week; 1 contact hour of formal lecture per week; or 3 contact hours of other activities per week. 1.5 credits are assigned for 1 week of introductory or advanced practice experiences.

Courses are recorded in terms of quarter hour(s) of credit. Multiplication of the credits for a course by the numeric value for the grade awarded gives the number of quality points earned for a course. Dividing the total number of quality points earned in courses by the total number of credits in those courses gives the grade point average.

Grades reported as W and WF are recorded on a student's permanent record but are not used in the calculation of a student's grade point average. Similarly, a grade of I or IP may be assigned and is used only when special/extenuating circumstances exist (i.e., prolonged illness, family crisis, etc.), which prevent a student from completing the necessary course requirements on time, in order to receive a grade.

Any request for an extension to complete required course or rotation requirements must be approved first by the course coordinator responsible for the course or rotation. Unless otherwise specified, a grade of I must be resolved within 10 days from the end of the quarter or rotation or the incomplete grade is automatically converted into a grade of F, which signifies failure of the course. It is the responsibility of the student when receiving an incomplete grade to complete all of the course requirements within this period, unless otherwise specified.

If a student receives a failing grade (F) in a course, that grade will be recorded on his/her transcript. This deficiency may be corrected as recommended by the Student Promotion and Graduation Committee in 1 of 2 ways: repetition or remediation of the course. The decision to permit a student to repeat or remediate the course rests with the department offering the course and the committee. Following either successful remediation or repetition of the course, the permanent record of the student will be updated to indicate that the failing grade has been successfully corrected.

If course remediation was completed, a grade of D is registered in place of the F, and the student's cumulative grade point average will reflect the change. If a student is unsuccessful at remediation, the grade of F will remain. If a student repeats a course, the course is entered twice in the permanent record of the student. The grade earned each time in the course is recorded, but only the most recent grade is used in the computation of the student's cumulative grade point average.

A student's academic standing is determined on the basis of his/her grade point average. Inclusion on the Dean's List, honors at graduation, placement on probation, and dismissal depend directly on the grade point average.

Dean's List

Following each quarter, the College of Pharmacy-Glendale recognizes students for the Dean's List who have distinguished themselves by achieving a GPA of 3.50 or better for the quarter. This applies for full-time didactic coursework only.