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Academic Policies Table of Content

Clinical Course Policies

• Attendance
• Clinical Absences
• Clinical Code of Conduct
• Clinical Section Assignment Policy (UG Students)
• Critical Requirements for Entry into Clinical Courses
  • Annual Requirements
  • Immunization Requirements
• Dress Code
  • Undergraduate Uniforms
  • Lab Coats
• ID Badges
• Protective Eye Gear (Goggles)
• Liability Insurance
• Student Safety
• Transportation
• Transporting/Driving Clients
• Unsafe/Unprofessional Practice and Weak Practice
  • Rationale
  • Definitions
    • Unsafe Practice
    • Unprofessional Practice
    • Weak Practice with Potential for Unsafe and/or Unprofessional Practice
  • Guidelines
    • Rules, Regulations and Standards of Practice
    • Accountability
  • Procedures
    • When a professor has reason to conclude that a student has practiced unsafely or unprofessionally
    • When a professor has reason to conclude that a student's clinical practice is weak with potential for unsafe and/or unprofessional practice
• Weather Emergencies

General Academic Policies

• Academic Advising
  • Undergraduate Students
  • Graduate Students
• Academic Integrity
  • Professional Code of Conduct
  • ANA Code for Nurses
• Advanced Standing (Transfer) Credits
  • Undergraduate Students
  • Graduate Students
• Attendance
• Change in Major (MSN Students)
• Children, Pets and Friends in Classes
• Degree Requirements
  • Baccalaureate Degree
  • Master's Degree
  • Doctoral Degree
• Dual Credit Courses
• Graduation Requirements
  • BSN
  • Graduate
• University Grading Policies (Also See Academic Progression Policies)
  • Undergraduate Grades and Grade Quality Points
  • Graduate Grades and Grade Quality Points
  • Change of Grade
  • Pass/Fail
  • Questions or Problems Regarding Grades
• Independent Study and Clinical Electives
  • Undergraduate Students
  • Graduate Students
• Make-up Examinations
• Registration
  • Supplementary Information Form 
  • Enrollment of Students From Other Disciplines in Nursing Courses
    • Undergraduate Courses
    • Graduate Courses 
• Readmision
• RN/BSN Challenge and CLEP Examinations
• RN/BSN Student Enrollment in Upper Division
• RN/BSN Student Escrow Credits
• RN Licensure 

Student Grievance Policy and Procedures

• Undergraduate Students and Non-Matriculated Graduate Students
  • Philosophy
  • Exceptions
  • General Guidelines
  • Procedures
    • Step 1 - Informal Resolution
    • Step 2 - Mediation
    • Step 3 - Formal Resolution
  • Committee Procedures
• Graduate Students
  • Policy
  • Applicability
  • General Considerations
  • Filing of Grievances
  • Conference Review
  • Fact-finding and Decision
  • Appeal
  • Group Actions
  • Withdrawal of Grievances

Student Progression and Retention

• Undergraduate Academic Progression
  • Introduction
  • Adherence to Prerequisites
    • Incomplete "I" Grades in Sequential Nursing Courses
    • RN/BSN Student Prerequisite Courses
  • Repeating Courses
  • Math Testing Policy
    • General Guidelines for Medication Calculation Math Testing
    • Level Based Policies
  • Program Exit Examinations Policy for BSN Students
    • General Information
  • Exceptions to Policy
    • For Graduation Requirements
    • For Overloads
  • Review of Student Academic Progression
  • Probation
    • Causes for Probation
  • Dismissal
  • Appeal of Progression Decisions

• MSN Student Academic Progression
  • Candidacy
  • Grade Requirements
  • Grade Point Average
  • Incomplete (I) Grades
  • "F" Grades
    • Graduation With An "F" Grade on a Transcript Will be Permitted Only If
    • Accelerated Pathway/MSN Student
  • "NG: Grades
  • Prerequisites
  • Repeating Courses
  • Petitions of Exception
  • Reinstatement
    • Criteria for Reinstatement and Extension
    • Extension
    • Reinstatement
  • Time to Degree
  • Probation
  • Dismissal
  • Appeal of Progression Decisions