This addendum modifies catalog content as indicated and supersedes all previous addenda. Page 23 / 33 2022-2023 ADDENDUM to the Rasmussen University Catalog and Student Handbook June 22, 2023 required part of the program curriculum without going through the program transfer-appeal process. Students who fail a course three times, and who cannot switch to another program as determined by the program transfer-appeal process, will be withdrawn from the University. Those students cannot return to the University until they successfully complete an equivalent to the course elsewhere by earning a grade of C or higher or a grade of Pass and transferring it back into Rasmussen University as official transfer credit, in accordance with the transfer of credit requirements. Transferred courses are not applicable to Graduate programs. Developmental Education courses may only be repeated one time. Students who fail a Developmental Education course a second time will be withdrawn from the University. All attempts of repeated courses, including the grades, remain on academic records and transcripts even though they may not be included in the GPA calculation. Students should be aware that graduate schools and other institutions to which they might wish to transfer may not accept repeats and may include all grades in calculating GPA for admission. Refer to the Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy for details on how repeated and transferred courses will impact a student’s academic and financial status. P. 165, School of Health Sciences Repeating Courses Policy (5/18/2023) Replace this policy in its entirety with the following: Students are required to attend the Clinical, Externship, or Practicum Orientation prior to their first clinical, externship, or practicum. They receive a clinical, externship, or practicum manual that discusses the expectations, and students are required to sign an acknowledgement form that is submitted and included in their programmatic file. The clinical, externship, or practicum manual discloses that students have two attempts, regardless of grade awarded, to complete their clinical, externship, or practicum successfully, or they will be administratively withdrawn from the program. An approved medical (WX grade) or military leave (WL grade) will not be counted toward the count of attempts. If a student is administratively withdrawn from a clinical, externship, or practicum site due to circumstances out of their control, attempts will be made to secure an additional site within the same quarter for the student to complete their clinical, externship, or practicum. Students enrolled in the Pathway to Patient Care Seminar course will have one opportunity to attempt the course regardless of grade (SX/UX/WX) awarded. Repeating Courses and Course Withdrawal Policy for Pre-licensure Programs Students must repeat and pass any courses in which they receive a failing grade or from which they have withdrawn or dropped in order to progress in their program. If the student is eligible to repeat the course, the failed, withdrawn or dropped course must be repeated the next time the course is offered. All attempts at courses, whether passed, failed, or withdrawn, remain on the student’s transcript. See the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Policy for information on how repeating courses impacts a student’s GPA and SAP status. Repeating Failed Courses The School of Nursing allows students in pre-licensure programs (Practical Nursing, Professional Nursing, and the A-BSN entrance options of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing) to fail one nursing course within the core nursing curriculum as designated by course prefix (NUR or PRN). However, a second failure, whether it be the same nursing course or any other nursing course, will result in an administrative withdrawal from the nursing program. Core nursing courses may need to be repeated in a program of reentry based upon course expiration periods as defined in the Nursing Program Reentry Policy and as allowed by the School of Nursing Course Expiration Policy. Students in their final quarter of the program who fail one or more nursing course(s), resulting in two or more cumulative failures in core nursing courses throughout their program, may be granted an exception to the School of Nursing (SON) Repeating Course Policy. The final quarter of the program is defined as the quarter in which the student is enrolled in the Capstone or Transition to Practice course for the first time. This exception will be to repeat the failed course(s) one time in the subsequent quarter if the following criteria are met:
