rasmussen.edu | 888-5-RASMUSSEN ACADEMIC INFORMATION AND COLLEGE POLICIES • Upon successful completion of a Credit by Assessment, Rasmussen College will issue a Certificate of Successful Credit by Assessment completion. The Certificate will be placed in the student’s academic file. • If a student has already attempted an online, CBE, or residential course, as indicated by a posted letter grade, the student will not be allowed to attempt the equivalent Credit by Assessment or Credit by Examination option. • If an unsuccessful attempt is made for a Credit by Assessment, the Credit by Examination is no longer an option. • A student may complete a Credit by Assessment option and later decline Transfer Credit for the option (TO grade) and enroll in an equivalent faculty-led course and earn a letter grade. • Credit by Assessment opportunities must be completed prior to or concurrently with the final traditional faculty-led courses in the program. • Credit by Assessment will not count as credits for financial aid eligibility. • Credit by Assessment credits will not satisfy credit load requirements for the purposes of veterans benefit program funding or any other student financial assistance program. • Students who enroll or reenter the College are required to pay a nontransferable/nonrefundable Credit by Assessment fee in order to gain access to the assessment. See the tuition structure table for current rates. • Contact your Advisor for a list of available Credit by Assessment opportunities as well as instructions to enroll and pay the credit by assessment fee. • Payment of the fee does not guarantee the award of credits; any credits awarded will be based on meeting all of the criteria above and the Flex Choice Credit by Assessment Options policy. Flex Choice® Credit-Based Competency-Based Education (CBE) Programs Students enrolled in a Flex Choice® Credit-Based Competency-Based Education (CBE) Program will be enrolled in competency-based courses where they are offered and in traditional courses when a course is not available as a competency-based course. Traditional courses are defined as courses of any modality with specific assignment deadlines. Flex Choice® CBE courses are defined as those which allow students control over their assignment deadlines and are time-flexible within the academic term.. • Competency-based courses must be completed within the academic term of the program. • All Rasmussen College policies and procedures apply to a student in a Flex Choice® noted. • The credit-based CBE programs will offer at least 51% of the program credits as CBE credits. • Students may attempt a competency- based course as long as they are enrolled in an eligible program. • Competency-based courses will count as credits toward financial aid eligibility. • Attendance policies of the College must be met. • First Week Attendance: Students are expected to meet attendance requirements in their courses on or before the seventh (7th) day after the start of a term. Completion and submission of the Learning Plan will be required to fulfill the first week attendance requirement in a competency-based course. • Attendance requirements in competency-based courses are met by (a) completing and submitting identified activities or assessments within the competency-based course, and (b) substantive academic engagement, including completing the course Learning Plan, quizzes, or diagnostic assessments. • Student grades will be impacted by the completion of assessments. • Students have until the final day of the quarter to complete the competency- based course(s). • Competency-based course scores will be converted to letter grades following a standard grading scale as identified on the Competency-Based Education Course Grade Conversion Scale and will appear on the student’s transcript. • Upon successful completion of a competency-based course, the attendance requirements have been met and Rasmussen College will post the final letter grade to the student’s record. 124 CBE program unless otherwise • Students who do not successfully complete a competency-based course within the allotted time will be required to repeat it as a CBE course. • If a student has already attempted and failed or withdrawn from a traditional course, as indicated by a posted W/ WD or F/FA grade, the student will be allowed to attempt the equivalent competency-based course following the expectations of the course repeat policy. • Students who elect to take an incomplete at the end of a quarter per the College Incomplete Grade Policy will be given an “I” indicating an incomplete grade. Students will be required to work independently without support or guidance from the course faculty during the incomplete period. At the end of the incomplete period, the grade will be converted per the Incomplete Grade Policy. • Upon withdrawal from the College the student’s financial aid award will be adjusted according to the Institution’s Refund Policy as described in the College Catalog. Grades will be assigned according to the Rasmussen College Course Add, Drop, and Withdrawal policies. • If a student receiving Title IV funds (federal financial aid) ceases to be enrolled in a quarter, including students who complete all competency-based courses prior to the end of the quarter and have no other enrollment that quarter, the student may need to have their financial aid awards adjusted according to the Institution’s Return of Title IV Funds Policy as described in the College catalog. • It is the expectation that students in an undergraduate Flex Choice® CBE Program will be full-time by taking a combination of traditional courses and/ or competency-based courses. • It is the expectation that students in a graduate Flex Choice® will be full-time by taking only competency-based courses. • Students will matriculate into Rasmussen College upon acceptance in a Flex Choice® choice. CBE program of their Reenter Policy A reenter is defined as any student who withdraws from all courses after the course drop period in any term and returns in a subsequent quarter. A student will not be considered for reentry in the same quarter in which they withdrew. Due to financial processing, a student may return no fewer than 21 calendar days after the date of withdrawal. Reentering students are treated as new students for the purposes of tuition, academic program requirements, and graduation standards. They must also meet all entrance CBE Program requirements as stated in the current catalog. Students will reenter into the current curriculum. Any exceptions to this policy need to be approved by the Department Chair. For the calculation of Satisfactory Academic Progress, reentering students are treated as continuing students and must meet progress requirements. Students who are returning from a prior status of Complete, as defined in the Complete Status policy, who are returning with the intent to convert the Complete status to a graduate status in their most recent program of enrollment are subject to the reenter policy and procedures with the exception of returning to the current curriculum and meeting entrance requirements. Students who are returning from a prior status of Graduate, must have a financial balance of $1,000 or less to return and enroll in a new program. If a student is not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress at the time of withdrawal and wants to switch to a different program upon return, the Program Transfer Policy must be followed. Students returning in satisfactory academic standing or on Academic Warning must have a financial balance of $1,000 or less to return. Students returning on Academic Probation, regardless of aid status, must have a zero financial balance and have paid half the tuition amount of the upcoming quarter by seven calendar days after the term/ quarter start. Students in Health Sciences programs must complete a programmatic assessment in order to determine an appropriate level of reentry. These students will be allowed to reenter if space is available and all other reentry requirements are met. Students reentering into or transferring to the Physical Therapist Assistant program must complete the requirements as detailed in the Physical Therapist Assistant Associate’s Degree Program Re-enrollment Policy. Physical Therapist Assistant Associate’s Degree Reenrollment Policy A Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program reenrollment is defined as any student who was enrolled in the Physical Therapist Assistant program and previously attempted any program- specific core course (PHT prefix) and earned a grade of A–F or W in those courses. This includes students who have withdrawn from the Program and/or withdrawn from the College. The College reenter and program transfer policies apply to any Physical Therapist Assistant student who withdrew from the program prior to attempting any core courses (PHT prefix). Reenrolling students are treated as new students for the purposes of tuition, academic program requirements, and graduation standards. Reenrollment is limited to one time for students
