SENATE COMMITTEE ON CURRICULAR AFFAIRS
Standing Subcommittee on Retention and Transfer

The following new retention requirements have been approved by the Standing Subcommittee on Retention and Transfer:

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Major in Immunology and Infectious Disease (IID), B.S. degree, Agricultural Sciences
-- proposed effective Summer Session 2006

In order to be eligible for entrance to the Immunology and Infectious Disease major, a student must have: (1) attained at least a 2.00 cumulative grade point average and (2) completed BIOL 110 GN(4), BIOL 230W(4), CHEM 012 GN(3), CHEM 014 GN(1), CHEM 013 GN(3), CHEM 015 GN(1), MATH 140 GQ(4), MATH 141 GQ(4) and earned a grade of C or better in each of these courses.

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Major in Nursing (NURS), B.S. degree and (2NURS), Associate degree, Health and Human Development
--effective Summer Session 2006

Undergraduate Academic Progression Policy

This policy delineates the academic standards for pre-licensure* students admitted to the undergraduate nursing program. The following requirements are necessary for progression in the nursing program.

Overall Criteria:

  1. All prerequisite courses and required Nursing courses may only be repeated one time.
  2. Successful completion of prerequisite courses is defined as a grade of "C" or better according to the University grading scale.
  3. Successful completion of required nursing courses is defined as a "C" or better according to the School of Nursing Grading Scale.
  4. A student who earns a "D" or "F" in the same required nursing course for a second time will be dismissed from the nursing major and counseling relative to other majors/options will be provided.
  5. A student who earns a "D" or "F" in any two required nursing courses will be dismissed from the nursing major and counseling relative to other majors/options will be provided.
  6. Late course drop, with the designation of withdraw failing (WF), from a prerequisite or required nursing course is considered a failure.
  7. Students who wish to return to the University after a leave of absence or re-enroll after withdrawing will re-enter under the current curricular requirements. Based on demonstration of clinical skills, an independent study course may be advised. In addition, scheduling in clinical courses may depend on availability of clinical space.
  8. In very extreme situations, the Director of the School of Nursing may make exceptions to this policy.

*Pre-licensure---students without an RN license, which includes BS and AD students.

SUBCOMMITTEE ON RETENTION AND TRANSFER
Joseph Cecere, Co-Chair
Mary Beth Rosson, Co-Chair
Edward Formanek
Lee R. Kump
Horst von Dorpowski
James Wager
Eric White




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