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                 <td>Revised: May 1994<br />Revised: October 2001<br />Revised: October 2004<br />Revised: December 2008<br />Revised: May 2010<br />Revised: October 2012<br />Revised: January 2013<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/6568|May 2013]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/7659|July 2015]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/12603|May 2016]]<br />Reviewed: [[Special:PermanentLink/15458|April 2021]] ([[Special:Diff/12603/15458|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/17135|April 2025]] ([[Special:Diff/15458/17135|changes]])<br />Revised: August 2025 (administrative) ([[Special:Diff/17135/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>
                 <td>Revised: May 1994<br />Revised: October 2001<br />Revised: October 2004<br />Revised: December 2008<br />Revised: May 2010<br />Revised: October 2012<br />Revised: January 2013<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/6568|May 2013]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/7659|July 2015]]<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/12603|May 2016]]<br />Reviewed: [[Special:PermanentLink/15458|April 2021]] ([[Special:Diff/12603/15458|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/17135|April 2025]] ([[Special:Diff/15458/17135|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/17990|August 2025]] ([[Special:Diff/17135/17990|changes]])<br />Revised: May 2026 ([[Special:Diff/17990/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>
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===Purpose===
==Purpose==
<p style="margin-bottom:15px; max-width:70em !important;">Establishes criteria for awarding grades, quality points, Pass/Fail, withdrawal and incomplete.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15px; max-width:70em !important;">Establishes criteria for awarding grades, quality points, pass/fail, withdrawal and incomplete.</p>
===Scope===
 
==Scope==
<p style="margin-bottom:15px; max-width:70em !important;">This policy applies to undergraduate students.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:15px; max-width:70em !important;">This policy applies to undergraduate students.</p>


===Policy===
==Policy==
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For the theory courses, the following percentage system and calculated quality points are used to award grades within the College of Nursing:<br /><br />
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For the theory courses, the following percentage system and calculated quality points are used to award grades within the College of Nursing:<br /><br />
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<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For clinical courses, the following criteria apply:
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For clinical courses, the following criteria apply:
The faculty will assign the student’s grade by evaluating the student’s performance according
The faculty will assign the student’s grade by evaluating the student’s performance according
to the critical clinical behaviors for each course.<br /><br />A student who faculty deems is unprepared or unsafe will be required to leave the clinical setting and enter into a remediation plan until they are deemed prepared to return to the clinical setting.<br /><br />The student may be removed for a short duration or the rest of the semester. A student not able to return and to complete the critical clinical behaviors before the end of the semester will receive a Fail for the clinical course.</li>
to the critical clinical behaviors for each course.<br /><br />A student that faculty deems is unprepared or unsafe will be required to leave the clinical setting and enter into a remediation plan until they are deemed prepared to return to the clinical setting.<br /><br />The student may be removed for a short duration or the rest of the semester. A student not able to return and to complete the critical clinical behaviors before the end of the semester will receive a fail for the clinical course.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The grade of "Incomplete" is awarded according to guidelines set forth in Policy 2228.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">The grade of incomplete is awarded according to guidelines set forth in Policy 2228 - Undergraduate Grade of Incomplete.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For courses in which theory and clinical are combined, clinical laboratory performance is rated on a Pass/Fail basis. A rating of Fail in clinical laboratory performance results in a D in the course unless the theory grade is an F. If the clinical laboratory performance is Pass the grade awarded for the course will be based upon the theory grade.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For courses in which theory and clinical are combined, clinical laboratory performance is rated on a pass/fail basis. A rating of fail in clinical laboratory performance results in a D in the course unless the theory grade is an F. If the clinical laboratory performance is pass the grade awarded for the course will be based upon the theory grade.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For courses with only a clinical component, clinical laboratory performance is rated on a Pass/Fail basis. A rating of Pass in clinical performance results in a P in the course. A rating of Fail in clinical laboratory performance results in an F in the course.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">For courses with only a clinical component, clinical laboratory performance is rated on a pass/fail basis. A rating of pass in clinical performance results in a P in the course. A rating of fail in clinical laboratory performance results in an F in the course.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Withdrew or Incomplete grades are indicated as follows:<br /><br />
<li style="margin-bottom:15px;">Withdraw or incomplete grades are indicated as follows:<br /><br />
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<td valign="top" width="30px">W -</td>
<td valign="top" width="30px">W -</td>
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<td>Students who drop a course after the first seven calendar days of the term will receive a grade of W on their transcript. Students may not drop a course after 70% of the course has been completed. A grade other than W must be assigned.</td>
<td>Withdraw - Students who drop a course after the first seven calendar days of the term will receive a grade of W on their transcript. Students may not drop a course after 70% of the course has been completed. A grade other than W must be assigned.</td>
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<td valign="top" width="30px">I -</td>
<td valign="top" width="30px">I -</td>
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<td>Incomplete. (Grade average is not affected until the incomplete has been removed. Students have one semester to remove the Incomplete grade or the I reverts to an F. Refer to current Student Policy Manual for additional guidelines regarding incomplete grades.)</td>
<td>Incomplete - (Grade average is not affected until the incomplete has been removed. Students have one semester to remove the incomplete grade or the I reverts to an F. Refer to current UNMC Catalog Student Policies and Procedures section for additional guidelines regarding incomplete grades.)</td>
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