DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Department Policies;
Independent Study
The independent study option is available under specific circumstances and with faculty and
Department Chair approval. Those circumstances include:
1) The student needs a specific class that is not available and the student will not graduate that
semester without the class. (course substitutions can be made with Program Director approval)
2) The student has been offered an opportunity to complete a research project in collaboration
with, or under the direction of, a DPH faculty member.
Probation and Suspension
Undergraduate
An undergraduate student who fails to earn a cumulative or term average of 2.0 after attempting a
cumulative total of 12 or more credit hours will be placed on academic probation and referred to an
academic advisor.
Academic probation is a warning. If both the term and cumulative GPA fall below 2.0 during the next
term of enrollment, the student will be eligible for suspension. If suspended, the student will be
dropped from any courses for which he/she is currently registered and denied the opportunity to reenroll.
Once suspended students are not eligible for readmission to the Bachelor of Science in Health
(Community Health) or Bachelor of Health Administration programs .
Graduate
Probation
A graduate student who fails to maintain a cumulative UNF graduate GPA of at least 3.0 will be
considered not in good academic standing and will be placed on academic probation. Probation shall be
noted on the academic transcript for each term in which the cumulative UNF graduate GPA is below 3.0.
Academic Suspension and Dismissal
(1) If, while a graduate student is on probation, the cumulative UNF graduate GPA does not reach 3.0 in
the next academic term, the student is eligible for suspension or dismissal from the program.
(2) If, while a graduate student is on probation, he or she earns a “D” or an “F” in a graduate course in
his or her program of study, the student is eligible for suspension or dismissal from the program.
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(3) If a graduate student earns a second D in a required course, the student is eligible for suspension or
dismissal from the program.
(4) If a graduate student earns a third C in a required course, the student is eligible for suspension or
dismissal from the program.
(3) Once suspended a graduate student will not be readmitted.
Decisions made by graduate program directors and/or graduate program committees may be appealed
by graduate students; such appeals are made through the normal academic appeals process as specified
in the Graduate Catalog and Student Handbook.
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