School of Nursing Repeating Courses & 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Students must repeat and pass any courses in which they receive a failing grade or from which they have withdrawn or dropped in order to progress in their program. If the student is eligible to repeat the course, the failed, withdrawn or dropped course must be repeated the next time the course is offered. All attempts at courses, whether passed, failed, or withdrawn, remain on the student’s transcript.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 Policy for American Public University System (the “System”) in the System Catalog and see the Standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Policy for Rasmussen University part of American Public University System (“Rasmussen”) in the Rasmussen academic unit section of the System Catalog for information on how repeating courses impacts a student’s GPA and SAP status.

Repeating Failed Courses Policy:

Students enrolled in undergraduate, pre-licensure School of Nursing programs at Rasmussen (defined as the Practical Nursing Diploma program, Professional Nursing Associate’s degree program, and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program through the Standard Entrance Accelerated BSN Entrance Option and the Second Degree Accelerated BSN Entrance Option) are permitted to fail one nursing core course as designated by course prefix (NUR or PRN). However, a second failure, whether it be the same core course or any other nursing-core 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 for Pre-Licensure Programs and as allowed by the School of Nursing Course Expiration Policy for Undergraduate Programs.

Nursing students will have their previously completed core courses (as designated by course prefix NUR and PRN) assessed against the current program to determine which course(s) will be applied to the program into which they are enrolling. All previously completed general education courses will be applied as required in the program. The student will be allowed to re-enter at the appropriate level in a current program if a space in the program is available and all other re-entry requirements are met.

All core courses, whether passed or failed, from any prior enrollment will remain on the student's academic record. When a student re-enters an undergraduate, pre-licensure School of Nursing program at Rasmussen after the course expiration period as defined in the School of Nursing Course Expiration Policy for Undergraduate Programs , no previously failed core courses will apply for the purpose of determining the number of failed core courses or apply for the purpose of determining Satisfactory Academic Progress ("SAP").

For graduates of an undergraduate, pre-licensure School of Nursing program at Rasmussen who are returning forin School of Nursing pre-licensure, undergraduate School of Nursing programs at Rasmussen (defined as the Practical Nursing Diploma program, Professional Nursing Associate’s degree program, and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program through the Standard Entrance Accelerated BSN Entrance Option and the Second Degree Accelerated BSN Entrance Option) are permitted to withdraw/drop only once from the same core course as designated by course prefix (NUR or PRN). Students must successfully repeat any withdrawn/dropped course in the next quarter, prior to progressing in the program. A second withdrawal, from the same core course or its equivalent, will result in an administrative withdrawal from School of Nursing programs at Rasmussen 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.