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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.

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.