Leave of Absence for the Doctoral Program in Marriage and Family Therapy

Should a student need to take a leave of absence due to illness, family emergency or another personal situation, the student will notify the Director of the Ph.D. program and the Director will call a meeting of the PhD faculty. The faculty will decide upon a re-entry process for the student which may include re-joining the student’s current cohort while taking missed classes with the younger cohort. Should the student need to leave the program during the semester, the student will be given an Incomplete. The length of the Incomplete will be determined in the meeting with the Director and the faculty. Students who withdraw from the program have up to three semesters of absence before they must apply for readmission, including the summer term.