This addendum modifies catalog content as indicated and supersedes all previous addenda. Page 12 / 14 2024-2025 ADDENDUM to the Rasmussen University Catalog and Student Handbook October 15, 2024 P. 154 School of Nursing Reenter Policy (9/16/2024) Replace the second paragraph with: Additionally, students who have been administratively withdrawn from a School of Nursing pre- licensure program, those who fail two core nursing courses, those who fail the same core nursing course twice, or those who withdrew from the same nursing course more than one time on or after April 12, 2022, are not eligible for reentry into the same program within the School of Nursing until no fewer than four full academic quarters have passed from the last quarter in which attendance and grades were posted. Reentry is subject to both the School of Nursing Repeating Courses and Course Withdrawal Policy for Pre-licensure Programs Policy and the School of Nursing Course Expiration Policy. P. 155 Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Progression Requirements (8/22/2024) Replace the introductory paragraph with: Students enrolled in this program are scheduled as a cohort and have a required course sequence and credit load that must be followed. The cohort progresses sequentially for seven quarters (full-time) or up to 14 quarters (part-time) and graduates after successful completion of all credit hours. P. 164 Course-by-Course Transfer of Credit (10/15/2024) Replace the listed bulleted policy statements with the following: • Credits in Core courses in Technology programs must have been earned within three (3) calendar years of the date the student starts in the program. Prefixes include CDA, CEN, CET, CGS, CIS, CNT, COP, CTS, ISM, and QMB. This excludes CGS1240 Computer Applications and Business Systems Concepts and CTS2511 Excel, which do not have expirations. • Credits in Core courses in Design programs must have been earned within five (5) calendar years of the date the student starts in the program. Prefixes include ADV, DIG, GRA, and PGY. This excludes ART1200C Sketching for Designers, which does not have an expiration. • Credits in Core courses in Health Sciences programs must have been earned within five (5) calendar years of the date the student starts in the program. Prefixes include HIM, HSA, HSC, MEA, PHC, and PTN. This excludes HSC1531 Medical Terminology, which does not have an expiration. • Nursing Programs will not accept any Core course transfers for courses with prefixes of NUR and PRN. Master of Science in Nursing and Post-Graduate Certificate-Nurse Practitioner programs allow up to 12 Core program credits (NGR prefix) to be fulfilled with transfer credit when comparable graduate-level courses have previously been completed within five (5) calendar years of the date the student starts in the program and the courses were completed when enrolled in a programmatically accredited program. Practicing nurse practitioners who are nationally certified are exempt from the five (5) calendar year requirement. • Credits in core courses in Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, and Paralegal programs with course prefixes CCJ, CJC, CJE, CJL, and PLA must have been earned within five (5) calendar years of the date the student starts in the program. P. 164 Transfer of General Education Science Credits for School of Nursing and School of Health Sciences (9/16/2024) Under “Science Courses covered by this policy:”, add the following to the listed courses, which is effective Winter quarter 2025: BSC2093C Human Anatomy and Physiology I BSC2094C Human Anatomy and Physiology II P. 164 Transfer of General Education Science Credits for School of Nursing and School of Health Sciences (10/15/2024) Replace the first bullet with the following: • Course was completed within five (5) calendar years of the date the student starts in the program.
