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Academic & Technical Standards
Academic Requirements
Dr. Matz with students
Students must maintain a cumulative percentage average of 85% or greater in the following Anatomy courses: Gross Anatomy, Cell and Tissue Biology, Neuroanatomy and Human Development. Students must also maintain a cumulative percentage average of 80% or greater within the entire Master of Science curriculum and successfully complete the Comprehensive Examination in Anatomy.
Technical Standards for Admission and Matriculation
The College of Osteopathic Medicine is pledged to the admission and matriculation of qualified students and acknowledges awareness of laws that prohibit discrimination against anyone on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by law. Regarding disabled individuals, the College will not discriminate against such individuals who are otherwise qualified, but will expect applicants and students to meet certain minimal technical standards as set forth herein. The standards reflect reasonable expectations of graduate students in performing common functions.
The holder of a M.S. degree must have the knowledge and skills to function in a broad variety of situations. In order to carry out the activities described below, candidates for the M.S. degree must be able to consistently, quickly and accurately integrate all information received, and must have the ability to learn, integrate, analyze and synthesize data. Technological accommodations can be made for handicaps in some of these areas, but a candidate must be able to perform in a reasonably independent manner.
- Observation: Candidates and students must have sufficient vision to be able to observe demonstrations, experiments and laboratory exercises in the basic sciences.
- Communication: Candidates and students should be able to speak, hear and observe in classroom and laboratory settings. They must also be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in oral and written form with classmates and faculty.
- Motor: Candidates and students should have sufficient motor function to execute movements reasonably required in a classroom or laboratory setting.
- Intellectual, Conceptual, Integrative and Quantitative Abilities: Candidates and students must be able to concentrate, analyze and interpret data and make decisions within areas in which there is a reasonable amount of visual and auditory distraction. They must also perform these functions in a timely manner.
- Behavioral and Social Attributes: Candidates and students must possess the emotional health required for full utilization of their intellectual abilities, the exercise of good judgment, the prompt completion of all responsibilities. Candidates and students must be able to tolerate physically taxing workloads, adapt to changing environments, display flexibility and learn to function in the face of uncertainties inherent in graduate research. The College of Osteopathic Medicine will attempt to develop creative ways of offering the graduate school curriculum to competitive, qualified disabled individuals. In doing so, however, the College must maintain the integrity of its curriculum and preserve those elements deemed essential for graduate education.
