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Academic Requirements
1. Maintain GPA as follows:
a. End of freshman year unrounded cumulative GPA of
3.0 or higher
b. End of sophomore year unrounded cumulative GPA of
3.0 or higher
c. End of fall semester of junior year (or first 3000-level
clinical course) through to graduation, unrounded
cumulative GPA 2.5 or higher
2. Any course for which the minimal grade is not achieved
must be repeated.
a. A C- or higher is required in all nursing, psychology,
and science courses:
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b. Students may repeat a course one time only.
3. Earn a weighted exam average of >75% in all nursing
courses that have two or more exams. The final exam
will be part of the weighted exam average in determining
passing or failing a course. If a student achieves an exam
average less than 75%, but an overall grade greater than
75%, the student will be given a D+ in the course. If a
student achieves an overall course grade less than 75%,
the student will be given the overall course grade earned.
4. A student receiving less than C- in a nursing course will fail
the course
a. A failing grade or WF (withdraw fail) in two 2000-level
or higher nursing courses in the same or subsequent
semesters will result in removal from the program.
b. A single failure in any 2000-level or higher nursing
course will result in student being placed on academic
probation.
c. A student will not be removed from academic
probation. After a first nursing course failure, student
will be on probation until another nursing course
failure resulting in removal from the program, or until
successful completion of the program.
5. Any prerequisite course taken at another institution must
be transferred to Cedarville University and posted on
the student’s Cedarville University transcript by the end
of the first full week of classes in order to remain in the
nursing course for which the prerequisite was required. If a
prerequisite course is not posted on the student’s Cedarville
University transcript by this deadline, the student will be
required to withdraw from that nursing course immediately.
Transfer courses are shown as credit (K) on the transcript
and do not affect GPA.
6. Students must meet all clinical objectives and fulfill all other
clinical requirements.
Nonacademic Requirements
Students must practice the characteristics of empathy, integrity,
respect, self-confidence, self-motivation, stewardship, teamwork,
diplomacy, time management, dependability, and tolerance.
Faculty reserves the right at any time to enact probation or remove
students from the nursing major who exhibit unprofessional,
immoral, illegal, or unethical behavior, or who compromise the
safety of self or others.
Technical Standards Requirements
Students must demonstrate ability to follow technical standards:
physical/neurological, motor, communication, judgement, and
social/behavioral/emotional coping skills.*
*Fully described in the nursing student handbook.
Probation
When a student fails to meet one or more of the specified
academic, nonacademic, or technical criteria the status of that
student will be changed to probation.
Removal From Nursing Major
A student will be removed from the major for the following
reasons:
• Failure to meet academic, nonacademic, technical, or clinical
requirements while on probation.
• Demonstration of behavior that is not consistent with
professional standards concerning health, safety, ethics, and
behavior.
• Second 2000-level or higher nursing course failure or violation
of nonacademic/technical requirements.
Readmission when a student has been removed from
the nursing major may be considered only under extreme
circumstance and provided the student has been out of the
nursing major for at least one calendar year.
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