Nursing & Health Professions
Program Policies
Prerequisites for participation in the clinical nursing course (NUR 444, NUR 474) include:
- Licensure - A copy of the student’s current New York State R.N. registration certificate must be on file with the nursing and health professions department.
- Health Clearance - Written evidence of the satisfactory completion of the health requirements for nursing and health professions programs and health agencies must be on file with nursing and health professions department.
- CPR Certification - Written evidence of current satisfactory completion of CPR certification must be on file with the nursing and health professions department.
- Matriculated status - fulfillment of all prerequisite and admission requirements.
Degree Requirements: the degree applicant must meet the requirements of the B.S. degree with a major in nursing and the general education requirements as determined at the time of admission.
Grading: The student must maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) to remain in good standing. The student must obtain a minimum grade of "C" in each nursing course. The student must pass both the theoretical and clinical components of a nursing course, or the course must be repeated in its entirety. A student may repeat a nursing course only once. If a minimum grade of "C" is not obtained a second time, the student will be required to withdraw from the nursing program.
Withdrawal from Program: SUNYIT's nursing and health professions department reserves the right to request the withdrawal of any student whose continuance in the program would be detrimental to the health and safety of self or others.
Add/Drop Courses: A student dropping corequisites of a nursing course will also be required to drop the applicable nursing course.
Academic Overload: A full-time student desiring to take more than 16 semester hours in either the fall or spring term must demonstrate the ability to carry an overload by achieving a 3.25 GPA while carrying 16 semester hours in the previous semester. Any overload must be approved in writing by the chair of the nursing and health professions department.
Readmission: Students seeking readmission to nursing and health professions department will have their coursework evaluated by the nursing and health professions academic standards committee. Upper division nursing credits taken more than five years before admission will be evaluated for applicability to the student’s new program of study.