Academic Policies

Grading System

The following grade indicators are used to measure academic performance: P=Pass, F=Fail, I=Incomplete. Students must earn a P in all units to complete the program. A grade of 70% or greater is considered passing. Students who fail to maintain a 70% average may be placed on academic probation.

Make Up Work and Incomplete Grades

Students are required to complete all assignments, exams, and any other work in each class. If class is missed, the student must make arrangements with the instructor of the course to complete the work to the instructor’s satisfaction; this may include additional homework assignments and one-on-one instructor tutorials (avg. $60 per hour).

An incomplete may be granted in certain circumstances at the discretion of the course instructor. Students have 6 months from the date the Incomplete is issued to complete all assignments and Pass all classes. After this period it is at the Director’s discretion to accept the work or require additional assignments, a re-take of the final exam, and/or repeating a portion of the program.

Satisfactory Academic Progress

If a student attends all classes, receives a “P” average on all quizzes, assignments, and exams, and participates in all aspects of each class, he or she will be in good academic standing. If a student receives an “F” average in any course, he or she will be required to complete the tutorials and coursework necessary to master the material necessary for a “P” average.

Transfer of Credit Policy

Students who have attended other Ayurvedic schools approved by the National Ayurvedic Medical

Association may, on a case-by-case assessment basis, have a portion of the program offered at Asheville School of Massage & Yoga waived with an equivalent pro-rata of tuition. In order to qualify for this waiver, the student must have completed coursework with a substantially identical substance to the curriculum offered by the Asheville School of Massage & Yoga and offer documentary evidence of such completion.

Transferability of credits earned at Asheville School of Massage & Yoga to another Ayurvedic school is at the discretion of the accepting school. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Graduation Requirements

Students will receive a 600-Hour Certificate of Completion from the Asheville School of Massage & Yoga when he or she completes the following requirements:

  1. Complete the full 600-Hour program with a “P” in all courses

  1. Fulfill all financial obligations to the school