Department of Nursing
Calculation of Nursing Curriculum Support Course (NCSC) GPA
A minimum 2.5 NCSC GPA is required to enter the applicant pool for the nursing program.
The following guidelines are used to calculate NCSC GPA:
- The highest grade in option courses will be recorded on the application worksheet. (Example: If the applicant has a C in Marriage and the Family and a B in Social Gerontology, the B will be recorded for the sociology requirement.)
- Applicants who receive a course waiver will record an A on the application worksheet. (Example: The applicant who does not have to take Composition I due to a high ACT or SAT score will record an A for Composition I.)
- Transfer courses that are in compliance with SAU’s Articulation Agreement will be calculated into the NCSC GPA. (Example: The applicant who has had a chemistry course and it is determined by course title and the articulation agreement that the course is equivalent to General Chemistry I.) Courses not identified as transferable by the course title and SAU’s Articulation Agreement will not be included in the NCSC GPA and will require completion of a substitution form by the student’s nursing faculty advisor during the first semester of nursing course work.
- D and F grades in NCSCs are recorded and calculated.
- The most recent grade in repeated courses will be used for calculation of NCSC GPA.
- The Department follows SAU policies regarding academic clemency.
Modified: October 30, 2009 at 6:12 pm
