Grounds for Dismissal

When a student in the Master of Arts in Health Coaching degree or Health Coaching Graduate Certificate receives less than a 3.0 (B average) in a required core course, or when a student fails to complete a required core course, the student is out of progression and is required to submit a revised Center Progress Form to their Advisor, the Center Director of Graduate Studies, and the Center Student Services and Academic Programs office. If a B or higher is not achieved upon repeating the required core course, the student is subject to dismissal from the Health Coaching program.

If a student’s overall GPA falls below 3.0, the student will schedule a meeting with their faculty advisor and create a plan to recover an acceptable GPA within one semester. If at the end of the following semester, this requirement has not been met, the student may be subject to dismissal from the Health Coaching program.

Other academic grounds for dismissal are a) multiple failures in coursework, regardless of whether prior failures have been remediated successfully; b) failure to make satisfactory academic progress within required timelines; c) multiple Feedback and Improvement Form (FIF) that are unresolved; d) failure to meet the terms of academic probation; and e) failure to meet professionalism expectations in coursework, internship and practicum experiences and other program activities.

Students also may be dismissed for behavioral violations as outlined in the Student Conduct Code.