The academic requirements adopted by the Department of Oral Biology are as follows:
Master's Degree
The student must receive a minimum grade of 3.0 in all Oral Biology courses.
The following guidelines apply only to the 36 quarter credits required by the Graduate School for completion of the Master's Degree:
Grades below 1.7 will not count towards satisfying residency, total credit count, nor grade and credit requirements. The Registrar will count any grades below 1.7 as 0.0.
A minimum of 2.7 will be required in each course counted towards satisfying the 18 hours of coursework numbered 500 and above. The 2.7 figure was chosen since it corresponds to an "S" in courses graded S/NS.
Grades between 1.7 and 2.7 may be used to satisfy the remaining 18 of the 36 hours required by the Graduate School for the Master's Degree. Please note that a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade-point average will still be required for graduation.
Doctoral Degree
The student must receive a minimum grade of 3.0 in all Oral Biology courses.
A minimum of 2.7 in each course will be required for the half of the total program which must be taken in courses numbered 500 and above.
Grades between 1.7 and 2.7 may be received in the remaining half of the program with the caveat that the cumulative average must be 3.0 or above for graduation.
Grades below 1.7 will not count towards satisfying residency, total credit count, nor grade and credit requirements.
Note that 300- and 400-level courses are exempted from the 2.7 requirement, since it only applies to courses numbered 500 and above.
