COLLEGES


satisfactory completion of a project and recom-
mendation by the faculty. Highest honors will
be awarded to graduates with a GPA of 3.8 or
higher upon satisfactory completion of a project
and recommendation by the faculty. GPA's are
calculated based on required pharmacy courses.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
 In order to graduate from the College of
Pharmacy, a student must pass all courses and
have at least an overall 2.0 grade point average
for all course work while enrolled in the college.
A minimum 2.0 grade point average for all
required courses, exclusive of electives, must be
maintained in the professional curriculum. Stu-
dents must also make at least a C or better grade
in selected courses. In addition, the student
must meet residency requirements and com-
plete the minimum total semester hours
required for the degree in the College of Phar-
macy (Doctor of Pharmacy, 135 semester hours;
B.S. in Pharmacy, 96 semester hours; B.S. in
Pharmacological Sciences, 64 semester hours).
 The result of a TB skin test administered
after the Clerkship courses must also be on file
in the Office for Student Affairs. All other
requirements of the University of Florida and
College of Pharmacy must also be met (e.g.,
payment of fines and repayment of short-term
emergency loans).

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
 In keeping with the requirements for accred-
itation by the American Council on Pharmaceu-
tical Education, all students expecting to earn
the Doctor of Pharmacy must be enrolled in one
or more pharmacy courses for a minimum of
eight semesters. Those students in the B.S. in
Pharmacy program must be enrolled in one or
more pharmacy courses for a minimum of six
semesters. A minimum of four semesters of resi-
dency is required for the B.S. in Pharmacologi-


cal Sciences. These regulations apply regardless
of the number of studies completed in other
fields.

SATISFACTORY-UNSATISFACTORY GRADES
 The S-U option may be selected by students
who are not on academic probation for the term
in which the option is elected. More than one S-
U course per semester may be taken if the cours-
es are offered on an S-U basis only. If a course is
offered both by letter grade and S-U, then only
one such course may be taken by S-U option per
semester. Professional courses (PHA) not desig-
nated S-U, which are taken as electives, will
receive letter grades; a student may not enroll in
these courses by S-U grade.
 A student who receives a passing grade of
"S" will be given credit for the course but the
grade will have no effect on his or her overall
grade point average. A grade of "U" will mean
no academic credit; however, it will have no
effect on the student's grade point average.

ELECTIVE COURSE CREDITS
 Each student in the Doctor of Pharmacy pro-
gram is required to take at least 8 semester
hours of didactic courses as electives.
 For students in the B.S. in Pharmacy pro-
gram, a minimum of 7 semester hours of elec-
tives is required.
 Students in the B.S. in Pharmacological Sci-
ences program must take at least 6 semester
hours of elective courses, all with approval of
faculty adviser.

ACADEMIC PROBATION AND SUSPENSION
 A student with a grade point deficit of ten or
fewer quality points below a 2.0 grade point
average in required courses, exclusive of elec-
tives, shall be permitted one semester immedi-
ately following probation to eliminate the deficit


so that the average grade point in required
courses is at least a 2.0. Failure to do so shall
mean suspension from the College of Pharmacy.
 A student who has a grade point deficit of
10.5 or more in required courses, exclusive of
electives, shall be suspended from the college. A
student placed on probation three times will be
suspended from the college.
 A student on probationary status is not per-
mitted to drop or withdraw from classes. A stu-
dent on probation will not be permitted to seek
or hold offices in any student organization nor
to represent the College of Pharmacy in any
capacity.
 A student will not be permitted to enroll in
Clerkship until passing grades have been made
in all didactic courses and probation status
removed.
 No student will be allowed to graduate until
the conditions of his or her probation have been
satisfied.
 Specific academic policies by each depart-
ment in the College of Pharmacy must be satis-
fied. These policies may require at least a C or
better grade in selected courses. Such courses
will be identified in the course syllabus and dur-
ing the orientation program for the College of
Pharmacy.

Dropping Courses
 Elective courses may be dropped without
petition, but with the consent of the student's
faculty adviser, for eight weeks after classes
begin. A student wishing to drop a course after
that date must do so by written petition and
with the written authorization of his or her fac-
ulty adviser. Students will receive a grade of E
for any courses not dropped in conformity with
college regulations. A student wishing to drop a
course during the last four weeks of regularly
scheduled classes must petition the University
Petitions Committee.