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Evaluation & Grades
Students are registered each academic session with the University of Nebraska
Medical Center in the postgraduate program of their declared specialty area.
Component lectures, seminars, clinics and rotations of each program are
graded on a Pass/Fail basis by the course director and recorded at the College
of Dentistry. Unless different arrangements are made by a program director
before the initiation of a component course, it is expected that a Pass
grade will designate that all criteria have been met.
Credit will not be given for completion of an academic session until students
achieve a Pass grade in all components of the postgraduate program. If one
or more components (e.g., seminars, didactic courses, clinic) of the program
is not satisfactorily completed, an Incomplete will be recorded for that
academic session on University records. Satisfactory completion of the component
must be achieved in a manner designated by the course director. Reexamination,
remediation and reexamination, or repeating the component are the customary
methods to resolve the issue. The Incomplete on University records will
be changed to a Pass when the director of each component notifies the Assistant
Dean for Research and Postgraduate and Graduate Dental Education that the
student has satisfactorily completed the component(s). This notification
must take place no later than the end of the next academic session in which
the component is offered. An incomplete that remains at the end of that
academic session will be changed to a Fail (F) on University records.
A Certificate of Specialization will not be awarded until a Pass grade is
recorded on University records for every component of a program.
Last modified: June 9, 2008 12:47 PM