2022–2023 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK ACADEMIC INFORMATION AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES ALL CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ADDENDUM iii. Using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, texts, devices, notes, information, or study aids to gain unfair advantage in any academic exercise (i.e., assignments, discussions, tests, quizzes, papers, labs). c) Collusion: Knowingly assisting, attempting to assist, or receiving assistance from another student or students to commit academic misconduct, or conspiring with any other person in or outside of the University to commit misconduct. d) Destruction, Theft, Obstruction, Interference: Seeking to gain unfair academic advantage by destroying, damaging, or stealing equipment or products of any academic exercise; or obstructing or interfering with an instructor’s materials or another student’s academic work. e) Fabrication, Falsification, Forgery: Deliberately falsifying, altering, or inventing student records, information, or citations. Forgery is the act of imitating or counterfeiting documents, signatures, and the like. f) Plagiarism is the act of representing an individual’s or organization’s words, thoughts, or ideas as one’s own. Examples include: i. Using information (a paraphrase or quotation, in whole or in part) from a source without attempting to give credit to the author of that source. ii. Using charts, illustrations, images, figures, equations, etc., without citing the source. iii. Using an academic exercise (in whole or in part) purchased or copied from a ghostwriter or paper/essay mill. iv. Copyright infringement or piracy, including the use, alteration, or duplication of media, software, code, or information when expressly prohibited or where copyright exists or is implied. III. Violations: Students who violate the Academic Integrity Policy (commit academic misconduct) are subject to corrective action in order to deter future misconduct and to hold students accountable for their actions. Academic Integrity violations and corrective actions are documented and cumulative; corrective actions may be increased based on a past disciplinary record, the severity of the violation, and the impact upon the academic community. The University reserves the right to dismiss a student from the University for academic misconduct; students who are dismissed from the University because of academic misconduct may not reenroll. Students who commit Academic Misconduct also run the risk of harming future educational and employment opportunities. IV. Competency-Based Education (CBE) Violations: Students who violate the Academic Integrity Policy (commit academic misconduct) in a Competency-Based Education (CBE) course which allows multiple submissions may result in failing their first submission attempt. Subsequent deliverable attempts may be allowed pending consideration of past disciplinary record, the severity of the violation, and the impact upon the academic community. V. PLA Violations: Students who violate the Academic Integrity Policy (commit academic misconduct) in self-directed assessments, credit by examination (TO), or other Prior Learning Assessment options automatically fail the assessment without retake opportunity of the assessment in which the violation occurred or its equivalent. VI. Appeal: A student found in violation of the Academic Integrity Policy may appeal a finding of misconduct using the Academic Appeal Policy located in the catalog. Consortium Agreement Rasmussen University has signed consortium agreements among all Rasmussen University campuses. Course requirements for programs may be completed at any of the campus locations, as the schools have common ownership and common courses, and students will have the flexibility to take courses from all locations as they choose. Students who attend a class at a location other than their home campus (primary attendance location) will have their total tuition and fees charged by their home campus. All financial aid will be awarded and disbursed from the home campus. The home campus monitors satisfactory progress. A copy of the consortium agreement is kept on file at each campus. Students have the right to review and acknowledge the agreement prior to taking courses at other campuses. 171 General Transfer of Credit • Rasmussen University reserves the right to accept or deny transfer of credit based on the guidelines below. • Students who wish to transfer credits to Rasmussen University must first apply for admission to the University. • Students must request that official transcripts containing coursework for review either be emailed directly to [email protected] or mailed directly to Rasmussen University at: Rasmussen University Attn: Transcript Department 8300 Norman Center Drive Suite 300 Bloomington, MN 55437 It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that all official transcripts have been received by Rasmussen University. • As part of the acceptance process, official and unofficial transcripts will be evaluated for transfer of credit. Students will receive notification regarding the total number of credits accepted for transfer and the equivalent Rasmussen University courses. • Students in bachelor-completer programs will be withdrawn from the University if official transcripts are not received by the Friday of the 13th week of enrollment. • A student may send copies of transcripts or documents during the initial admissions process for estimation purposes only. Any transfer credit conditionally awarded in fulfillment of a prerequisite or corequisite through the use of an unofficial transcript will be rescinded if an official transcript is not received by Rasmussen University at the time the required course is scheduled due to curriculum sequence. All necessary credits will be required to be completed in order to graduate. • College-level courses completed at regionally or nationally accredited institutions of higher learning as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), or recognized by the American Council on Education (ACE), or Rasmussen pre-determined course-for-course equivalencies approved by the National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS) will be considered for university transfer. • Students must complete 33% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University, and no more than 67% may be completed via transfer credits, course waivers, and credit by examination, or other means, except as noted below. 1. Students in the Medical Assisting, Medical Laboratory Technician, Physical Therapist Assistant*, Radiologic Technology, and Surgical Technologist programs must complete at least 50% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University, and no more than 50% may be completed via transfer credits, course waivers, credit by examination, or other means, with the exception of “block transfer” candidates for the Surgical Technologist Associate’s Degree and Healthcare / Health Sciences Associate’s Degree – Medical Assisting Specialization. Physical Therapist Assistant students accepted through the METC Block Transfer policy must complete at least 25% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University. 2. Students in the Practical Nursing Diploma program must complete at least 75% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University, and no more than 25% may be completed via transfer credits, course waivers, credit by examination, self-directed assessment, or other means. 3. Students in the Professional Nursing Associate’s Degree program must complete at least 44% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University, and no more than 56% may be completed via transfer credits, course waivers, credit by examination, self-directed assessment, or other means. 4. Students in the Nursing Bachelor’s Degree program - RN to BSN entrance option must complete at least 25% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University, and no more than 75% may be completed via transfer credits, course waivers, credit by examination, self-directed assessment, or other means. Students in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science (A-BSN) Degree program must complete at least 52% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University, and no more than 48% may be completed via transfer credits, course waivers, credit by examination, self-directed assessment, or other means. 5. Students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice and Nursing Post-Graduate Certificate (excluding Nurse Practitioner) programs, must complete 100% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University. 6. Students in Master of Science in Nursing and Post-Graduate Certificate-Nurse Practitioner programs may fulfill up to 12 Core program credits with eligible transfer credit. 7. Students in a Post-Graduate Certificate-Nurse Practioner programs must complete at least 77% of their program requirements at Rasmussen University, and no more than 23% of program requirements may be completed via transfer credits. Only Core courses may be fulfilled with transfer credits. TRANSFER OF CREDIT POLICIES
