Students requesting readmission into the undergraduate program must have a minimum overall 2.5 GPA out of a scale of 4.0.
Students must maintain eligibility to continue with Kentucky State University and maintain eligibility for clinical agency placement.
Students may repeat the prerequisite science courses - Anatomy & Physiology (BIO 107 or BIO 108), Microbiology (BIO 204) or Chemistry (CHE 209) one time only to be considered to continue with a major in Nursing.
Students who receive a D or F in any pre-requisite course 2 times will not be eligible to enter or progress in the nursing program.
Students must earn a grade of “C” (70%) or better in pre-requisites required for the nursing program that are not NUR prefix courses in order to progress to the next nursing course (didactic or practicum). Students who receive a grade of “D or F” in a pre-requisite or co-requisite course will not be allowed to progress to a subsequently sequenced NUR course.
Students must earn an overall unit exam average grade of "B" (80% or "meets expectations" practicum course grade equivalent) or better in NUR prefix courses in the nursing program in order to advance to the next NUR prefix course.
Students must pass both the didactic and practicum components of a nursing (NUR) course in order to pass the course.
An assigned grade of “Incomplete” (I) cannot be substituted for a “C”, “D”, “F”, or “W”. An “I” – in any course with a NUR prefix – that has not been converted to a final passing letter grade by the beginning of the next semester, and will be recorded as a failing grade.
Students who interrupt the completion of the Nursing sequence in which a C, D, F, or W is achieved as the final grade, may be eligible for readmission to resume the nursing sequence only once.
Students previously admitted to the nursing program, but who are not currently enrolled in a major nursing course, must maintain a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA in order to be eligible for readmission consideration.
A previously admitted student who has not been enrolled for two or more academic semesters (fall and spring) in nursing must file an application for readmission and submit a written request to the administrator for the AAS and BSN programs. Determinations of readmission (i.e., acceptance or declination) is at the sole discretion of the nursing faculty.