2024–2025 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK ACADEMIC INFORMATION AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES 155 Students who fail a required course three times and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (3.0 for Graduate programs) or greater may be able to switch to another program that does not include the course as a 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three times, and who cannot switch to another program as determined by the program transfer-appeal process, will be withdrawn from the University.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. Select Graduate programs do not accept transfer credit; see Transfer of Credit Policies for additional information. 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 Students who fail a Developmental Education course a second time will be withdrawn from the University.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. The academic record for a student in Graduate or Withdrawn status is complete and final. No changes will be made unless there is a documented clerical error, and previously passed course(s) cannot be retaken to improve cumulative Graduate GPA. Refer to the Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy for details on how repeated and transferred courses will impact a student’s academic and financial status. School of Health Sciences Repeating Courses Policy Students are required to attend the Clinical, Externship, Practicum or Professional Practice Experience Orientation prior to their first clinical, externship, practicum or professional practice experience. They receive a clinical, externship, practicum or professional practice experience 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, practicum or professional practice experience manual discloses that students have two attempts, regardless of grade awarded, to complete their clinical, externship, practicum or professional practice experience 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, practicum or professional practice experience 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, practicum or professional practice experience. Students enrolled in the Pathway to Patient Care Seminar course will have one opportunity to attempt the course regardless of grade (SX/UX/WX) earned. School of Nursing 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 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 School of Nursing Reenter 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 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: • The student has only one quarter to pass their repeated course(s), including withdrawal and failed attempts. • The student must be meeting SAP and other continuing enrollment requirements (including clinical compliance) to be eligible to repeat the final term failed course(s). • The student understands they may not be eligible for financial aid based on total credits registered. • This provision only applies if the student remains continuously enrolled to repeat the failed course in the quarter immediately following the quarter the failed grade was earned. Repeating Withdrawn Courses The Repeating Withdrawn Courses policy is in effect for all course withdrawals commencing on or after April 12, 2022. Students enrolled in School of Nursing pre-licensure programs (Practical Nursing, Professional Nursing, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing) are permitted to withdraw/drop from the same course only once within the core nursing curriculum as designated by course prefix (NUR or PRN). If the student is eligible to repeat the course, the withdrawn/dropped course must be repeated the next time the course is offered prior to progressing in the program. A second withdrawal, from the same nursing course or its equivalent, will result in an administrative withdrawal from the nursing program at the end of the quarter. Documented and approved Medical and Military Leaves are not used in the calculation and application of the School of Nursing Repeating Withdrawn Courses policy. Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Progression Requirements 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 through seven quarters (full-time) or twelve quarters (part-time) and graduates after successful completion of all credit hours. 1. Didactic (non-practicum courses) must be taken prior to beginning practicum courses for part-time students. For full-time students, four didactic (non- practicum courses) must be completed prior to beginning practicum experiences. The fifth non-practicum course can be taken as a co-requisite course with the practicum course. 2. The Practicum Clinical Courses (Healthcare Information and Systems Technology; Leadership; or Population and Global Health) must be taken any quarter prior to beginning the DNP Project course sequence. 3. Effective with Spring quarter 2024, a student will be permitted to fail or withdraw from ONE course a maximum of ONE time. ALL remaining courses must be passed on the first attempt. An approved medical or military leave will not be considered when applying these policy requirements. 4. Each didactic course in this program is offered only once each calendar year. A student will not be eligible to participate in a practicum course when the prerequisite didactic course is not passed. 5. A student must complete this program within a four calendar-year period from the point in time of starting the program, or risk being administratively withdrawn from the program. 6. If a student fails or withdraws from a course in the program, they will either be placed on a short-term leave or be administratively withdrawn from the program at the end of the quarter. 7. Reentry is limited to one time for students withdrawn from the program for any reason. However, students who have been administratively withdrawn/dismissed from the program for disciplinary or conduct reasons may not be eligible for reentry into the program and may not be eligible for reentry to Rasmussen University. School of Nursing Course Expiration Policy Students who qualify for reentry into a nursing program may receive credit for previously completed core nursing curriculum courses. Application of credit in core courses in the School of Nursing will be available based upon the following course expiration periods and restrictions: • Previously attempted nursing coursework with either a lab or clinical component has a four-quarter quarter expiration from the last quarter in which attendance and grades were posted. Previously attempted nursing coursework from a prior enrollment applies to the program of reentry if reentry is within four academic quarters following the most recent quarter of nursing program attendance. • Previously attempted nursing coursework with no lab or clinical component has a twelve-quarter quarter expiration from the last quarter in which attendance and grades were posted. Previously attempted nursing coursework from a prior enrollment applies to the program of reentry if reentry is within twelve academic quarters following the most recent quarter of nursing program attendance. • If the program of reentry does not require a previously completed course, no credit will be awarded. ALL CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ADDENDUM
