This addendum modifies catalog content as indicated and supersedes all previous addenda. Page 13 / 15 2024-2025 ADDENDUM to the Rasmussen University Catalog and Student Handbook November 15, 2024 • 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. P. 165 Transfer of General Education Science Credits for School of Nursing and School of Health Sciences (9/16/2024) Under “For Nursing and Health Sciences programs:”, replace the second asterisk with the following, which is effective Winter quarter 2025: * When Rasmussen Academic Leadership has verified that the content of an external A&P I or A&P II course includes the same body systems as the Rasmussen course, the external course will be eligible to fulfill the Rasmussen course requirement. For example, beginning Winter quarter 2025, Rasmussen’s BSC2094C Human A&P II course includes the endocrine system; an external A&P II course that does not include the endocrine system is not eligible to fulfill Human A&P II as transfer credit. P. 166 Military Block Transfer for Physical Therapist Assistant Associate’s Degree (9/16/2024) Replace the last paragraph in this section with the following, which is effective Winter quarter 2025: The block transfer includes: BSC2093C Human Anatomy and Physiology I, BSC2094C Human Anatomy and Physiology II, HSC1531 Medical Terminology, PHT1000 Physical Therapist Assistant Fundamentals, PHT1100 Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice and Therapeutic Interventions, PHT1200 Principles of Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy-Lower Quarter, PHT1300 Principles of Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy- Upper Quarter, PHT2000 Principles of Neuromuscular Physical Therapy, PHT2500 PTA Clinical I, PHT2700 PTA Clinical II, and PSY1012 General Psychology.
