2016-2017 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK A student who audits a course does so for the purposes of self-enrichment and academic exploration. Students who are not enrolled in an eligible program and elect to take courses without earning college credit are considered Audit students. This non-credit option is NOT available to students for courses beginning with: CDA, CEN, CET, CGS (excluding CGS 1240), CIS, CNT, COP, COT, CTS, EEC, EEX, GRA, ISM, HIM, MEA, PRN, NUR, PTN, RTE, STS or MLT. However, students who are enrolled in a program in which the courses beginning with CDA, CEN, CET, CGS (excluding CGS 1240), CIS, CNT, COP, COT, CTS, EEC, EEX, GRA, ISM, HIM, MEA, PRN, NUR, PTN, RTE, STS or MLT exist, may be eligible to take the course as an Audit if the student’s transcript reflects prior successful completion of the course. An Audit student is not eligible to complete any laboratory or clinical components of a course or any externship or internship or practicum experiences. However, a student who is enrolled in a Health Sciences program may be eligible to Audit a laboratory component of the course with approval from the Dean or Program Coordinator. Students who elect to complete courses on a non- credit basis are not guaranteed full technology access; however, every effort will be made to provide technology resources. Transcripts denote an “Audit” upon completion of the course. Students may choose to convert the Audit grade to a letter grade and earn credit for an additional fee. Audited courses with a clinical, practicum or laboratory component are not eligible for conversion to a letter grade. An Audit student is considered a learner and it is expected that the student will participate with reasonable regularity and do assigned work, particularly if she/ he expects to convert the Audit grade to a letter grade at a future time. Competency courses are not eligible for Audit. Audited courses are not eligible for Title IV funding. The ability to Audit a course is based on space availability. Developmental Education and Rasmussen College Entrance Placement Assessment Re-Test Policy The goal of Developmental Education is to provide students with a solid foundation of basic skills and knowledge as they move on to college-level classes. Placement into Developmental Education courses reflects the commitment Rasmussen College has to ensuring the success of all students, and to providing educational opportunities to those who enroll. Coursework in math or English that is numbered below 100 is considered to be Developmental Education. College entrance placement assessment scores are used to appropriately place students in English and math courses according to skill level. See Entrance Assessment Table for placement scores. All new students who enroll in a degree, diploma, or certificate program are required to take the Rasmussen College entrance placement English, and math placement assessments. Applicants providing a college transcript* indicating a grade of C or higher in college-level English and/or mathematics are not required to complete College entrance placement assessments in the corresponding subject area and will not require Developmental Education coursework in areas in which they have previously proven this proficiency. Applicants who have not completed a college-level English course are required to complete the English section of the placement assessment. Applicants who have not completed a college-level math course are required to complete the math portion of the placement assessment. Applicants to a program that has a stated minimum School of Health Sciences and School of Nursing Entrance Exam composite score acceptable for admission to the program are exempt from the Entrance Placement Assessment when the School of Health Sciences and School of Nursing Entrance Exam composite score threshold is met for that program according to the School of Nursing and School of Health Science acceptance policies. School of Nursing and School of Health Science applicants to who do not meet the intended program’s minimum score for entrance and score below a 48.5 are required to take the College entrance placement assessment in order to enroll in another program. Returning students who did not take the Rasmussen Ready, STEP or COMPASS assessments but who have successfully completed the courses at Rasmussen College for which courses are prerequisites, or their equivalents, do not need to take the College entrance placement assessment. Returning students who have not successfully completed the Developmental Education courses, their equivalents, or the courses for which Developmental Education courses are prerequisites must take the College entrance placement assessment to determine placement upon return. Students who transfer from other colleges, and whose test scores fall within the range of Developmental Education, will be required to complete the Developmental Education courses. Students who test at developmental level, and who wish to transfer courses that have Developmental Education courses as prerequisites, must first successfully complete the Developmental Education courses. Applicants who place below the level of B080 Reading and Writing Strategies are not eligible for admission to Rasmussen College. Applicants who place below the level of B080 Reading and Writing Strategies are not admitted to Rasmussen College. Applicants may, after three months, have the option to retake the College entrance placement assessment(s) so long as they have not already begun their program. When an extenuating situation exists, an appeal may be submitted to the Dean of the School of General Education to allow an applicant to repeat the entrance exam in less than three months. The College entrance placement assessment may not be retaken for initial placement purposes during the quarter in which a developmental level course is scheduled. However, a student may repeat the assessment at the end of a quarter in which the Developmental Education course was attempted and prior to the start of the following quarter in order to prove readiness for College-level coursework. If the student places into Developmental Education coursework following the re-assessment, the student must repeat the Developmental Education course in the following quarter as long as the student is still eligible to repeat the Developmental Education course. Developmental Education Courses Students are placed into Developmental Education courses based on the results of the Rasmussen College entrance placement assessment. To help ensure student success, students requiring Developmental Education coursework must attempt one such course in their first term of enrollment. Students requiring two Developmental Education courses must attempt the first course, Reading and Writing Strategies (B080), in their first term of enrollment and the second course, Combined Basic and Intermediate Algebra (B095) in Illinois and Practical Math (B087) in other states, in their second quarter of enrollment. If a student withdraws from or does not pass a required Developmental Education course, the student must successfully complete that course in the subsequent full quarter of enrollment or the student will be dismissed from the College. As such, any required Developmental Education courses must be completed no later than the end of the student’s third full quarter of enrollment, or the student will be withdrawn from the College. Students requiring two Developmental Education courses must attempt Reading and Writing Strategies (B080) and one additional course in their program of enrollment prior to enrolling in the Developmental Education math course. Students requiring two Developmental Education courses will not be scheduled into both courses in their first quarter of enrollment. If necessary, however, a student may be scheduled into both Developmental Education courses in each of the terms of the second quarter. Upon successful completion of Reading and Writing Strategies, and at least three credits of coursework in their program of enrollment with a grade of C or higher, the student will be allowed to take a full-time credit load, if desired. Developmental Education course credits are not counted toward graduation, and must be passed with a grade of “SX.” Students enrolled in Developmental Education courses are eligible for financial aid. Students are not eligible to access competency courses until all Developmental Education requirements have been successfully fulfilled. Developmental ACADEMIC INFORMATION AND COLLEGE POLICIES C+ Education courses must be taken in conjunction with courses required in an eligible program. Developmental Education Course Grading All Developmental Education courses are satisfactory/unsatisfactory (SX/UX) courses. The following grading scale is then used to determine if students have passed the courses: Reading and Writing Strategies SX 73% or higher SX 73% or higher A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F UX Below 73% Practical Math or Combined Basic and Intermediate Algebra UX Below 73% Common Grading System Percentage Scale Letter Grade Percentage Range 100 to 93% 92 to 90% 89 to 87% 86 to 83% 82 to 80% 79 to 77% 76 to 73% 72 to 70% 69 to 67% 66 to 63% 62 to 60% Below 60% Common Grading Scale Some General Education courses may contain a lecture component with a Co-requisite lab component. If a grade is achieved at or above the threshold of 60% in both components of a course which consists of lecture and lab components, each component will receive the grade earned independently. Failure to earn a grade at or above the threshold of 60% in either the lecture or lab component will result in failure of both components of the course. Point Scale Alphabetical Grading System Grade A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F AUDIT CW FD I PT S/SX TO TR U/UX Grade Points Description 4.00 3.75 3.50 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.00 0.75 0.00 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Excellent Very Good Average Below Average Failure Audit Course Waiver Failure Dropped Incomplete Pending Transfer Credit Satisfactory Test-Out Official Transfer Credit Unsatisfactory UD/UXD NA WF/WXF NA WP/WXP NA Unsatisfactory Drop Withdrawal Fail Withdrawal Pass Health Sciences Programs Grade Scale The following grade scale applies to all upper- and lower-level courses with prefixes of BSC, BMS, HIM, HSC, MEA, MLT, MTS, PHT, PTN, RTE and STS. Letter Grade A A- B+ B B- Percentage Range 100 to 93 % 92 to 90% 89 to 87% 86 to 83% 82 to 80% C F 79 to 77% 76 to 73% Below 73% School of Health Sciences courses may contain a co-requisite lab component, co-requisite externship and/ or practicum learning component, or both in addition to the lecture component of a course. Satisfactory performance (score of 73% or higher) in the lecture, lab, externship and/or practicum experience is required to earn a passing grade in the course. Failure to earn a satisfactory grade in the lab and externship and/or practicum component will result in failure of all components of the course. If a satisfactory grade is achieved in both components of a course consisting of lecture and externship/practicum components (no lab component), the grade earned in the lecture component will appear on the transcript as the final grade for each component of the course. If a satisfactory grade is achieved in both components of a course consisting of lecture and lab components (no externship or practicum component), each component will receive the grade earned independently. Nursing Programs Grade Scale Students are required to earn at least a “C” in their Nursing courses. This applies to all NUR and PRN coursework level 000 through 4999. Letter Grade A B C F Percentage Range 100% to 94% 93% to 85% 84% to 78% Below 78% Nursing core courses may contain a Co-requisite lab component, Co-requisite clinical learning component, or both in addition to the lecture component of a course. Satisfactory performance in the lecture component (score of 78% or higher) and a satisfactory assessment in the laboratory and/ or clinical experience are required to earn a passing grade in the course. Failure to earn a satisfactory assessment in the laboratory and/or clinical component will result in failure of all components of the course. If a satisfactory assessment is achieved in the lab and/or clinical learning experience, courses with multiple components will receive a coordinated grade for each component equivalent to the earned grade in the lecture component. Total Exam Score Average In order to pass the course, students are required to achieve an overall Total Exam Score Average at or above a threshold of 78% for all exams taken within the nursing course. Neither the threshold calculation or the individual exam percentages will be rounded up, for example 77.9% equals 77%. • Exam score averages as a passing threshold: Each course exam will be individually calculated, earning a distinct percentage. Exam “percentages” (not points) will then be added individually and divided by the number of exams in the course in order to determine achievement of the 78% benchmark. – e.g. if there are four exams in the course, and the results of exam one (50 questions) = 80%, exam two (50 questions) = 78%, exam three (50 questions) = 89% and final exam (100 questions) = 76%, the Total Exam Score Average would be 80% ((80+78+89+76)/4). Total Course Score Once the 78% total exam score average threshold has been met, the final grade for the nursing course will be calculated based on all incorporate points earned for exams, assignments, quizzes, and other coursework requirements. • Students who successfully reach the 78% exam average threshold as calculated above will then have the course grade determined by an overall course point calculation which includes all earned points as outlined in the course syllabus. Flex Choice Credit by Assessment Options Rasmussen College partners with multiple developers of Flex Choice Credit by Assessment options to provide offerings that align with the course objectives of the College’s traditional faculty-led courses. Demonstrated mastery through the successful completion of a FFlex Choice Credit 888-5-RASMUSSEN 101 INFORMATION AND COLLEGE POLICIES ACADEMIC
