2023–2024 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK ACADEMIC INFORMATION AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES 169 Applicants without an associate’s degree in nursing are required to have previously completed all of the General Education course requirements that align to the Professional Nursing Associate’s Degree program. Applicants who have not completed all of these requirements are not eligible to enroll in this program. • Upper-division core courses are not transferable. • Upper-division General Education coursework is transferable and follows the standard course-by-course Transfer Policy. • The maximum percentage of credits that may be transferred into the program is 75%. Bachelor of Science in Nursing – Standard Entrance and Second Degree Accelerated BSN (A-BSN) Entrance Options Eligibility and Transfer of Credit Policy This 180-credit degree consists of 106 core Nursing credits and 74 General Education credits. Only General Education courses can be fulfilled with transfer credit. General Education course requirements include four lab-based science courses: BSC2087C Human Anatomy and Physiology I, BSC2089C Human Anatomy and Physiology II, CHM1100C General Chemistry and MCB2340C General Microbiology. All General Education course requirements must be completed before core Nursing courses can be taken. Second Degree Accelerated BSN (A-BSN) Entrance Option A student is eligible to enroll in the Second Degree Entrance Option when a bachelor’s degree has previously been awarded. A block of 52 General Education credits will be awarded upon submission of official transcript. In addition, 22 General Education credits may be awarded based upon previous completion of the three required lab- based science courses: • When student enrolls with all four lab-based science courses and HUN2000 Human Nutrition completed, a block of 52 General Education credits will be awarded, and 22 General Education credits for the five required General Education courses will be separately awarded, leaving 106 core Nursing credits to complete. Student will be eligible to take core Nursing courses at time of start. • When student needs to complete one or more of the lab-based science courses, a block of 52 General Education credits will be awarded. Additional transfer credit will be awarded for each specific lab-based science course that has been completed. Student is required to complete any unfulfilled lab-based science courses in their first and second quarters of enrollment. Upon completion of the lab-based science courses, the student will be eligible to enroll in core Nursing courses. Standard Accelerated BSN (A-BSN) Entrance Option A student is eligible to enroll in this entrance option when they have not yet attended university, have taken university courses but do not have a degree, or have an associate’s degree only. Transfer credit is assessed on a course-by-course content basis based upon submission of official transcript(s). Upon completion of all General Education course requirements, the student will be eligible to enroll in core Nursing courses. Self-Directed Assessment Policy Rasmussen University’s self-directed assessment offerings fulfill some academic program requirements. Demonstrated mastery through the successful completion of self-directed assessments allows students to test out of some courses within their academic program. • A signed enrollment agreement in a program that allows self-directed assessment is required to gain access to the library of self-directed assessments. Non-Degree Seeking students do not have access to self-directed assessments. • Student must attempt a minimum of six credits in Traditional Courses or Competency-Based Courses per quarter to be eligible for financial aid while taking a self-directed assessment, and student is not eligible to attempt self- directed assessment until all Developmental Education requirements are fulfilled. • Any student or prospective student must be in good academic standing to enroll in any self-directed assessments. • Student has flexible time to complete a self-directed assessment attempt but is not to exceed 45 days from the point in time each self-directed assessment is accessed. • Self-directed assessments must be completed prior to the first day of the quarter in which the student is expected to graduate. The quarter of expected graduation is determined by the graduation date as it appears in the Rasmussen Student Portal. Students who do not meet this requirement will be expected to complete the course requirements as a regularly scheduled Traditional Course or a Competency- Based Course. • Self-directed assessment is optional unless a programmatic requirement explicitly dictates that certain credits be completed using self-directed assessment. Such requirements are published in the University Catalog. • If student does not complete the self-directed assessment attempt within the deadline, then student will be required to meet the programmatic requirement through a Traditional Course or a Competency-Based Course at the applicable standard tuition and fee rates. • Academic Appeals are not considered for self-directed assessment or any other form of prior learning assessment. Technical issues should be resolved through the Personal Support Center at the time an issue is discovered. • Enrolled students may elect to take a self-directed assessment in lieu of a course for any course that has been identified as having a self-directed assessment equivalent or fulfills the same General Education category. • Credit for successfully completed self-directed assessment will appear on the student transcript with a grade designation of TO (test-out credit), will equal the number of credits for the course equivalent(s) of the self-directed assessment, and will count toward student’s maximum transfer of credit. • If a student has already attempted the faculty-led course, as indicated by any posted grade, including W/WD/WP/WX or F/FA/FD and excluding CL, PD, and WL grades, the student will not be allowed to attempt the equivalent self-directed assessment option. If the course is subject to time limits and is expired, the equivalent self-directed assessment option may be attempted. • A student may complete a self-directed assessment and later decline Transfer Credit for the option (TO grade) and enroll in an equivalent Traditional Course or a Competency-Based Course and earn a letter grade. • Self-directed assessments which are attempted in lieu of prerequisite and corequisite courses must be successfully completed prior to the start of the term in which the post-requisite course is required. Failure to do so may result in delays in program completion. See the Prerequisites and Corequisite language in the catalog for details. • Self-directed assessment enrollment will not satisfy credit load requirements for the purposes of veterans benefit program funding or any other student financial assistance program. • Each self-directed assessment attempt has a per-attempt out-of-pocket fee defined in the Tuition and Fee Attachment to the Enrollment Agreement, and these attempts cannot be paid for with state or federal financial aid. Fees for self- directed assessment are non-refundable and nontransferable if student has been accepted to the program. • Contact your Advisor for a list of available self-directed assessments as well as instructions to enroll and pay the self-directed assessment fee. • Payment of the self-directed assessment fee does not guarantee the award of credits. Any credits awarded will be based on successfully meeting the criteria of the assessment and the criteria of this policy. • Credits awarded through self-directed assessments (TO) may not be transferable to another institution. The decision to accept transfer credits is always at the discretion of the receiving institution. Credit by Examination (Challenge Exams or Test-Outs) Students may receive credit for a Rasmussen University course by taking an examination in place of the actual faculty-led course. Some exams may be taken by enrolled students prior to beginning their coursework at Rasmussen University. • Enrolled students may request credit by examination for courses if an exam has been developed. • An examination score of 73% or higher is required to earn credit by examination. • The examination grade will be posted as Test-Out (TO) on the student transcript. • Credits earned count in the transfer maximum. • Credit by examination will not count as credits for financial aid eligibility. • A credit by examination may be attempted only once for each course. • If a student has already attempted the faculty-led course, as indicated by any posted grade, including W/WD/WP/WX or F/FA/FD and excluding CL, PD, and WL grades, the student will not be allowed to attempt the equivalent credit by examination. If the course is subject to time limits and is expired, the equivalent credit by examination may be attempted. • If a student does not pass a Credit by Examination attempt, the option to attempt the faculty-led course remains. • Academic Appeals are not considered for credit by examination, self-directed assessment, or any other form of prior learning assessment. Technical issues should be resolved through the Personal Support Center at the time an issue is discovered. • Prepayment of a non-refundable and non-transferable credit by examination fee is required prior to being granted access to any credit by examination. Reference the tuition structure table for current rates. • Payment of the fee does not guarantee the award of credits; any credits awarded will be based on meeting all of the criteria above. ALL CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ADDENDUM
