Deceleration Students who accumulate three failures in any single academic year are placed immediately in a decelerated program and on academic probation. They are required to retake failed courses during the regular academic year and are not eligible for summer remediation courses at Touro. The Pre-Clinical Promotions Committee individually reviews decelerated students who fail academic courses. Split Academic Programs Problems may arise which may necessitate the deceleration of a student's academic course load. Accordingly, an individual's academic course load may be reduced so that the student enters what is called a split academic course of study.
Students have the option of voluntarily selecting a split program.
Its purpose is to provide additional time to address personal and academic problems by creating a program of study that allows students to complete the first two years of the curriculum in three years. Students must petition the dean to voluntarily decelerate no later than the end of the fifth week of a semester. Requests received after the fifth week are reviewed by the dean and granted only for reasons of substantiated hardship or ill-health. Proposed schedules for all split students are sent to department chairs for their approval. A student may be placed on a split program for academic reasons at the discretion of the Promotions Committee having jurisdiction over the student's academic program.