Undergrad Nursing Handbook - D'Youville College

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Students: Refer to Academic Policies for the year you entered the Nursing program ACADEMIC POLICIES ** 2012 - 2013 (EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 2012) ** These policies are currently under review and may be subject to change. A. Grade and G.P.A. Requirements: 1. Undergraduate Courses i. To be in good standing in the BSN program, students must maintain a cumulative GPA and a semester GPA of 2.5. ii. Maintain a minimum grade of C in all 100-400 level courses required in the major and for all other courses required for the major as outlined in progression requirements. 2. Graduate Courses (for already licensed students in combination BSN/Master’s programs) i. To be in good standing, maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for all 500 and 600 level courses in the program. 3. Maintain a minimum grade of B in all 500-600 level courses required in the major. 4. No more than a total of two supporting courses at the 500-600 level with grades lower than B (B-, C+, C) is applicable toward the degree. A grade of C- or lower is not applicable to the degree. 5. A student who takes an incomplete grade in a prerequisite to a required nursing course will not be permitted to begin that nursing course until the pre-requisite course is completed with an acceptable grade. The incomplete grade in the prerequisite course must be satisfied one week prior to the start of the following semester. 6. For any NUR course with a lab/clinical component, both the theory component and the lab/clinical component must be repeated if a passing grade is not achieved for either theory (minimum grade of C) and/or clinical(s) (minimum grade of S). B. Progression Requirements: 1. A minimum grade of C must be attained in any course required for the major. This includes BIO 107/L, BIO 108/L, CHE 114/L, BIO 208/L, PSY 203, PSY 206, MAT 123, MGT 305, MGT 435 or HRM 309 and all required NUR courses. 2. Students who fail to obtain a grade of C in a course required for the major will not be permitted to enroll in any course for which that course is a pre-requisite, until the C grade requirement for the pre-requisite course has been met. 3. Students are permitted to repeat a course required for the major only once. 4. All course and thesis/project policies currently in existence regarding the graduate level courses in the current MS nursing programs will be followed for the graduate level courses and thesis/project in the BSN/MS programs. 5. Students accepted into the RN/BS, RN/BS/MS program must hold a current, unrestricted license as a registered professional nurse. Students not meeting this requirement at any time will be withdrawn from the nursing program. 6. Students who are unsuccessful (receive less than a C) in any nursing course or a course required for the major will receive an academic warning letter regardless of GPA. 19
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