GUIDELINES
- Length of completion of programs
- The 4-Year Direct Entry BScN program is a four-year full-time program (8 terms). Students normally must complete this program within six (6) years from the time of admission, twelve (12) terms.
- Unsuccessful completion of program requirements within the designated timeframe
- A student who is unsuccessful in completing the program requirements within the designated timeframe, notwithstanding approved leaves under the Policy for Undergraduate Nursing Student Leave of Absence, must withdraw from their nursing program. If a student is not able to complete the program within the required timeframe, the exit reason will be coded as: “Ineligible to Continue or Graduate”.
- The student may apply to be reinstated to the program, considering extraordinary extenuating circumstances, for instance, severe illness or personal loss. Reinstatement may require clinical or academic remediation as per the individual student’s standing in the program.
- Students who are with withdrawn from a nursing program based on exceeding the time limitations for program completion may pursue admission or transfer to another degree program at the University.
Undergraduate students may only register within a “session” (i.e., Fall/Winter and Summer) as opposed to a “term” and exit decisions from a program can only be determined at the end of a session. All exit decisions must be made coincident with the completion of course work in any given session. Since nursing students may be concurrently enrolled in courses that both span a full session (6 credits) and are completed in one term (3 credits), discretion regarding the timing of a final decision on student progress and/or exit may be necessary. The School of Nursing will ensure registration and exit decisions are communicated to the Registrar's office for application to a student's record at the end of the relevant academic session.