Students in the Preclinical Years (1 and 2)

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For students failing one course in a given academic year, the SPC may recommend one of the following:

  1. The student must take the course at an approved off-campus summer program. designed for medical students (this only applies to failure of Medical Gross Anatomy).
  2. The student must take a remediation exam or exams, given by the LMU-DCOM faculty.
  3. The student must repeat all or a portion of the entire academic year.

For students who fail two or more courses in the same year, the SPC may recommend one of the following:

  1. The student must repeat all or a portion of the entire academic year.
  2. The student will be dismissed from LMU-DCOM.

For students who fail two or more courses in different academic years, the SPC may recommend one of the following:

  1. The student must take a remediation exam or exams, given by the LMU-DCOM faculty.
  2. The student must repeat all or a portion of the entire academic year.
  3. The student will be dismissed from LMU-DCOM.

Note: Failures are cumulative across all semesters and years in the program.