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Students must repeat and pass any courses in which they receive a failing grade or from which they have withdrawn or dropped in order to progress in their program. If the student is eligible to repeat the course, the failed, withdrawn or dropped course must be repeated the next time the course is offered. All attempts at courses, whether passed, failed, or withdrawn, remain on the student’s transcript.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) 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 core course as designated by course prefix NUR or PRN. However, a second failure, whether it be the same core course or any other core course, will result in an administrative withdrawal from the nursing program. Core 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. 

Students in their final quarter of a pre-licensure, undergraduate School of Nursing program who fail one or more core course(s), resulting in two or more cumulative failures in core courses throughout their program, may be granted an exception to the School of Nursing Repeating Courses and Course Withdrawal Policy for Pre-Licensure Programs. The final quarter of a pre-licensure, undergraduate School of Nursing 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 in which the failed grade was earned. 

Repeating Withdrawn Courses Policy 

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, 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. 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 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.