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Program Specific Academic Requirements And Policies
Continuous Enrollment Policy
Upon acceptance into the graduate program in the CNS or NE tracks, the student must maintain enrollment in each semester, excluding summer sessions, by either (1) enrolling in one or more graduate courses or (2) paying a Continuous Enrollment Fee. Failure to maintain Continuous Enrollment status by either one of the two methods will automatically discontinue the student's enrollment in the master's program. A student may maintain the Continuous Enrollment status by paying the Continuous Enrollment Fee for no more than two consecutive semesters, excluding summer sessions. The student must then enroll in one or more graduate courses for credit or the student will be discontinued from the master's degree program. A student who does not maintain Continuous Enrollment status or who has discontinued course work must reapply for admission to the graduate program when reactivation is desired. The CRNA track is only offered as a full-time program, and students will be continuously enrolled as full-time graduate students for eight consecutive semesters.
Grading, Progress, and Dismissal
• Candidates for the Master of Science degree in nursing are required to maintain at least a B (3.0) grade point average to acquire good academic standing and to graduate. Courses for which the student earned less than a C (2.0) must be repeated. The student is allowed no more than two repetitions total and only one repetition of a particular course.
• In the CRNA track, the grade of "C" in any anesthesia-centered course may prevent progression into the courses of the next semester.
• Conduct consistent with the ethical and professional standards of the discipline is required. Violation of these standards is ground for dismissal.
• If a course is repeated, both grades will be recorded on the transcript but only the highest grade is used in calculating the grade point average.
• Professors may give a course grade of incomplete ("INC") if circumstances justify an extension of time required to complete the course requirements. A student with an "INC" grade in any course that is a prerequisite to another course will not be allowed to enroll in the subsequent course until the "INC" in the prerequisite has been removed and replaced by a satisfactory grade.
• A student with a failing grade in any course must repeat that course in the next semester that the course is offered. A grade of C (2.0) or better must be earned in order to proceed with the program of study. A second failure results in automatic dismissal from the program.
• Students in the CRNA track receiving a failing grade will not be eligible to progress to the next semester's courses until the grade is remediated. As courses are offered only once per year, this will effectively add one year to the course of study.
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