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Post-Degree BSN Option

Student Handbook 2012-2013

Policies

These polices are consistent throughout the program with minor adaptations for the Post-Degree BSN Option. As you progress through the program, you will find it helpful to keep the following policies in mind:

Attendance
  1. Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students for all orientations, classes, seminars, labs, and clinical experiences. A student who is consistently late and/or absent from classes, seminars, and/or labs may be unable to meet the course requirements, and may not be able to receive a pass in the course.
  2. If a student misses more than 10% of clinical/lab experiences in a course, he/she may be unable to meet the course requirements, and may not be able to receive a pass in the course.
  3. If a student is unable to attend or will be late for a lab or clinical experience, he/she must notify the facilitator prior to the start of the learning experience.
  4. At the discretion of a course committee, attendance at classes, labs, and/or seminars for the particular course may be designated as mandatory. Students must attend these learning experiences in order to receive a pass in the course.
  5. If a facilitator deems a student unsafe or unprepared for a learning experience, the student may be excluded from the experience; thus, the student may not be able to meet the course requirements.
Completion of Work
  1. Unless prior arrangements have been made with the facilitator, 5% will be deducted for each calendar day that course work is late from the earned grade of the assignment.
  2. All course components must be completed to receive credit for a course.
  3. Unless other arrangements have been made with the facilitator, the last day for acceptance of an assignment will be the final day of class in the affected course.
  4. It should be noted that even if assignments will receive a grade of 0% because of late penalties (see above), they must still be completed in order to fulfill course requirements.
Grade Assignment

In the calculation of final course marks and weighted averages, failing grades resulting from absence, withdrawal, or incomplete course work will be computed with a zero for grade component(s) that were not completed and the earned mark will be submitted. This mark can range from 0-49%.

  1. If the failure results in a computed passing percentage grade, a final grade of 49% will be submitted along with the appropriate comment for the failure (e.g. ABF, WF, or INF).
  2. Students will not be eligible for a supplemental exam in the above instances.
  3. Withdrawal prior to the period of academic penalty is not included in the calculation of averages (see institutional calendars for dates).

In the case of a non-clinical course for which a component(s) must be passed in order to pass the course, the grade assigned for the course will be the grade of the failed essential component with the following exception:

  1. A student failing an essential component of a course early in the term is not allowed to continue in the course. If the student withdraws before the period of academic penalty, the grade will be recorded as "W" on the transcript.
  2. If the essential component is failed after the period for withdrawal without academic penalty and is a pass/fail component, the grade assigned for the course will be 30%.

In NEPS 456.6 and NEPS 457.6, for a student who completes the course and receives a failing grade, a mark of 30% will be assigned.

A student must pass each clinical component of a course in order to pass the course. In courses including mark components for both clinical experience and theory, both components must be passed in order to pass the course.

The following rules apply to supplemental examinations:

  1. Supplemental examinations will not be granted for clinical experience.
  2. Please refer to the University of Saskatchewan policy regarding eligibility for supplemental examinations.