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Progression in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree program is contingent upon satisfactory academic achievement in all required courses. To maintain satisfactory academic standing, students enrolled for the pre-licensure component of the DNP program must attain a grade point average of 2.5 or above. C, the lowest passing grade, is regarded as borderline performance. If a student's semester grade point average is less than 2.5, the student will be placed on probation for the following semester and will be given guidance. If the student on probation receives a grade point average of 2.5 or higher for that semester, the student will be removed from probation. If the student achieves a grade point average of less than 2.5 for two semesters, the student's record will be reviewed by the Executive Committee to determine whether extenuating circumstances warrant an additional semester of probation or whether the student should be excluded from the program.
Students in the post-licensure component of the DNP program must select the letter grade option (A, B, C, F, or W) when registering for all required nursing courses (except NUND 500 and NUND 505) and achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.0 for the semester. In the event that a student's cumulative grade point average falls below 3.0 during any semester of matriculation, the student will be placed on academic probation. In order to be removed from academic probation, the student must, in the next semester for which he or she is registered, acheive grades at a level sufficent to increase the overall GPA to a 3.0. If a student on academic probation fails to be removed from that status within one academic semester following the one with academic difficulty, the student will be excluded from the program.
Students who enter the DNP program at the pre-licensure level must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 or above in all courses taken for credit as an DNP student at the FPB School of Nursing to be awarded the DNP degree. Students who enter the DNP program at the post-licensure level must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above in all courses taken for credit as an DNP student at FPB to be awarded the DNP degree.
When a student receives a grade of F for a required course, the student must register for that course the next semester in which the course is available. DNP students who receive two failing grades indicating unsatisfactory performance (F, NP, or U) in required courses will be excluded from FPB.
The grade of incomplete (I) will be given at the discretion of the instructor for work not completed in the semester. A grade of I must be removed by the end of the semester following the one in which the course was taken or before the student enrolls in a course for which the initial course is a prerequisite. No credit is given for an I grade. The I will remain a permanent part of the transcript if the student fails to complete course requirements within the next semester.