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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Syllabus Format	Subsection: 4.3.3
Section 4.0 - Policy	Originating Date: January, 1994
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Professional Graduate Nursing Program Curriculum Committee	Revised: August, 1998 Revised: November, 2006 Revised: April, 2008 Revised: December, 2009 Revised: November, 2010 Revised: November, 2011 Revised: December 2012 Revised: May 2015

Purpose

In agreement with the Board of Regents Bylaw 4.1, the College of Nursing is required to “inform students concerning the requirements, standards, objectives and evaluation procedures at the beginning of each course.” The syllabus serves as a formal record of course content in a consistent, summary format, and is used to disseminate information in a structured way for presentation to accrediting agencies, nursing boards, other academic institutions and working committees for use in course and program evaluation. All syllabi past and present are stored electronically. Syllabi must follow the guidelines and templates provided in Appendix X.

Practice

1. Each course must have a syllabus and follow the template in Appendix X1 (undergraduate) or X2 (professional graduate and PhD).
2. Each course may elect to have an addendum in addition to the syllabus. The purpose of the addendum is to provide additional, supplemental materials that are specific for the course and/or division. The template for the addendum is included in the appendix.
3. The syllabus and addendum (if appropriate) should be developed and updated prior to the start of a course and must be posted for student viewing no later than one week (7 days) prior to the beginning of the semester.

Undergraduate Policy 5.2.16 – May 2013:

Policy:

1. For theory nursing courses, the following criteria apply:
   The percentage system used to award grades within the College of Nursing is the following:
   
   

   A+		98-100		D+		68-69
   A		93-97		D		63-67
   A-		90-92		D-		60-62
   B+		88-89		F		below 60
   B		83-87
   B-		80-82
   C+		78-79
   C		73-77
   C-		70-72

   
   Quality points are calculated according to the following system:
   
   

   Grade		Quality Points		Grade		Quality Points
   A+ & A		4.0		C		2.00
   A-		3.67		C-		1.67
   B+		3.33		D+		1.33
   B		3.00		D		1.00
   B-		2.67		D-		0.67
   C+		2.33		F		0.00

   
   Grades of C or above are considered to be passing grades in the College of Nursing. Students must maintain a cumulative University of Nebraska average of 2.000 GPA in order to remain in good standing.

2. For clinical courses, the following criteria apply: The faculty will assign the student’s grade by evaluating the student’s performance according to the critical clinical behaviors for each course.
   
   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.
   
   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.
3. The grade of "Incomplete" is awarded according to guidelines set forth in Policy 5.1.9.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Withdrew or Incomplete grades are indicated as follows:
   
   

   W -		Withdrew within 1st eight weeks of class. After the 1st eight weeks the instructor must assign a WP or WF grade for students withdrawing.
   WP -		Withdrew passing.
   WF -		Withdrew failing.
   WX -		Administrative withdrawal.
   I -		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.)

   
   Grades of W, WP, WF, WX, and P are not assigned grade points and therefore are not used in computation of a student's cumulative GPA.

7. In courses or clinical components that run for less than 15 weeks, students who withdraw after more than half of the course or clinical has been completed will be assigned one of the following grades:
   
   WP = Passing
   WF = Failing

Graduate Policy 5.3.6 – February, 2013

Policy:

1. Grade guidelines for all College of Nursing professional graduate courses.
   
   The percentage system used to award grades within the College of Nursing is the following:
   
   

   A+		98-100		D+		68-69
   A		93-97		D		63-67
   A-		90-92		D-		60-62
   B+		88-89		F		below 60
   B		83-87
   B-		80-82
   C+		78-79
   C		73-77
   C-		70-72

   
   Quality points are calculated according to the following system:
   
   

   Grade		Quality Points		Grade		Quality Points
   A+ & A		4.0		C		2.00
   A-		3.67		C-		1.67
   B+		3.33		D+		1.33
   B		3.00		D		1.00
   B-		2.67		D-		0.67
   C+		2.33		F		0.00

Please see UNMC Graduate Studies Scholarship Requirements for detailed information.