ADDENDUM to the Rasmussen University Catalog and Student Handbook 2021-2022 June 30, 2022 p. 147, Administrative Withdrawal from a Course, Program, or the University (3/17/2022) Add this new section immediately after Course Withdrawal Policy The University may initiate an administrative withdrawal from a course, a program, or for complete withdrawal from Rasmussen University. An administrative withdrawal is managed according to policies established by the University. An administrative withdrawal from a course, program, or the University may be initiated as a result of the student’s failure to pay tuition, failure to attend classes, failure to remain active in at least one course (unless granted stop out, leave, or another exception), failure to meet course prerequisites, failure to meet the standards of satisfactory academic progress, violations of the Code of Conduct, failure to meet programmatic expectations, and other situations. p. 149, Credits and grades considered in determining Satisfactory Academic Progress (2/18/2022) Delete the first bullet under “Note the following:” and replace with the following statement: • Incomplete grade credits (I) will count toward total credits attempted for the Cumulative Completion Rate, will not be considered earned credits, and will be included as a Failed grade in the GPA calculation until a final grade is posted. See Incomplete Grade Policy. p. 152, General Transfer of Credit (4/28/2022, 6/15/2022) Add two new statements within the 8th bullet: 5. Students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy, Master of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, and Post-Graduate Certificate - Non-Nurse Practitioner programs must complete 100% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University. 6. Students enrolled in a Post-Graduate Certificate- Nurse Practitioner program, must complete at least 78% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University, and no more than 22% may be completed via transfer credits. Only Core courses may be fulfilled with transfer credits. p. 152, Course-by-Course Transfer (4/28/2022) Update the 8th bullet in this section: • Nursing Programs will not accept any core course transfers for courses with prefixes of NGR, NUR and PRN, with the exception of Post-Graduate Certificate- Nurse Practitioner programs, which allow one to three specific Core courses to be fulfilled with transfer credit. p. 153, Declining Transfer of Credit (2/18/2022) Delete and replace with the following: A student may choose to decline external transfer credit that would otherwise be awarded by submitting a written request to their Advisor. The transfer credits will be removed from the Rasmussen University student record. The request must explicitly state for which course the student wants to waive the transfer of credit. The declined transfer credit may be rescinded at a later date by submitting a written request to the advisor. Students using Veteran's Affairs (VA) educational benefits must submit all previously completed college-level coursework for transfer evaluation, and all credits deemed eligible for transfer must be accepted by Rasmussen. The U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs does not allow students using VA education benefits to decline transfer of credit, so a student who chooses to decline eligible transfer credit will not receive military funding for declined transfer courses and will need to secure other means of payment. p. 153, Add new section after Declining Transfer of Credit (4/28/2022) Add the following new section: Post-Graduate Certificate-Nurse Practitioner Program Transfer Credit Policy Applicants who are accepted into a Post-Graduate Certificate-Nurse Practitioner program may be eligible to have one to three Core course requirements fulfilled with transfer credit when comparable graduate-level courses have previously been completed within the past five years. Practicing nurse practitioners who are nationally certified are exempt from the 5-year requirement. Transfer credit eligibility is limited to fulfilling three Core course requirements: NGR5056 Advanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan, NGR5149 Advanced Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan and NGR5172 Advanced Pharmacology Across the Lifespan. For transfer credit to be awarded, the transcript must reflect completion of separate, comprehensive graduate- level Nurse Practitioner courses with the following specific content: • Advanced health assessment, which includes assessment of all human systems, advanced assessment techniques, concepts, and approaches. • Advanced physiology/pathophysiology, which includes general principles that apply across the life span. • Advanced pharmacology, which includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacotherapeutics of all broad categories of agents. The student may be required to provide syllabi This addendum modifies catalog content as indicated, and supersedes all previous addenda. Page 39 / 57
