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Grading Policy

The grading policy for all medical assisting technology (MAT) courses is as follows:

1. The grading scale of all medical assisting technology courses is:
   1. A - 92-100
   2. B - 84-91
   3. C - 78-83
   4. D - 71-77
   5. F - 70 and below
2. The minimum score to pass any medical assisting technology (MAT) course is 78. Fractional parts of numerical grades will be rounded off to the nearest whole number according to mathematical principles (i.e. 77.5 will become 78).
3. Both a minimum average of 78 in theory and a satisfactory in clinical/campus lab required activities and assignments are required in order to pass any medical assisting technology course. A satisfactory means that a student has achieved a minimum of 90% of all behaviors in clinical.
4. Failure of theory or clinical component of a medical assisting technology (MAT) course results in the student repeating both theory and clinical components.
5. Students will be given a computerized average of their grade after each exam so that there will be no question as to their academic standing.