152 rasmussen.edu | 888-5-RASMUSSEN ACADEMIC INFORMATION AND UNIVERSITY POLICIES Developmental Education course credits are not counted toward graduation, and must be passed with a grade of “SX.” Students enrolled in Developmental Education courses are eligible for financial aid. Students are not eligible to access competency courses until all Developmental Education requirements have been successfully fulfilled. Developmental Education courses must be taken in conjunction with courses required in an eligible program. Grade Information All grades and credits earned and attempted remain on the student’s transcript. This includes incomplete, withdrawn, repeated, failed, pass/fail, transferred, and developmental education course grades. It also includes credits taken while attending Rasmussen part-time and credits for which a student did not receive financial aid. All attempted course credits and grades that apply to a student’s program are considered when calculating Cumulative Grade Point Average. In instances where course expiration policies apply, the credits are no longer applicable to that program and do not impact the calculated GPA; however, the grades will remain on the student’s transcript. See Course Expiration policies for core courses in the School of Design, School of Health Sciences, School of Justice Studies, School of Nursing, and School of Technology. See the Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress policy to understand the impact of grades in the calculation of Cumulative Grade Point Average. Developmental Education Course Grade Scale All Developmental Education courses are satisfactory/unsatisfactory (SX/UX) courses. The following grading scale is then used to determine if students have passed the courses: SX 73% or higher UX Below 73% Undergraduate Programs Common Grade Scale This applies to all courses numbered 100 through 4999. Letter Grade Percentage Range A 100 to 93% A- 92 to 90% B+ 89 to 87% B 86 to 83% B- 82 to 80% C+ 79 to 77% C 76 to 73% C- 72 to 70% D+ 69 to 67% D 66 to 63% D- 62 to 60% F Below 60% Common Grading Scale Some General Education courses may contain a lecture component with a co-requisite lab component. If a grade is achieved at or above the threshold of 60% in both components of a course which consists of lecture and lab components, each component will receive the grade earned independently. Failure to earn a grade at or above the threshold of 60% in either the lecture or lab component will result in failure of both components of the course. Point Scale Alphabetical Grading System Letter Grade Grade Points Description A 4.00 Excellent A- 3.75 B+ 3.50 B 3.00 Very Good B- 2.75 C+ 2.50 C 2.00 Average C- 1.75 D+ 1.50 D 1.00 Below Average D- 0.75 F 0.00 Failure AUDIT NA Audit CL NA Non-transcripted Grade CW NA Course Waiver FD NA Failure Dropped I NA Incomplete PD NA Pandemic Withdrawal PT Credit NA Pending Transfer S/SX NA Satisfactory TO NA Test-Out TR Credit NA Official Transfer U/UX NA Unsatisfactory UXD NA Unsatisfactory Drop W/WX/WL NA Withdrawal See the Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress for more information on how grades are used in determining how each of the standards are met for Satisfactory Academic Progress. Health Sciences Programs Grade Scale The following grade scale applies to all upper- and lower-level courses with prefixes of BSC, HIM, HSC, MEA, MLT, MTS, PHT, PTN, RTE, and STS. Letter Grade Percentage Range A 100 to 93 % A- 92 to 90% B+ 89 to 87% B 86 to 83% B- 82 to 80% C+ 79 to 77% C 76 to 73% F Below 73% In addition to the lecture component, a School of Health Sciences course may contain a corequisite lab component, a corequisite clinical/externship/practicum learning component, or both. Satisfactory performance (score of 73% or higher) in each of the learning components of the course is required to earn a passing grade in the course. If a satisfactory grade is achieved in all learning components of a course, each learning component will receive an independent grade. Failure to earn a satisfactory grade in all learning components of the course will result in failure of all components of the course. All learning component grades will appear on the student’s transcript. Nursing Programs Grade Scale Students are required to earn at least a “C” in their Nursing courses. This applies to all NUR and PRN courses numbered 100 through 4999. Letter Grade Percentage Range A 100 to 94% B 93 to 85% C 84 to 78% F Below 78% Nursing core courses may contain a corequisite lab component, corequisite clinical learning component, or both in addition to the lecture component of a course. Satisfactory performance in the lecture component (score of 78% or higher) and a satisfactory assessment in the laboratory and/or clinical experience are required to earn a passing grade in the course. Failure to earn a satisfactory assessment in the laboratory and/or clinical component will result in failure of all components of the course. If a satisfactory assessment is achieved in the lab and/or clinical learning experience, courses with multiple components will receive a coordinated grade for each component equivalent to the earned grade in the lecture component. A. Total Exam Score Average In order to pass the course, students are required to achieve an overall Total Exam Score Average at or above a threshold of 78% for all exams taken within the nursing course. Neither the threshold calculation or the individual exam percentages will be rounded up (for example, 77.9% equals 77%). Exam score averages as a passing threshold: Each course exam will be individually calculated, earning a distinct percentage. Exam “percentages” (not points) will then be added individually and divided by the number of exams in the course in order to determine achievement of the 78% benchmark. e.g., If there are four exams in the course, and the results of exam one (50 questions) = 80%, exam two (50 questions) = 78%, exam three (50 questions) = 89% and final exam (100 questions) = 76%, the Total Exam Score Average would be 80% ((80+78+89+76)/4). B. Total Course Score Once the 78% total exam score average threshold has been met, the final grade for the nursing course will be calculated based on all incorporate points earned for exams, assignments, quizzes, and other coursework requirements. Students who successfully reach the 78% exam average threshold as calculated above will then have the course grade determined by an overall course point calculation, which includes all earned points as outlined in the course syllabus.
