Externship Failure (refers to OPTO 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830 Clinical Services XI-XIV)

College of Optometry

When a student either fails or receives a withdrawal failure (WF) in an externship he/she must petition the Student Promotion and Graduation Committee within 30 calendar days after the last day of the failed or withdrawn failed externship to retake the same type of externship. After consideration of the circumstances of the failure or WF, the Student Promotion and Graduation Committee may exercise any of the following options:

1. Require the student to take coursework;
2. Recommend that the student take coursework;
3. Recommend that the student undergo a period of independent study; or
4. Require the student to wait a defined time period before repeating the externship.

The Committee's options are not limited to the above and will be determined on a case-by-case basis. The timing of the retake will be as early as possible once the student has satisfied the Committee's requirements and is subject to availability of sites as determined by the College. The retake, if granted, must be completed within 12 calendar months of the date the petition is received by the Dean's Office. If the student fails or receives a WF for the externship on the retake, he/she is dismissed from studies at the college. Students are allowed only one failed or withdrawn failed externship and one retake of the failed or withdrawn failed externship while enrolled at the college.